JOB DESCRIPTION The Senior Data Architect will design and implement scalable data solutions using the latest and advanced technology and toolsets. This role offers the right candidate the rare opportunity to leverage their extensive background to design and architect scalable, secure, and modern cloud-native data solutions. The role will also be responsible for working closely with business partners and IT leadership to understand the organization's business requirements and work with the broader IT team to enable/build new capabilities in our data platform that will support the current needs and scale to accommodate future growth.
RESPONSIBILITIES - Lead the design and architecture of end-to-end data solutions, translating business requirements into scalable, secure, and high-performing data architectures.
- Enable AI/ML-driven capabilities by designing data architectures that support scalable experimentation, feature engineering, and model deployment.
- Translate business strategy and requirements into scalable, secure, and high-performing data solutions that support both operational and AI-driven use cases.
- Define target-state data architecture and blueprints, including data flows, integration patterns, storage strategies, and consumption layers.
- Establish standard architecture patterns for ingestion, transformation (ETL/ELT), data integration, and data sharing across platforms.
- Architect scalable data pipelines and workflows, optimizing for performance, cost, and reliability.
- Ensure design alignment with cloud-native principles, leveraging modern data platforms for elasticity, resilience, and modularity.
- Incorporate data governance, security, and privacy by design, including access controls, masking, lineage, and compliance requirements.
- Design for interoperability and integration, enabling seamless data exchange across applications, domains, and external systems.
- Lead evaluation and selection of data management technologies in partnership with IT and business stakeholders, ensuring seamless ecosystem integration.
- Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, and Application Development teams to define roadmaps, capabilities, and solution strategies.
- Provide architectural oversight for cloud-native data platforms, ensuring scalability, performance, and operational excellence.
- Review and govern solution designs, identifying risks, gaps, and trade-offs while ensuring adherence to enterprise standards.
- Drive innovation through feasibility studies, POCs, and pilot initiatives, validating new technologies and architectural approaches.
- Provide oversight for vendor and third-party solutions, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and integration standards.
- Participate in architecture governance forums, contributing to design reviews, approvals, and continuous improvement.
- Mentor and guide junior data architects and engineers, fostering best practices, design excellence, and capability growth.
QUALIFICATIONS - 4+ years of experience in modern data cloud data architecture, or related fields, with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
- Hands-on experience with current AI technologies and MCP architecture, modern data and analytics tools, such as Snowflake, Matillion, Power BI and other industry-leading platforms.
- Proven experience leading the design and delivery of enterprise data solutions, including data warehousing, data management, big data, and data integration initiatives.
- Extensive hands-on expertise in architecting and building end-to-end data platforms, leveraging modern technologies and cloud environments (preferably Microsoft Azure), with experience in cloud-native, multi-cloud, or hybrid architectures.
- Strong ability to translate business requirements into scalable data solutions, with excellent communication skills to articulate complex architectural concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Deep understanding of modern data ecosystems, including data warehouses, data lakes, and lakehouse architectures, with the ability to evaluate and select optimal technologies for ingestion, storage, processing, analytics, APIs, and microservices.
- Experience collaborating with vendors and third-party partners, ensuring successful delivery aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
- Familiarity with unified analytics platforms (e.g., Microsoft Fabric) or similar modern data platforms is highly desirable.
- Strong foundation in data governance, data quality, security, and privacy, with an understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence decisions and drive alignment across cross-functional teams.
- Architect modern, scalable data platforms that enable advanced analytics, AI/ML, and Generative AI use cases while ensuring governance, security, and performance.
Base Pay Information
The national base pay range at the end is a good-faith estimate of what Delta Dental may pay for new hires. Actual pay may vary based on Delta Dental's assessment of the candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), related experience, education, certifications and ability to meet required minimum job qualifications. Other factors impacting pay include prevailing wages in the work location and internal equity.
Pay Grade 22. $93,425 - $202,404
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Behind the smile! We are dedicated to safeguarding the health and financial stability of our employees and their loved ones. This commitment extends beyond the workplace to foster personal growth and holistic wellbeing. Our life-changing rewards package includes:
- Competitive base and incentive pay
- 401(k) with robust matching and non-matching contributions
- Rich medical & pharmacy benefits
- 100% employer-paid dental and vision benefits
- Holistic wellbeing program with deep financial incentives
- Generous paid time off plus 12 paid holidays and your birthday off
- Culture of growth and learning: career development; tuition reimbursement; recognition program
- Family support: adoption assistance, fertility treatment, child, elder & pet care assistance
- Social responsibility and volunteer opportunities
- Employee discount program
Fair Chance Ordinances and Criminal Background Considerations
This position requires that the applicant undergo a background check. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with any applicable federal, state or local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and/or New York Corrections Law Article 23-A.
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Since 1955, we have offered comprehensive, high-quality oral health care benefits to millions of enrollees and built the strongest network of dental providers in the country. The Delta Dental of California network includes affiliates Delta Dental Insurance Company; Delta Dental of Pennsylvania; Delta Dental of New York, Inc.; Delta Dental of the District of Columbia; Delta Dental of Delaware, Inc.; and Delta Dental of West Virginia, providing dental benefits to more than 31 million people across 15 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
The company and its affiliates are part of Delta Dental Plans Association (DDPA), a not-for-profit national association based in Oak Brook, Illinois. Through our national network of Delta Dental companies, we offer dental coverage in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories. We offer vision coverage through DeltaVision in 15 states and the District of Columbia. Collectively, we deliver benefits to more Americans than any other dental insurance company.
Delta Dental Ins. is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a professional work environment free from discrimination and harassment. Individuals seeking employment at Delta Dental are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, actual or perceived physical or mental disability, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other legally protected category. Delta Dental is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Accordingly, we have adopted and maintain an Equal Employment Opportunity Policy, Harassment-Free Work Environment Policy, and Respectful Workplace policies and will not tolerate violations of these policies.
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