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As a Senior Data Architect you will lead design pattern/technology selection and architecture decisions for complex product development initiatives which will include modernization efforts for several important data analytics assets. These modernization projects will include the transition from legacy on-premises architectures to a more modern cloud-native design. You will serve as the technical authority who ensures solutions meet business objectives while maintaining alignment with enterprise architecture standards security requirements and scalability needs. This role requires both deep technical expertise and the ability to influence stakeholders across all levels of the organization.

Essential Responsibilities

• Accountable for selecting design patterns technologies and solution architecturesfor product development projects by analyzing business technical and enterprise requirements to ensure alignment with organizational objectives and industry best practices.

• Engages with business areas clients and stakeholders as a trusted consultantto identify gaps present solution options and recommend optimal technologies; documents architecture decisions and technical standards to support knowledge sharing.

• Champions complex strategic enterprise solutionsby communicating architecture decisions and technical concepts effectively across all organizational levels from technical teams to senior management.

• Refines and supports a portfolio-wide data optimization strategy to further align existing assets to the new cloud-native architecture.

• Collaborates with cross-functional teamsthroughout the full development lifecycle including ideation development integration testing and production support.

• Researches and evaluates emerging technologies and industry trends; develops strategic recommendations for architecture investments that reduce cost increase security eliminate redundancies and improve system flexibility.

• Builds and maintains strategic relationshipswith key technology vendors and business partners to stay current on industry developments and enterprise architecture landscape shifts.

• Owns the data infrastructure strategy and roadmap; assesses current state identifies gaps and drives architectural initiatives and monitoring solutions from planning through implementation.

• Establishes enforces and evolves data governance policies quality frameworks and compliance practices to ensure data integrity security accuracy and regulatory adherence across critical systems.

• Collaborates with data stewards compliance teams and technical leadsto translate governance and regulatory requirements into technical controls validation rules access policies and audit mechanisms.

• Assists in establishing a flexible and valuable portfolio-level data catalog that will drive transparency and promote reusability.

Technical Expertise

• Enterprise & Solutions Architecture: Deep experience designing distributed systems microservices API architectures and cloud-native applications

• Financial Services Technology: Understanding of payment systems regulatory requirements and banking technology landscape

• Modern Application Development: Expertise in web mobile and backend architectures with strong grasp of scalability security and performance patterns

• Cloud & Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS) containerization CI/CD (e.g. GitLab) and infrastructure-as-code (e.g. CDK or Terraform)

• Data Architecture: Proficiency in data modeling integration patterns and database technologies (relational and NoSQL)

• Architecture Frameworks: Working knowledge of TOGAF C4 AWS Well-Architected Framework or similar architecture analysis and documentation approaches

Education and Experience

• Bachelors degree and 5 years of professional work experience or

• Masters degree and 3 years of professional work experience

• Proven track record of designing and implementing complex production-grade systems

• Experience working in collaborative cross-functional environments

The expected starting salary range for the Data Architect Senior is between $111400 and $153100 annually. Final salary and offer will be determined by the applicants background experience skills internal equity and market data.

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