Data Architect – Full Time Role
Role: Data Architect
Location: Remote USA
Domain Needed: Insurance
Duration: Full Time Role (NO C2C/W2/C2H/1099)
Work Authorization: This role is not eligible for company sponsorship now or in future
Summary:
Seeking for a Data Architect who can design, standardize, and oversee enterprise-level data architecture for an insurance organization. This is not just a hands-on developer role-it’s strategic and governance-heavy, focusing on data models, standards, and platform recommendations.
Key Responsibilities
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Architecture Ownership:
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Take full responsibility for target architectures and medallion patterns (likely a layered data architecture approach: bronze/silver/gold layers).
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Platform Standards & Recommendations:
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Define and enforce standards on data platform design, naming conventions, technologies, and frameworks.
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Data Governance & Taxonomy:
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Define subject-area taxonomy (how data domains are organized).
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Set up data contracts (rules for how data is shared/used).
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Establish RBAC patterns (Role-Based Access Control).
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Security & Observability:
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Ensure data observability, security, and retention are built into designs (“by-design” approach).
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Design Oversight:
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Approve logical & physical data models , Source-to-Target mappings, and major design decisions.
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Identity & Matching:
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Design identity resolution and matching logic (both deterministic and fuzzy matching).
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Performance & Cost Optimization:
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Optimize data pipelines for performance, storage, and cost efficiency.
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Governance Alignment:
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Make sure models align with data governance policies, lineage tracking, and compliance requirements.
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Data Provisioning & Access Strategy:
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Oversee data access strategy, profiling, and provisioning workflows.
Technical Skills Required
- Cloud / Platform: Azure, Microsoft Fabric
- Data Governance / Catalog: MS Purview (uncertain, but likely expected)
- ETL / Data Movement: Azure Data Factory (ADF), PySpark
- Programming / Scripting: Python
- Visualization / Reporting: Power BI (PBI)