Royal Caribbean Group · 1 day ago
Manager, Data Architecture
Miami, FL
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
6+ years expRoyal Caribbean Group is a leading vacation-industry company known for its innovative fleet and exceptional guest experiences. They are seeking a Manager of Data Architecture to oversee the migration of their reservation system’s database, ensuring data integrity and performance optimization while leading cross-functional teams. The role requires expertise in database architecture and managing large-scale systems, along with strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
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Responsibilities
Define and own the data architecture strategy and roadmaps that align with business goals for data platforms (data lake, data warehouse, data marts) across cloud and on-prem environments
Establish and enforce data governance, data quality, metadata management, data lineage, and data stewardship with clear standards, policies, and control mechanisms
Design and oversee scalable, secure data models, schemas, data pipelines, and integration patterns; optimize for performance, reliability, and cost
Lead data security and privacy practices, including access controls, encryption, masking, audit logging, and compliance with regulations (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)
Manage data migration and modernization programs: planning, prioritization, risk management, budgeting, resource allocation, and stakeholder coordination
Collaborate with business, analytics, and IT stakeholders to translate requirements into architectural designs and communicate decisions to executives
Govern data cataloging and discovery, promoting data literacy with clear ownership, lineage, and stewardship practices
Drive platform standardization and technology evaluation, including tool selection, cloud services, and cost models to optimize total cost of ownership
Lead, mentor, and develop the data architecture team; manage performance, career growth, and recruitment
Establish and maintain architecture governance artifacts (reference architectures, decision records, architectural reviews) and thorough documentation
Ensure disaster recovery, backup, and resilience planning for data platforms and maintain proactive observability and incident response readiness
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university required (in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or related field)
Ability to code in SQL and Python to manipulate data
Ability to create conceptual, logical, and physical data models, including normalization/denormalization, OLTP, OLAP, Star schemas
Experience with tools to design and implement ETL processes and workflows, implementing Python/Spark-based pipelines that are scalable and optimized for performance
Understanding of data warehouse concepts, structures, and best practices, and ability to design and deploy data solutions in a cloud environment
Experience establishing data security, privacy, and compliance frameworks and guidelines, implementing data encryption, masking, and auditing techniques
Experience implementing frameworks for data quality management, ensuring data accuracy, proper testing, validation, and data availability
Ability to align company goals with data architecture and management strategies, to build data acquisition, storage, and usage capabilities to support business objectives
Experience planning phases of new development, migration, and system building, including cut-over and roll back strategies
Ability to provide clear and comprehensive documentation related to data architectures, systems, and processes
Experience communicating complex data concepts to non-technical stakeholders and effectively collaborating with various departments to align data strategies with organizational needs
Experience leading projects and teams towards achieving data-related objectives, delivering multiple projects simultaneously and ensuring timely delivery
Experience mentoring engineers and analysts on architecture, data development, performance tuning, and cloud design
Preferred
Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business or related field preferred
6-8 years of work experience in related field preferred
Proficiency with different database technologies (Oracle, Databricks), knowledge of RDBMS (Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server) and NOSQL, and experience with Cloud databases
Benefits
Competitive compensation and benefits package
Excellent career development opportunities
Company
Royal Caribbean Group
Royal Caribbean Group is a cruise vacation company with a global fleet of 63 ships traveling around the world.
10001+ employees
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