Senior Director, Data Architecture (Next Gen)
Core
Lead the evolution of the global data ecosystem and act as a Data Architecture Center of Excellence (CoE) to enable enterprise-wide data solutions.
Role type
Senior Director, Data Architecture (Strategy & Hands-on IC)
Builds
Modern data platforms, graph-based data solutions, semantic models, and real-time data capabilities for large-scale business and operational needs.
Domain
Enterprise Data Architecture, Knowledge Graphs, Stream Processing, AI-Driven Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure | product features
Required skills
Enterprise Data Architecture, Stream Processing (Kappa), Ontology Engineering, Graph Databases, API Strategy, Container Deployment, AI-Driven Workflows, Modern Data Platforms (Lakehouse), Programming Languages
Preferred skills
Semantic/Graph platforms (Jena/Palantir/Stardog), Vector databases, Automated testing frameworks for agentic workflows
Technologies
Apache Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, Spark Structured Streaming, Flink, Neo4j, Azure Cosmos DB Graph API, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Docker, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, Databricks, Delta Lake, Scala, TypeScript
Responsibilities
Provide architectural guidance and reference architectures to data engineers and analysts; Lead and mentor a team of key data architects; Design and implement modern data platforms and engineering frameworks; Drive development of graph-based data solutions and semantic models; Identify and implement AI/automation opportunities in the data engineering lifecycle; Define scalable API and knowledge-layer architectures; Build and enhance real-time data capabilities for event-driven processing.
Seniority
Senior Director, Strategy & Mentorship
