Enterprise Architecture Consultant Lead - Data Architecture

COUNTRY Financial is actively seeking for an experienced

Data Architecture Leader

to join the Enterprise Architecture team. This role will be responsible for developing data architecture plans and driving the plans to fruition in collaboration with business and IT. You will play a key role in driving a number of data and analytics initiatives including: cloud data transformation, data governance, data quality, data standards, CRM, MDM, Generative AI and data science. You will define cloud reference architectures to promote reusable patterns and promote best practices for data integration and consumption. You will also guide the data science team in implementing data models and analytics models. You will also serve as a data science architect delivering the technology and architecture services to the data science community. In addition, you will also guide application development teams in the data design of complex solutions, in a large data eco-system, and ensures that teams are in alignment with the data architecture principles, standards, strategies, and target states.

This position offers a hybrid work schedule and can be based out of our corporate offices in Bloomington, IL, Alpharetta, GA, or Minneapolis, MN.

How does a Data Architecture Leader

make an impact?

Create, maintain, and govern architectural views and blueprints depicting the Business and IT landscape in its current, transitional, and future state.

Recommend long-term direction on strategic advancements within the technical portfolio.

Define and maintain standards for artifacts containing architectural content within the operating model.

Build a Community of Practice for solutions architecture while leveraging architectural tools, processes, and practices.

Offer insight, guidance, and direction on the usage of emerging trends and technical capabilities.