Data Architect Senior or Data Architect Lead

About the role

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland seeks a Senior Data Architect or Data Architect Lead to lead design pattern/technology selection and architecture decisions for complex product development initiatives, including modernization efforts for several important data analytics assets. This role requires both deep technical expertise and the ability to influence stakeholders across all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Selects design patterns, technologies, and solution architectures for product development projects based on business, technical, and enterprise requirements to ensure alignment with organizational objectives and industry best practices.
• Engages with business areas, clients, and stakeholders as a trusted consultant to identify gaps, present solution options, and recommend optimal technologies; documents architecture decisions and technical standards to support knowledge sharing.
• Champions complex, strategic enterprise solutions by communicating architecture decisions and technical concepts effectively across all organizational levels, from technical teams to senior management.
• Refines and supports a portfolio-wide data optimization strategy to further align existing assets to the new, cloud-native architecture.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams throughout the full development lifecycle, including ideation, development, integration, testing, and production support.
• Researches and evaluates emerging technologies and industry trends; develops strategic recommendations for architecture investments that reduce cost, increase security, eliminate redundancies, and improve system flexibility.
• Buys and maintains strategic relationships with key technology vendors and business partners to stay current on industry developments and enterprise architecture landscape shifts.
• Owes the data infrastructure strategy and roadmap; assesses current state, identifies gaps, and drives architectural initiatives and monitoring solutions from planning through implementation.
• Establishes, enforces, and evolves data governance policies, quality frameworks, and compliance practices to ensure data integrity, security, accuracy, and regulatory adherence across critical systems.
• Collaborates with data stewards, compliance teams, and technical leads to translate governance and regulatory requirements into technical controls, validation rules, access policies, and audit mechanisms.
• Aids in establishing a flexible and valuable portfolio-level data catalog that will drive transparency and promote reusability.

Requirements

• Data Architect Senior: Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of professional work experience or Master’s degree and 3 years of professional work experience. Proven track record of designing and implementing complex, production-grade systems. Experience working in collaborative, cross-functional environments.
• Data Architect Lead: Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of related work experience OR Master’s degree and 5 years of related work experience. Proven track record of designing and implementing complex, production-grade systems. Experience working in collaborative, cross-functional environments.

Qualifications

• Deep experience designing distributed systems, microservices, API architectures, and cloud-native applications.
• Understanding of payment systems, regulatory requirements, and banking technology landscape.
• Expertise in web, mobile, and backend architectures with strong grasp of scalability, security, and performance patterns.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS), containerization, CI/CD (e.g., GitLab), and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., CDK or Terraform).
• Proficiency in data modeling, integration patterns, and database technologies (relational and NoSQL).
• Working knowledge of TOGAF, C4, AWS Well-Architected Framework or similar architecture analysis and documentation approaches.

Skills

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to influence stakeholders across all levels of the organization.
• Experience with data governance and regulatory compliance.
• Knowledge of financial services technology and regulatory requirements.

Benefits

The Cleveland Fed offers benefits to support overall health and financial security. Learn more about our benefits here: https://www.clevelandfed.org/careers.

Pay

The expected starting salary range for the Data Architect Senior is between $111,400 and $153,100 annually. Final salary and offer will be determined by the applicant’s background, experience, skills, internal equity, and market data.

Schedule

This role is full-time and regular.

Contact

To apply, visit Federal Reserve System Careers or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.