Zennify · 1 day ago
Principal Architect of Data
United States or Canada
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$170K/yr - $200K/yr
10+ years expZennify is a Platinum Salesforce consulting partner focused on Financial Services and other key industries. They are seeking a Principal Data Architect to lead strategic data modernization engagements, partnering with executives to define strategies and guide implementation teams across modern data platforms.
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Responsibilities
Partner with Sales/Accounts to shape opportunities, conduct discovery, craft SOWs and proposals, build estimates/approaches, and present to executives
Lead executive advisory engagements that connect business value (growth, efficiency, risk) to a pragmatic data modernization strategy and investment plan
Define and validate target-state enterprise data architecture. Produce a phased, value‑anchored roadmap with clear outcomes, success metrics, and FinOps/budget guardrails. Build additional architecture artifacts to describe desired-state architecture
Design governance frameworks (policy-driven access, quality, lineage, metadata, ownership/stewardship, regulatory alignment) and connect them to measurable outcomes
Design reference architectures based on Cloud principles, such as the Well-Architected Framework
Own the reference architecture across Lakehouse, Warehouse, and Mesh patterns leveraging industry leading technologies
Define design patterns for ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and observability (monitoring, logging, alerting) that scale across domains
Mentor and coach architects, engineers, and analysts
Qualification
Required
10+ years designing and delivering enterprise-scale data solutions (with at least 5 years in cloud platforms such as Azure, Databricks, Snowflake, and/or AWS/GCP)
Proven experience working with Cloud Platforms and services
Proven experience migrating workloads to Cloud environments
Proven track record leading advisory and modernization programs end-to-end, from discovery through roadmap and into delivery oversight
Deep knowledge of enterprise data reference architecture, including Lakehouse/Medallion patterns, Mesh principles, CDC/streaming, and domain-oriented data products
Expertise in data modeling (dimensional, 3NF, Data Vault), metadata/lineage, data quality, and observability
Hands-on governance with Unity Catalog (Databricks) and/or Microsoft Purview; pragmatic implementation of RBAC, lineage, and data masking
Strong grasp of governance (policy-driven access, privacy/security, and regulatory expectations in banking such as GLBA, AML/KYC, BCBS 239), FinOps/cost management, and performance/scalability
Executive-level communication and facilitation skills; trusted advisor to CDAO/CIO/CTO and business leaders
Preferred
Financial Services experience (banking/credit union/wealth) strongly preferred; familiarity with common cores/feeds (e.g., FIS, Fiserv, Jack Henry) and regulatory context is a plus
Certifications and/or deep hands-on experience with Databricks, Snowflake, and/or Azure data services; Unity Catalog and Purview
Salesforce experience (FSC, Data Cloud) including data migration/integration patterns and activation
Background with AI/ML enablement (feature engineering, model ops) and GenAI/Agentic data readiness
Prior leadership in consulting with measurable sales influence (pipeline creation, close rates) and CSAT results
Benefits
Pawreavement & Pawternity Leave: Two days off of work if you bring a new furry friend home, and two days off of work if you have to say goodbye to one.
Unlimited PTO: Because we want you to be a human being first and an employee second!
Company
Zennify
An award-winning tech consulting firm that delivers impeccable solutions for you, your customers, and the community.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$10MKey Investors
TerceraSalesforce Ventures
2021-12-02Series A· $7.5M
2019-11-14Seed· $2.5M
Leadership Team
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Chris Conant
Chief Executive Officer
Manvir Sandhu
Founder and Chief Innovation Officer
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