Information Architect

About the role

Data Modelling & Architecture Lead and contribute with conceptual, logical, and physical data model design aligned to the firm's data mesh and medallion architectures
Govern and maintain the enterprise data model library in SqlDBM, enforcing naming conventions, domain standards, and versioning
Define and steward canonical data entities and lineage across source, integration, and consumption layers
Help with the translation of business requirements into rigorous data structures in collaboration with engineering and domain teams
Guide teams on the design and effective use of semantic data models, including their application to agentic AI solutions
Semantic & Knowledge Modelling
Integrate semantic layers with business glossaries, data catalogues, and lineage tooling
Design and maintain semantic models to support agentic-AI capabilities
Help develop ontologies, taxonomies, and controlled vocabularies underpinning enterprise metadata and search
Define semantic modelling standards and patterns to ensure consistent meaning, interoperability, and AI readiness across data products
Guide and control the creation of data domains that align with the banks underlying capabilities
Data Engineering & Platforms
Design data product schemas across Snowflake and Databricks, including Delta Lake structures and access patterns
Define and enforce architectural guardrails for data product design, including performance, scalability, security, and cost efficiency
Set design standards and review transformation/pipelines for compliance
Embed data contract standards and data quality frameworks across pipeline outputs
Agentic AI & AI-Assisted Development
Leverage Snowflake Cortex / Databricks Genie (or similar) to help engineering teams deliver natural language query and LLM-augmented data products
Utilize GitHub Copilot (or similar) to accelerate modelling, documentation, and pipeline development
Design and define a set of agentic skills that can be provided to implementation teams
Contribute to the firm's AI Champion network, evaluating emerging capabilities and advising on adoption
Enterprise Architecture & Design Assurance
Act as a design authority for data architecture across teams and data domains
Partner with enterprise, security, and risk architecture to ensure data solutions align with broader technology and regulatory standards
Provide early-stage architectural input to initiative discovery and solution design to reduce delivery risk
Governance & Stakeholder Engagement
Present architecture decisions to senior stakeholders, architecture review boards, and regulatory audiences
Support regulatory compliance through robust lineage, metadata management, and data quality evidence
Mentor junior architects and engineers within the Information Architecture community of practice

Essential Requirements

• Proven experience in data architecture, data engineering, or information management
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, or a related discipline
• Proven enterprise data modelling experience at conceptual, logical, and physical levels
• Hands-on SqlDBM experience (or equivalent modern toolset)
• Proven experience with dbt Labs
• Good Python skills, API integration, automation
• Practical Snowflake and Databricks experience including Cortex AI and Genie
• Working knowledge of OWL, RDF, SPARQL and enterprise ontology design
• Experience with at least one agentic AI framework
• GitHub Copilot or equivalent AI coding assistant experience in a professional setting
• Financial services background preferred; BCBS 239 awareness advantageous

Desirable

• Data Vault 2.1 alongside Kimball/Star-schema modelling
• Data mesh, data product ownership and federated governance
• Knowledge graph platforms (Neo4j, Neptune) or knowledge of OWL, RDF and exposure to and build of ontologies
• Published thought leadership or community contributions in data or AI

Salary Range

$137,400 - 240,400 USD

Benefits

• Retirement benefits (401k and pension)
• Health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, spending accounts and disability)
• Paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, life & accident insurance
• Other voluntary and well-being benefits
• Discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component

Reasonable Accommodation

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