Enterprise Data Architect

Job Title:

Enterprise Data Architect

Location:

Block 23

What you'll do:

The Enterprise Data Architect is accountable to guide technology delivery teams and business users in the appropriate implementation and use of the end-to-end enterprise data architecture, patterns, and standards. The Enterprise Data Architect is responsible to collaborate and contribute with data engineers, data governance, and enterprise architects to build and enhance data warehouse and analytics data model definition and standards. The focus of this role is to deliver the end-to-end data architecture and data models required for Regulatory Reporting, including Large Financial Institution requirements.

The Enterprise Data Architect is accountable with Data Platform Architects for the architecture, design, standards, & frameworks that will help define and implement a data ‘platform’ to support our data strategy. This challenging role integrates business, data management, and data governance knowledge to develop a cross-business unit data tier that can be leveraged in new and innovative ways to improve our products and insights. This role requires strong strategic & critical thinking skills as well as communication and collaboration skills in developing relationships across the organization to enable and advance the data strategy that will support our growth trajectory.

The Enterprise Data Architect is a change agent and expected to be a servant leader in transforming the way data is managed and used across the Western Alliance Bank technology and business organizations.

This position is ONSITE ONLY located in either Phoenix, AZ, Dallas, TX, or Columbus, OH.

What we are looking for:

• Accountable to develop, contribute, and publish the data standards, data definitions and reference architecture of the data platforms that will be leveraged to aggregate, cleanse, report, analyze and submit regulatory reporting datasets through consistency & standardization across our data assets.  The platform will be required to scale significantly in both types and quantity of data, as well as the tooling on top of the platform that supports data insight generation, visualization, & model development.
• Oversee and validate the end-to-end design for the data flows, data integration, and data analytics Regulatory Reporting solutions.
• Responsible to advance data standards through the data governance operating model as well as provide guidance to the data governance team in the use of the data governance platform.
• Accountable to oversee the onboarding of projects to the enterprise data platform architecture as well as incorporating data governance processes and tooling to any data assets introduced by the project.
• Accountable for the development of the conceptual, logical, and physical data models in collaboration with data architects, data engineers, data analysts, and business stakeholders.
• Accountable to integrate data governance and data quality controls in the architecture and design for the end-to-end regulatory reporting data solutions.
• Works with business and technology leaders to identify new data types and assets that can be leveraged to improve our risk posture & insights that in turn improve our products and profitability.
• Collaborates with various teams managing data silos and marts to identify opportunities & wins associated with contributing to & leveraging enterprise data assets.
• Contribute to architecture artifacts related to the enterprise data platforms such as standards, patterns, & architectural roadmaps.
• Translates business and technical requirements into an architectural blueprint to achieve business objectives and documents all solution architecture design and analysis work.
• Analyzes the technology industry, competitors, and market trends, and determines their potential impact on the enterprise.
• Facilitates the evaluation and selection of software product standards and services, as well as the design of standard and custom software configurations.
• Identifies the organizational impact (for example, on skills, processes, structures, or culture) and financial impact of solution designs.

What you need to have:

• 10+ years of related experience, with 5+ years in a data or platform architecture role.
• Bachelor's degree in data science, computer science, information-technology, engineering, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience.
• Deep understanding & experience in designing & implementing modern solutions related to data visualization, data modelling, data transformation, and analytics.
• Experience designing & deploying applications into public cloud services and consuming value add PaaS data and analytics services from the major cloud providers (e.g. Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Expert in the use of data modeling toolset such as Erwin.
• Significant experience developing architecture blueprints, strategies, and roadmaps.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and can develop content for & communicate with Executive Level stakeholders as well as Engineering & Scrum teams.
• Ability to build trust and respect as a thought leader who can influence and persuade business and IT leaders and development teams.
• Objective mindset that can think ‘enterprise first’ and remain unbiased toward any specific technology or vendor choice, with decisions made based on data, analysis, & POC results.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Deep understanding of strategic and new and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating models.
• Experience working with Cloud native Analytics and Data Management tooling, especially Azure – preferred.
• Experience implementing or collaborating with Data Governance Practices – preferred.
• Knowledge and understanding of different modeling languages (e.g. ArchiMate) – preferred.
• Experience delivering & operating in the Banking industry – preferred.

Benefits you’ll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC.  AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488.  When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue.  We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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