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Job Description
We are an innovative organization that invests in the spiritual, relational, financial, physical and professional development of our employees. We have a culture that values excellence, teamwork, humility, integrity, compassion and stewardship.
What We Offer You!
We offer employees a generous benefits package, flexible work schedules, the opportunity to be involved in community outreach and tuition reimbursement.
Job Summary
Our customer in the insurance space is seeking a visionary and hands-on Enterprise Data Architect to lead the design and evolution of our enterprise data estate. This role blends strategic leadership with deep technical expertise to enable secure, trustworthy, and well-modeled data for analytics and applications. As a faith-based, non-profit organization, they offer a mission-driven culture, strong work / life balance, and a collaborative environment where your work directly supports meaningful outcomes. This is a unique opportunity to shape data architecture across Azure platforms while mentoring teams and influencing enterprise-wide decisions.
What You'll Do
- Define and maintain reference architectures for batch, streaming, and real-time data across Azure Data Lakehouse, Microsoft Fabric, Synapse, and Databricks
- Drive convergence on data modeling approaches (dimensional, medallion and semantic) and sponsor canonical models and domain boundaries
- Design and prototype data pipelines, semantic layers, and medallion / lakehouse patterns using SQL, PySpark, and Azure tools
- Establish data governance standards including SLAs / SLOs, quality rules, lineage, and metadata management via Microsoft Purview
- Implement secure data platform practices : RBAC / ABAC, encryption, key management, and network isolation
- Lead architecture reviews, translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders, and align data strategy with business outcomes
- Mentor data engineers, analysts, and citizen developers; elevate engineering standards through enablement and playbooks
- Guide incident reviews, root-cause analysis, and architecture health tracking to ensure operational excellence
What You'll Need
Required Qualifications ?
Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or related field—or equivalent experience10+ years in data / analytics, including 3–5+ years in architecture or lead rolesDeep expertise in Azure data services : Microsoft Fabric, Synapse, Databricks, ADLS Gen2Advanced data modeling experience dimensional, medallion and semantic modeling for Power BIStrong proficiency in SQL and Python / PySpark; performance tuning for large-scale datasetsProven experience designing secure data platforms with privacy, retention, and access controlsHands-on experience with data governance tools and practices (Purview or equivalent)Familiarity with CI / CD, DevOps for data (Azure DevOps / GitHub), and infrastructure-as-code (Bicep / Terraform)Excellent communication and storytelling skills to bridge technical and business audiencesHigh integrity and confidentiality in handling sensitive business matter?Preferred QualificationsMicrosoft certifications (e.g., DP-203, DP-600, AZ-305)Experience with event streaming (Event Hubs / Service Bus), MDM, and reference data solutionsExposure to legacy interoperability (.NET / C#, SSIS / SSRS, SSAS / Tabular)6859