Principal Data Architect

🕒 June 16

🎸 Tennessee – Remote

🎸 Tennessee – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🚰 Data Engineer

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Lifeway Christian Resources

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1891

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Lifeway Christian Resources is a leading provider of Christian resources, including Bibles, books, church supplies, and digital media tailored for ministry needs. They offer a wide selection of Bible studies, educational materials, and worship resources specifically designed for churches, families, and individuals, aiming to support the church's mission of discipleship and community engagement.

📋 Description

• Lives out Lifeway’s mission and values, showing deep commitment to Kingdom work • Define and maintain the enterprise data architecture roadmap, aligning data strategy with long-term business priorities and technology goals • Lead the design and evolution of data platforms including data warehouse and lake-house architecture • Develop and champion a Data Mesh strategy enabling domain-oriented data ownership, self-serve data infrastructure, and federated governance • Architect and oversee enterprise data integration patterns including batch ETL, real-time streaming, and event-driven architectures • Establish standards for data pipelines, transformation logic, lineage tracking, and integration frameworks across on-premises and cloud environments • Lead efforts to make the organization's data AI-ready to support machine learning and AI applications • Drive adoption of data contracts and data product thinking to improve reliability and trust in data assets • Lead the design of Master Data Management integrations and provide technical leadership across MDM initiatives • Act as a strategic advisor on data initiatives across business units, ensuring architectural soundness and alignment with enterprise standards • Provide technical mentorship and architectural guidance to data engineers, BI developers, and MDM Software Engineers

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field, required • 10+ years of progressive experience in data engineering, software development, or data architecture roles • 5+ years in a senior or principal-level data architecture capacity with ownership of enterprise-scale data programs • Deep expertise in data warehousing strategies (Inmon, Kimball, lake-house architecture) • Proven experience designing Data Mesh architecture including domain ownership models and data product definitions • Strong background in ETL/ELT design and data integration patterns including batch, micro-batch, and streaming • Hands-on experience with enterprise integration platforms (Kafka, dbt, Airflow or equivalents) • Experience with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, or Google BigQuery • Proficiency in Python, SQL, Scala, or Java with experience in modern software delivery practices • Deep knowledge of Master Data Management principles, tooling, and implementation patterns • Ability to travel to the Middle Tennessee area 2-4 times annually for team gatherings • Actively involved in an evangelical Christian church

🏖️ Benefits

• healthcare • vacation and sick time • holiday pay • care days • 401(k) plan • maternity and paternity leave • adoption assistance • mission trip time