- Company Name
- Okta
- Job Title
- Data Architect
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** Data Architect
**Role Summary:**
Design, develop, and govern a scalable, secure data ecosystem that enables data‑driven decision‑making across the organization. Lead data architecture strategy, integrate major business applications, and embed data‑governance principles into all data solutions.
**Expactations:**
- 12+ years of hands‑on experience in data or enterprise architecture with a strong focus on governance.
- Proven ability to influence cross‑functional stakeholders and drive data‑practice maturity.
- Bias for action, strong analytical mindset, and effective communication skills.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Define and evolve company‑wide data architecture and strategy, incorporating governance, classification, ownership, and retention policies.
- Create and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models aligned with governance requirements.
- Design data integration solutions for applications such as G‑Suite, Slack, Salesforce, NetSuite, and Workday, ensuring compliance with privacy regulations.
- Produce and update data documentation: data dictionaries, flow diagrams, architecture blueprints, and processing activity records.
- Establish and track metrics for data quality, accessibility, performance, cost, and compliance; report ecosystem health to leadership.
- Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, stewards, and business owners to translate needs into architectural specifications.
- Implement security and privacy controls (RBAC, masking, encryption) and support master data management, metadata management, and lineage tracking.
**Required Skills:**
- Expertise in data modeling (conceptual, logical, physical).
- Deep knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases; experience with AWS Redshift, Snowflake, Databricks, Vertex.ai, Varonis.
- Strong background in data governance frameworks, data quality management, MDM, metadata, and lineage tools.
- Proficiency with APIs and data models of Salesforce, NetSuite, Workday, Google (G‑Suite), and Slack.
- Experience implementing data security/privacy controls and ensuring regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).
- Excellent stakeholder management, documentation, and quantitative/qualitative reporting abilities.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred).
- Relevant certifications such as TOGAF, CDMP, AWS Certified Data Analytics, SnowPro Core, or equivalent.
Washington dc, United states
On site
Senior
08-10-2025