Principal Data Architect

Blue Cross of Idaho is seeking a Principal Data Architect to join their Data Strategy & Engineering team's Cloud Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) journey, leading data architecture, roadmap, and integration strategy, and playing a key role in the build of these capabilities.

Requirements

• Define multi-tenant enterprise data architecture for the platforms
• Lead data architecture practice and represent Data Engineering at the enterprise level
• Technical subject matter expert in the data ecosystem, including AWS/Snowflake
• Define data engineering and data platform integration framework and standards
• Mentor, coach and build learning program to efficiently and quickly onboard new people in the team
• Facilitate cross-team collaboration for defining and building enterprise data management architecture
• Direct the strategy and implementation for migration from the existing data warehouse platforms onto the new Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) on AWS/Snowflake
• Lead technical direction of the team, driving the necessary changes and recommending appropriate technology choices
• Lead the shift towards DevSecOps processes for the Data & Analytics delivery functions
• Drive the data platform technical roadmap to prioritize and build new features that serve the business teams
• Interface with key business functions to assess business functional requirements and translate them into data and integration requirements
• Manage relationships with external vendors to determine technical competence and identify integration opportunities
• Be a hands-on practitioner for end-to-end delivery of AWS/Snowflake platforms, capabilities, and content

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Community service and self-care days
• Medical/dental/vision/pharmacy insurance
• 401(k) matching and non-contributory plan
• Life insurance
• Short and long term disability
• Education reimbursement
• Employee assistance plan (EAP)
• Adoption assistance program
• Paid family leave program