Lead Architect Data and Analytics

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Architect in our Architecture & Engineering Group as part of Consumer Technology. Learn more about the career areas and business divisions at .

In this role you will lead the definition and execution of a comprehensive data strategy partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver secure scalable and resilient architecture that supports key business outcomes. You will ensure alignment with enterprise standards and regulatory requirements while driving consistency across data platforms integrations and downstream use cases.

You will design and govern modern data ecosystemsincluding lakehouse data mesh knowledge graphs and real-time streamingsupporting analytics reporting and digital personalization at scale. This role requires deep expertise in data modeling integration patterns and cloud-native architectures with a focus on building trusted reusable data products for analytics applications and AI-driven solutions.

In this role you will:

• Lead the implementation of complex projects and initiatives that have companywide scope
• Assist in the creation of architectural artifacts for key technology initiatives
• Participate in the definition of future technology architecture and strategy
• Identify medium to high architectural impact projects
• Conduct complex technology and system assessments for architecture solutions
• Communicate the companywide Architecture strategy and direction to both management and systems related teams
• Make decisions in the development and maintenance of architectures
• Understand compliance and risk management requirements for supported areas
• Ensure applications adhere to established Wells Fargo standards policies methodologies and industry best practices
• Collaborate and consult with peers colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years of Architecture experience or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience training military experience education
• 5 years of experience designing modern data architectures including lakehouse streaming and event-driven platforms to support scalable data solutions.
• 5 years of experience building and optimizing data models and cloud-based data environments (Azure AWS or GCP) to enable reporting analytics and business insights.
• 5 years of experience developing data pipelines and integration processes including ETL/ELT orchestration tools and implementing data governance and quality standards.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience designing enterprise-scale semantic data platforms (CDP)
• Experience with real-time personalization and decisioning systems
• Familiarity with graph data models and knowledge graphs (e.g. Neo4j) for relationship-driven analytics
• Experience integrating data platforms with operational systems (APIs microservices event streams)
• Exposure to financial services regulatory data requirements (e.g. risk fraud AML reporting)

Job Expectations:

• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

• This position requires a hybrid in office work schedule

• Ability to travel up to 10%

Job Location:

300 S. Brevard - Charlotte North Carolina 28202

401 Las Colinas Blvd W Building A - Irving Texas 75039

3075 Loyalty Cir - Columbus Ohio 43219

Pay Range

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance skills experience or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.

Posting End Date:

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability status as a protected veteran or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit Market Financial Crimes Operational Regulatory Compliance) which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring governance risk identification and escalation as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business units risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

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