Associate Principal - Data Engineering

Define and execute the data architecture vision and strategic roadmap in close alignment with the CDO and enterprise data strategy

Architect scalable resilient and secure solutions for enterprisewide data integration warehousing analytics operational systems and augmentation with external data sources

Develop and champion standardized insurancecentric data modeling frameworks data architecture best practices and reference architectures to ensure quality consistency and performance

Architectural Oversight Solution Delivery

Drive architectural oversight for design build and operate phases of critical enterprise data initiativesincluding new insurance products data platforms modernization digital transformation and regulatory projects

Translate functional and technical requirements into robust data architectures guide engineering analytics product and delivery teams throughout the data solution lifecycle

Perform handson technical delivery and problem solving for complex strategic initiatives ensuring successful execution against business compliance and technical requirements

Formalize current and futurestate architectural roadmaps that support unified global and consistent views of Customer Policy Claims Financials and other key insurance data domains

Insurance Data Domain Leadership

Develop and maintain standardized insurance data models schemas and pipelines ensure applicability across the business for operational analytical and regulatory purposes

Integrate core insurance application data eg Policy Administration Claims Reinsurance Financials with enterprise data platform and external thirdparty sources for holistic insights

Lead data architecture initiatives supporting evolving requirements of actuarial underwriting claims compliance finance and product innovation teams

Adoption of Modern Data Technologies Best Practices

Evaluate select and drive adoption of cuttingedge data technologies and architectural approaches cloudnative distributed streaming data lakehouse realtime analytics

Accelerate enablement of cloudbased medallion architecture bronzesilvergold data pipeline automation metadata management and advanced analytics infrastructure

Promote strong data governance integrationincluding quality cataloging lineage privacy security and compliance policiesacross all data architecture outputs

Data Organization Leadership Team Building

Build and mentor a highperforming Data Architecture function including data architects modelers solution designers and technical delivery leads

Foster crossteam collaboration with engineering operations analytics and governance teams ensuring seamless delivery of robust data solutions across the enterprise

Stakeholder Engagement Change Leadership

Serve as chief architectural advisor and liaison to internal and external stakeholders educating teams on data architecture capabilities and value

Ensure business requirements are accurately captured and reflected in scalable technical designs drive business adoption and platform utilization

Continuous Improvement Innovation Risk Management

Champion continuous improvement in architectural processes tooling methodology and capability development

Lead architectural risk assessment mitigation and proactive controls to ensure technical business and compliance objectives are met

Track and report architectural health and progress using enterprise KPIs quality metrics and roadmap milestones

Technical Skills Requirements

Advanced handson expertise in designing and modeling enterprise data architectures cloudnative hybrid lakehouse distributed realtime

Deep experience with data management advanced data modeling conceptual logical physical insurance data schemas and master datareference data frameworks

Proven delivery across modern data technology stacksDatabricks Snowflake Spark AWSAzureGCP data services streamingdata integration platforms metadatacataloging tools

Expertise in Medallion architecture batchstreaming pipeline design external data augmentation

Indepth understanding of metadata management data governance lineage cataloging residency and securityprivacy frameworks

Familiarity with insurance business models core platforms Guidewire Duck Creek Majesco and regulatorycompliancedriven architecture requirements

Ability to assess legacy and modern architectures and transition organizations toward future state aligned with business goals

Experience driving transformation of architecture standards and best practices across globally distributed teams

Required Qualifications

Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Data Science Data Engineering Information Systems or related field advanced degree highly preferred

12 years experience in data architecture data mo