Senior Data Architect

Apply for the Senior Data Architect role at Co-operators . Company: Co-operatorsDepartment: ITEmployment Type: Full-timeWork Model: HybridLanguage: EnglishPosition currently vacant Opportunity We are a leading Canadian financial services co‑operative committed to being a catalyst for a sustainable and resilient society. Our team plays a key role in delivering on this strategy, prioritising people, culture and development opportunities that enable success and purpose. Our Information Technology team aspires to lead in applying technology to power business strategies. We connect concepts with solutions to create value and efficiencies for clients, employees and communities. The Data Architect is a senior technical leadership role responsible for designing and maintaining the overall structure of data systems, ensuring they are scalable, resilient, and aligned with the target state architecture to support current and future business needs. The role collaborates with stakeholders to understand data, functional, and non‑functional requirements and translates them into scalable solutions. The Senior Data Architect guides standards for data modeling, integration and system performance, ensuring technology choices and system design align with the organization’s architecture patterns. In addition, the role balances flexibility with structure, manages technical debt and ensures visibility into how data is used across teams. How You Will Create Impact Lead, define and maintain the enterprise data architecture framework and patterns, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and the technology stack, in reference to the target state architecture. Establish and promote data modeling, integration, and system performance standards to ensure consistency and scalability across the organization. Accountability to ensure solutions are sustainable, secure, and aligned with enterprise data governance, quality, and access standards. Design scalable, governed data solutions that align with data strategy, target state architecture standards, and data governance tools. Leverage experience to provide solutions requiring complexity in support of strategic outcomes. Lead the development of end‑to‑end data solutions, either with the hybrid or target state approach, ensuring proper data quality and integration with existing systems. Translate business (functional and non‑functional) requirements into clear, workable designs that guide development and ensure data flows and system integrations are thoughtfully planned and documented. Ensure that technology choices (Azure‑first) and data application design align with long‑term business goals and architecture principles. Provide data architectural leadership and guidance aligning with the target state architecture to data architects and data engineers. Lead data architecture for legal entity domains and corresponding initiatives, ensuring solutions are viable and sustainable. Lead and facilitate discussions, make decisions, and influence senior stakeholders to ensure alignment with corporate data strategies and promote the adoption of target state architecture and solution design artifacts. To Join Our Team 10+ years of experience in data architecture with experience in building modern data platforms and data products. 10+ years of experience designing and implementing scalable, cloud‑based data solutions (Azure preferred). Deep understanding of data modeling, ETL processes, data warehousing concepts, and best practices in data engineering and analytics. Knowledge of cloud security and networking is an asset. Hands‑on experience with Azure services such as ADLS, Databricks, Fabric, Data Factory, Synapse, Event Hub, API Management, Key Vault, SQL, and Purview; understanding of backup, disaster recovery and data recovery strategies with these services. Experience with machine learning / Gen AI architecture patterns is an asset. Excellent project management knowledge with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple priorities simultaneously. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience presenting to large and small audiences. How You Will Succeed Build trusting relationships and provide feedback to enable the successful development of your team and colleagues. Foster innovation and continuous improvement with a focus on client experience. Facilitate the adoption of change and create a high‑performance culture through alignment of your team’s work with organisational goals. Successfully convey messages and demonstrate openness to exploring alternative points of view. Use critical thinking to guide decision making and apply a strategic mindset to adjust business plans based on shifting priorities. What You Need To Know You will be subject to a background check as a condition of employment if you are the successful candidate. Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level Employment type: Full‑time Job function: Engineering and Information Technology #J-18808-Ljbffr