Director, Data Architecture

Required Skills & Experience

Must Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in Data Architecture or Senior Data Engineering within modern cloud environments.
• 3+ years of technical leadership or team leadership experience.
• Deep expertise with Databricks, Delta Lake, and modern cloud data architecture.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services, including storage, compute, IAM, networking, and secure access.
• Experience designing scalable enterprise data architectures across complex or decentralized organizations.
• Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, metadata management, and data lifecycle principles.
• Proven ability to establish architectural standards and influence stakeholders across multiple teams.
• Strong communication, documentation, and mentoring skills.
• Experience building and leading high-performing technical teams.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Pluses

• Experience with Unity Catalog or similar data governance solutions.
• Knowledge of AI/ML platforms and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures.
• Experience with DataOps, platform governance, and enterprise BI ecosystems.
• Gaming industry experience.

Job Description

Job Description

Insight Global is looking for a Director of Data Architecture to lead the strategy, design, and governance of an enterprise data architecture environment across Databricks and AWS. This individual will establish architecture standards and best practices supporting Data Engineering, Business Intelligence, Data Science, AI, and Machine Learning initiatives. This role will partner closely with technical and business leadership to build secure, scalable, and trusted data solutions while leading and developing a high-performing data architecture team.