Senior Information Architect

Senior Information Architect \| Databricks \| Director Level \| $210K-$260K Base \+ 30% Bonus \| Los Angeles

I’m hiring a

Senior Information Architect

to play a foundational role in building and shaping the enterprise data architecture for a large, sophisticated investment organization.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who genuinely enjoys

building from the ground up

. Rather than inheriting a mature architecture practice, you’ll have significant ownership over establishing the

data models, architecture standards, governance frameworks and Lakehouse patterns

that the wider organization will build on.

The environment is centered around

Databricks Lakehouse and Azure

, with Snowflake and MongoDB supporting specific use cases. You’ll work across a complex data landscape supporting areas including

real estate, infrastructure and private credit investments

.

What you’ll own:

• Enterprise

conceptual, logical and physical data modelling

• Databricks Lakehouse

architecture and bronze/silver/gold patterns

• Dimensional modelling including

Kimball, 3NF/Inmon and Data Vault

• Delta Lake

design, optimization, partitioning and schema evolution

• Unity Catalog

, lineage, governance and access-control standards

• Data architecture across

Databricks, Snowflake and MongoDB

• Enterprise modelling standards, naming conventions and data dictionaries
• Data structures supporting analytics, ML and emerging

GenAI/RAG

use cases

• Partnership with senior stakeholders across

Finance, Accounting and Investments

• Defining architecture standards and frameworks in an environment where there is genuine opportunity to

build rather than simply maintain

What I’m looking for:

• 10\+ years

of experience across Data Architecture and Data Modelling

• Deep, hands-on experience with

Databricks and Delta Lake

• Proven experience implementing

medallion architecture

• Strong knowledge of

Unity Catalog

• Advanced

SQL

and large-scale data modelling expertise

• Experience across

Kimball, 3NF/Inmon and/or Data Vault

• Strong understanding of

Spark optimization and performance

• Experience with

Azure Databricks and ADLS

• Someone who has previously

built data architecture standards and frameworks from scratch

• Strong stakeholder skills with the ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical architecture
• A hands-on mindset despite operating at a senior/Director level

Experience within

financial services, private equity, alternative investments, asset management or investment management

would be particularly valuable, alongside knowledge of investment data such as

fund structures, NAV, investor allocations and capital activity

.

The opportunity

The standout part of this role is the level of

architectural influence and ownership

.

There isn’t a fully mature framework waiting for you to maintain. You’ll have the opportunity to help

define what good looks like

, establish standards and build the foundations that engineering and data teams will follow going forward.

This is a

Director-level individual contributor role

, so it’s ideal for someone who wants significant technical influence and visibility while remaining close to the architecture and technology.

If you’re a senior Data/Information Architect with genuine

Databricks and Lakehouse depth

who enjoys solving complex problems and building architecture practices from the ground up,

I’d love to connect.