ETS Senior Data Architect (Azure)
Company: Navy Federal Credit Union
Location: Vienna
Posted on: July 1, 2025
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Job Description:
To support Navy Federal’s Data Architecture organization, we are
seeking a skilled and experienced Sr Principal Data Architect to
develop and implement data strategies and frameworks that align
with the organizations business goals. As a Data Architect, you
will be responsible for architecting, designing, and building
end-to-end cloud-based data services. Responsibilities include
designing and optimizing conceptual and logical data models,
implementing data migration strategies, and ensuring the efficient
and secure storage of company information. Your expertise in cloud
data platforms will be instrumental in guiding the organizations
cloud data strategy, driving innovation, and delivering efficient
and scalable data analytics, ML and AI solutions. Responsibilities
• Develop and implement a comprehensive data architecture that
aligns with the organizations goals and supports business
intelligence and analytics initiatives. • Develop architecture
strategy based on modern data architectures like Data Products,
Data Mesh, Data Fabric and Domain Driven Design. • Lead the design
and architecture activities of cloud-based data solutions using
Azure to meet the organizations data capabilities requirements. •
Design data models (canonical, conceptual and logical data models
and data flow. charts) for operational and analytical systems,
ensuring consistency and scalability. • Provide thought leadership
in optimizing and architecting an Analytical Semantic Layer (ASL).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data
scientists, data engineers, application development and business
stakeholders, to understand business needs and translate them into
data architecture blueprints, design patterns and frameworks. •
Provide technical leadership and guidance ensuring adherence to
best practices, standards, and security protocols. • Evaluate
existing systems and compute environment, identify opportunities
for improvement, and recommend strategies to optimize performance,
reliability, and cost efficiency. • Conduct proof-of-concept
projects to validate the feasibility and effectiveness of new
technologies and methodologies. • Stay up to date with the latest
industry trends, emerging technologies, and advancements in cloud
data platform services to drive innovation and continuously improve
the organizations data capabilities. • Collaborate with internal
and external partners for discovery and fit gap analysis to
identify and recommend appropriate tools, platforms, and services
for cloud-based data analytics, ML, AI solutions. • Provide
mentoring and knowledge sharing to team members, fostering a
culture of continuous learning and development. Qualifications •
Bachelors or Masters degree in computer science, information
technology, or a related field. • 5 years of data architecture and
design experience. • 5 years of cloud technologies and cloud data
solutions experience. • Extensive experience as a Sr data
architect, with a strong focus on Azure data platform. • In-depth
knowledge and hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and
managing cloud-based data analytics, ML. AI solutions using Azure.
• Extensive experience in enabling and shaping up data architecture
of complex data ecosystem to adopt modern data architecture
paradigms like Data Products, Data Mesh, Data Fabric and Domain
Driven Design. • Strong experience in data/information modelling
(canonical, conceptual and logical data models and data flow
charts) at enterprise level, modelling governance and good exposure
to data modelling tools and best practices. • A highly capable
communicator, both written and verbal, adept in engaging,
collaborating, and influencing people across different business
units and at all levels of financial service organizations. •
Strong knowledge and experience in designing and architecting
cloud-based data analytics, ML and AI solutions. • Experience in
cloud data architecture and services, including Azure Data Lake,
Synapse Analytics, Databricks, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Cosmos DB,
Azure Blob Storage, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Functions. •
Successful in driving architectural change that transforms and
optimizes complex businesses preferably in financial industry. •
Proficiency in SQL, NoSQL, structured and unstructured data. • Well
experienced with Relational Data Modeling (3NF and Dimensional
Modeling) techniques; familiarity with NoSQL modeling preferred. •
Extensive experience with Data Architecture, Database Design
including Data Quality and Master Data Management (MDM) tools,
processes, and governance. • Experience with ETL and ELT
techniques. • Strong understanding of big data technologies, data
warehousing concepts, and data integration patterns. • Solid
understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and
infrastructure-as-code concepts. • Excellent problem-solving and
analytical skills, with the ability to translate business
requirements into technical solutions. • Strong communication and
interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively
with cross-functional teams and communicate complex concepts to
technical and non-technical stakeholders. Desired Qualifications •
Experienced with financial industry data models like Financial
Services Logical Data Model (FSLDM) or Banking and Financial
Markets Data Warehouse Model (BFMDW). • Preferably experienced with
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC)
and Oracle Banking Cloud Services (OBCS). • Experience with data
analytics and use of data analytics tools like Power BI and
Tableau. • Experience as a Sr data architect, with a strong focus
on AWS / GCP Cloud data platform.
Keywords: Navy Federal Credit Union, Richmond , ETS Senior Data Architect (Azure), IT / Software / Systems , Vienna, Virginia
