Ent Credit Union - Colorado Springs, CO
posted 2 months ago
The Enterprise Data Architect at Ent Credit Union plays a crucial role in designing, creating, deploying, and managing the organization's data architecture. This position is essential for enabling Ent to meet or exceed its various business strategies. The architect will work primarily within agile teams, collaborating with project managers, product owners, data engineers, business intelligence analysts, data scientists, and developers to ensure that the data architecture aligns with business objectives and facilitates rapid, actionable insights. Key responsibilities include initiating and recommending the collection of new data sources or modifications to existing ones to address business challenges. The architect will design database and data lake schemas, ensuring efficient data storage that aligns with business goals. They will also consult with data engineers on pipeline development, ensuring that data mappings align with expected schemas, and work closely with data/BI analysts and data scientists to ensure that data schemas and processing meet the needs of downstream analytical processes. In addition to technical responsibilities, the Enterprise Data Architect will develop partnerships with data consumers to understand their needs and facilitate schema development that aligns with business definitions. They will document architectural patterns and practices for use throughout the Data & Analytics teams and perform periodic checks to ensure adherence to best practices. The architect will also work closely with the Data Governance committee to define data standards and policies, ensuring data integrity and security throughout all stages of data processing. As a technical lead, the architect will provide consulting expertise and mentoring across multiple verticals, enhancing team effectiveness. They will also remain cognizant of and adhere to Ent's policies and procedures, particularly those related to the Bank Secrecy Act.