Principal Data Architect
Core
Define and own enterprise data reference architectures, governance, and golden paths across a multivendor, multicloud data estate to support AI, analytics, and regulated data consumption.
Role type
Principal Data Architect (Senior IC)
Builds
Multicloud data platforms, data mesh operating models, and AI/ML data infrastructure
Domain
Healthcare / Health Insurance / Data Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Multicloud data architecture, data governance, data mesh, systems of record design, AI/ML data infrastructure, regulated data controls (PHI), technical influence without authority
Preferred skills
Healthcare industry experience, FinOps, infrastructure-as-code, automated policy enforcement
Technologies
Snowflake, GCP/BigQuery, AWS
Responsibilities
Own data reference architectures across ingestion, storage, transformation, and consumption layers; define data mesh operating models and singular systems of record; embed automated data governance and quality gates; design data infrastructure for AI and analytics workloads; establish zero-trust data access patterns; coach senior engineers and Solution Architects on system-level design
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship