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This role provides architectural leadership across data ingestion, transformation, storage, governance, security, and activation platforms to ensure scalability, reliability, and long-term sustainability of the organization’s data ecosystem.\nThis individual serves as the senior technical authority for data platform design, establishing standards, patterns, and frameworks that enable advanced analytics, modeling, business intelligence, and client delivery. The Director ensures that all data systems are architected for performance, interoperability, compliance, and cost efficiency while anticipating future growth and technological evolution.\nThe role partners closely with Analytics, Information Security, Software Development, Product developers, and executive leadership to align architectural decisions with enterprise strategy and client needs.\nLocation: 4 days in office, Chicago or Sussex\nPlease note: This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship, including F-1 visa holders requiring CPT, OPT, or future H-1B sponsorship. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future immigration sponsorship.\nKey Responsibilities:\nEnterprise Data Architecture Strategy\nDefine and maintain the long-term architectural vision for the Quad/Rise Data Stack, including cloud data platforms, pipeline frameworks, governance layers, and integration strategies. Establish scalable, modular, and secure architecture patterns.\nPlatform & Infrastructure Design\nDesign and oversee implementation of:\nEnterprise data warehouse architecture\nDistributed processing frameworks\nReal-time and batch data ingestion pipelines\nAPI and data-sharing architectures\nMetadata management and lineage systems\nEnsure architectural consistency across environments (development, staging, production).\nStandards & Engineering Governance\nEstablish enterprise standards for:\nData modeling and schema design\nPipeline orchestration\nCode quality and version control\nDocumentation and lineage\nObservability and monitoring\nDrive adoption of best practices across engineering teams.\nScalability & Performance Optimization\nEnsure systems are designed for high availability, resilience, and performance at scale. Lead capacity planning, workload optimization, and cost management initiatives across cloud infrastructure.\nData Governance & Compliance Alignment\nPartner with Information Security and Compliance teams to embed governance, access controls, encryption standards, and auditability into architectural frameworks. Ensure designs support regulatory requirements and enterprise risk management policies.\nCross-Functional Collaboration\nWork closely with:\nData Science and Analytics teams to enable advanced modeling and experimentation\nSoftware Engineering teams to integrate analytics platforms into client-facing solutions\nProduct teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical designs\nAct as the architectural liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams.\nTechnology Evaluation & Innovation\nContinuously evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and methodologies to enhance platform capabilities. Lead proof-of-concept initiatives and guide build-versus-buy decisions.\nOrganizational Leadership\nMentor senior engineers and managers. Develop architectural talent within the Data Engineering function. Influence technical direction without direct ownership of all implementation teams.\nExecutive Communication\nProvide architectural roadmaps, risk assessments, and investment recommendations to executive leadership. Translate complex system design concepts into business-aligned strategy discussions.\nEducation:\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field required.\nMaster’s degree preferred.\nExperience:\nMinimum of 10+ years of experience in data engineering, distributed systems, or enterprise data architecture.\nMinimum of 5+ years designing large-scale cloud-based data platforms.\nDemonstrated experience leading architectural strategy across multiple teams or business units.\nExperience in media, marketing analytics, or high-volume consumer data environments is a plus.\nCertificates, Licenses, Registrations:\nPreferred certifications:\nCloud Architecture Certification (AWS, Azure, or GCP)\nSnowflake Architect Certification\nCertified Data Management Professional (CDMP)\nTOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture certification\nKnowledge, Skills & Abilities:\nDeep knowledge of:\nCloud-native data architectures\nLakehouse and warehouse platforms\nDistributed computing (e.g., Spark)\nData orchestration frameworks\nAPI-driven data integration\nCI/CD for data platforms\nStrong understanding of data lifecycle management and system interoperability.\nTechnical Language/Platform: T-SQL, PySpark, Snowflake, cloud-native services (AWS/Azure/GCP), orchestration tools, infrastructure-as-code frameworks.\nSystems Thinking: Ability to design cohesive systems across multiple technologies and teams while balancing performance, cost, risk, and scalability.\nLeadership & Influence: Proven ability to influence technical strategy across cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority. Strong mentorship capabilities.\nCommunication Skills: Exceptional ability to communicate architectural vision, tradeoffs, and risk clearly to technical and executive stakeholders.\nOrganizational Skills: Ability to manage multi-year roadmaps, platform migrations, and complex modernization initiatives.\nStrategic Orientation: Forward-thinking mindset with the ability to anticipate scaling challenges, emerging technologies, and evolving business requirements.\nEmployees can be expected to be paid an annualized salary range of $122,040-$170,000 base plus bonus, based on variations in knowledge, skills, experience, and market conditions.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5994,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-13T06:50:41Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":12,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.42,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":136,"expected_fill_days":18,"reasons":["conf:0","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-13T14:38:06Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/bequad-director-analytics-data-engineering","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/bequad-director-analytics-data-engineering.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-13T14:38:06Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":22442,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-14T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4420550},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4420550"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fbequad-director-analytics-data-engineering"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fbequad-director-analytics-data-engineering"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fbequad-director-analytics-data-engineering"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/bequad-director-analytics-data-engineering\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fbequad-director-analytics-data-engineering"}]}