Senior Data Architect - Enterprise Architecture

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As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ digital lives.  Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems.  American Express offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source.  And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in The U.S. Consumer Services and Enterprise Digital & Data Technology Team brings together foundational strategic technology capabilities in digital experience engineering (Mobile and Web), AI/ML, marketing technology, enterprise communications, travel and lifestyle, and automation, grounded in our data technology model that prioritizes data governance. It employs a ground-breaking focus with development responsibilities for customer-facing capabilities that deepen and expand digital engagement, as well as core technical capabilities that cut across business lines and customer segments.

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The Chief Technology Officer Organization’s vision is to raise the bar for technical excellence, talent, strategy, and standards across Technology. It also seeks to cultivate and foster technical innovation, as well as elevate and amplify the technical heartbeat of the organization.

Enterprise Architecture as an organization aims to set the bar for technology at American Express. The four pillars of Enterprise Architecture are Architecture as Code (common frameworks/services leveraged by engineering teams across the enterprise), Architecture as Design (Major Engagements with high priority, business critical projects which need architectural guidance and support), Governance (Standards, Automated scan and score, Feedback loop and case-by-case architectural reviews) and Colleague Enablement (Mission focused Colleague development and recognition as well as enterprise outreach).

The Role:

This Senior Data Architect position in Enterprise Architecture will be focused on Data Architecture. This role will work on the team to provide clarity on Data Lifecycle Management and Governance Architecture with prioritized risk mitigation, enable consistent data governance certification at scale, drive domain-by-domain data architecture, and create API-Centric data traceability, CIA and lineage by design, within FFIEC compliance. This role provides exciting opportunities in exploring GenAI in the lifecycle of the data.

Responsibilities:

• ·    Performs enterprise and platform-specific aspects of data strategy and data architecture in alignment with platform blueprints for assigned applications, including leading data governance initiatives, developing prototypes, promoting adoption of new database management systems, DBMS functionality and related tools as applicable
• ·      Owns metadata management and creation of logical data architecture for technology platforms that meets enterprise data governance and standards
• Provides data architecture services to projects crafting, extending or maintaining databases, data warehouses and data marts 

• ·    Performs transformation of logical data architectures into physical data designs on large or complex systems, according to database design best practices and standards
• ·    Participates in development of plans and strategies, best practices, and standards related to data management processes, data products, data security and programs
• ·    Functions as leading member of an agile team and helps drive consistent data strategy and data architecture practices related to platform
• ·    Publish data models for developer consumption in an easy to use format for technology platforms
• ·     Publish data standards and ensure alignment to standard in project delivery for technology platforms
• ·    Typically spends 60% of time in data strategy and data architecture development and remainder of time collaborating with partners through ongoing product/platform releases
• ·    Communicates and works collaboratively with business and product teams to support changes and implementation
• ·    Works with product team to prioritize features for ongoing sprints and leading a list of data requirements based on industry trends, new technologies, known defects, and issues
• ·    Crafts and/or uses System-of-Records (SORs) and identify data reuse
• ·   Contributes to decisions about tools, methods and approaches
• ·   Finds opportunities to embrace innovative technologies
• ·   Works closely with product owners on blueprints and annual planning of feature sets that impact multiple platforms and product

Qualifications:

• ·        5+ years of data architecture and database development experience in a professional environment and/or comparable experience such as:

o   Demonstrated experience leading teams of Data Engineers and Data Architects

o   Hands on expertise in developing data architecture for applications utilizing one or more database management systems (e.g. DB2 zOS, Cassandra, Couch, Oracle, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Netezza, Hadoop, MapR) as appropriate

o   Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and application development

o   Experience with database development and support of OLTP and/or OLAP systems

o   Knowledge of NOSQL design and flexible schema definitions with variety of products (MongoDB, Cassandra, HBase etc)

o    Ability to perform POC's to evaluate and benchmark alternate solutions using standard programming languages such as Java, Go, Python. 

o   Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related field required; advanced degree preferred

• ·        Leads development of data strategy and data architecture for database solution of large systems
• ·        Proven expertise in data governance practices to promote a consistent and robust enterprise data architecture utilizing tools such as Collibra
• ·        Strong analytical skills with a demonstrable ability to understand and document business data requirements in complete, accurate, extensible and flexible logical data models using data modeling tools – ErStudio, ErWin for large technology platforms
• ·        Able to facilitate discussions between Technology and business people, recognize issues of conflict and inconsistency between data requirements and pursue a resolution of these issues
• ·        Evaluates and undertakes impact analysis on major design options for databases and assesses and leads associated risks
• ·        Participates in modification and maintenance of data structures and associated components according to logical and physical design structures across company platforms
• ·        Expertise in Metadata Management and Database Management concepts
• ·        Partners with Sr. Engineers, Sr. Data Engineers and Sr. Data Architects to craft platform level data strategy, data architecture, data models and database designs
• ·        Takes technical responsibility for all stages in the data architecture development process of the large system
• ·        Takes part in reviews of own work and leads reviews of colleagues' work
• ·        Has working knowledge of the range of tools used in the planning, analyzing, crafting, building, testing, configuring and maintaining of assigned application(s)
• ·        Able to participate in assigned team’s software delivery methodology (Agile, Scrum, Agile XP, Test-Driven Development, etc.)
• ·        Understands and has practical experience with infrastructure technologies and components like servers, jvms and networking concepts
• ·        Application of industry best practices, processes and standards
• ·        Identifies a number of ways to do things differently that will continuously improve the product

Salary Range: $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries 
• Bonus incentives 
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan 
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support 
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits 
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy 
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) 
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program 
• Career development and training opportunities

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