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It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.\nJob Summary\nThe Senior Data Architect is responsible for architecting Northeastern University’s transition from legacy data structures to a modern, scalable, AI-ready data architecture. This role conducts deep assessments of existing systems-including Banner, Workday, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Snowflake, and Azure-and designs future-state structures that support data products, analytics, automation, and AI/ML enablement. Establishes enterprise data standards, models, governance structures, and integration patterns, ensuring that data is trustworthy, discoverable, interoperable, secure, and prepared for advanced use cases such as RAG, vector search, semantic layers, and agentic workflows.\n*Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. The University is unable to work sponsor for this role, now or in the future.\nMinimum Qualification\nKnowledge and skills required for this position are typically acquired through the completion of a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field and ten or more years of progressive experience in data architecture, enterprise data modeling, or data engineering.\nProven experience modernizing legacy data environments and designing cloud-native, AI-ready data architectures.\n\nExperience working with large, complex enterprise systems (e.g., Banner, Workday, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Snowflake, Azure).\n\nDemonstrated leadership in cross-functional initiatives involving data governance, analytics, and platform modernization.\n\nAbility to translate complex technical concepts into business-aligned architectural decisions.\n\nStrong communication and data storytelling skills for senior leadership and non-technical stakeholders.\n\nEffective collaborator with demonstrated ability to drive alignment across distributed teams. Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking, and architectural documentation skills.\n\nAbility to set and enforce standards, patterns, reusable components, and governance practices.\n\nTechnical Competencies:\nExpertise in modern data architecture patterns (data products, lakehouse, domain-driven design, semantic layers).\n\nDeep knowledge of Snowflake, Azure SQL, Databricks, or similar cloud data platforms.\n\nProficiency with DBT, Fivetran, Informatica, or equivalent ELT/ETL tools.\n\nExperience with event-driven and API-based integrations (Kafka, EventHub, microservices).\n\nKnowledge of AI/ML foundational components: vector databases, feature stores, RAG pipelines, metadata management.\n\nStrong understanding of data modeling (conceptual, logical, physical), master data management, and data quality frameworks.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n1) Modern Data Architecture & Strategy Development\nAssess existing data structures, integrations, and legacy platforms.\n\nDefine the enterprise’s future-state data architecture aligned with AI, automation, and analytics needs.\n\nEstablish standards, patterns, and reusable frameworks\n\n2) Data Modeling, Products & Platform Enablement\nCreate conceptual, logical, and physical data models across domains.\n\nPartner with data owners to deliver scalable data products.\n\nSupport Snowflake, Azure, Salesforce, Banner, and ServiceNow data alignment\n\n3) AI/ML Enablement & Advanced Capabilities\nDesign datasets and metadata structures supporting AI, RAG, vector search, and agentic workflows.\n\nCollaborate with AI Studio and analytics teams to enable model training and inference at scale\n\n4) Data Integration, Quality, and Governance\nLead ingestion architecture, streaming frameworks, and API integrations.\n\nImplement data quality, lineage tracking, and governance practices.\n\nSupport FERPA, GDPR, and institutional compliance.\n\n5) Serve as trusted advisor to academic and administrative partners\nCommunicate roadmaps and architectural decisions to ITS leadership\n\nPosition Type\nInformation TechnologyAdditional Information\nNortheastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer.\nNortheastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includesmedical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit https://hr.northeastern.edu/benefits/ for more information.\nAll qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.\nCompensation Grade/Pay Type:\n114SExpected Hiring Range:\n$130,945.00 - $189,868.75With the pay range(s) shown above, the starting salary will depend on several factors, which may include your education, experience, location, knowledge and expertise, and skills as well as a pay comparison to similarly-situated employees already in the role. 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