Distinguished Data & Integration Architect
Employment Information
Report this job
Job expired or something wrong with this job?
Job Description
Distinguished data architect shaping PowerSchool’s enterprise data, integration, and governance strategy. Enabling analytics, AI, and product innovation across its cloud-based K-12 education platform.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the principal technical advisor to the CTO/CIO and executive leadership team on data strategy, integration architecture, and enterprise data platforms
- Define and own the enterprise-wide data and integration architecture vision aligned with business strategy, product roadmap, and growth objectives
- Drive enterprise-level technology strategy decisions, including platform direction, build-vs-buy decisions, and technology investment priorities
- Present architectural vision, risk assessments, and technology investment recommendations to executive leadership and, where appropriate, the board
- Own and evolve enterprise integration architecture spanning ERP, CRM, HR, and SaaS systems
- Establish enterprise-wide integration standards, patterns, and principles across batch, near-real-time, and event-driven architectures
- Provide architectural governance and oversight for large-scale integration initiatives such as Workday implementations and M&A system integrations
- Define organizational standards for error handling, logging, monitoring, retry logic, and performance
- Own the target-state data platform architecture vision using Microsoft Fabric and related Azure services
- Establish architectural principles for landing zones, transformation layers, and modeling standards
- Ensure data platform strategy supports scalable, cost-effective analytics, AI/ML, and product innovation
- Align data ingestion pipelines with enterprise integration architecture to eliminate redundancy and technical debt
- Define and champion the enterprise data governance framework and operating model
- Establish enterprise-level data domains, ownership, stewardship, and metadata standards
- Set strategic direction for governance tooling such as Microsoft Purview, including lineage, catalog, and classification
- Lead the enterprise architecture review board or equivalent
- Mentor and develop senior architects and technical leads
- Influence hiring standards, technical interview frameworks, and career development pathways
- Create and maintain reference architectures, design guidelines, and architectural decision records
- Shape engineering culture around architectural rigor, documentation standards, and design-first practices
Requirements:
- 15+ years of progressive experience in data architecture, integration architecture, or platform architecture
- At least 5 years operating at a principal, distinguished, or equivalent senior architecture level
- Demonstrated history of setting enterprise-wide architectural vision and strategy that directly influenced business outcomes
- Deep expertise designing enterprise integrations using iPaaS or middleware platforms (Boomi or similar) across batch, near-real-time, and event-driven patterns
- Deep expertise with modern data warehousing/lakehouse architectures and Microsoft data platforms (Fabric, Synapse, SQL, Power BI, or similar)
- Proven experience defining and implementing enterprise data governance frameworks and metadata management tooling (Purview or similar)
- Advanced SQL skills
- Working proficiency in at least one scripting/programming language (Python preferred)
- Experience with APIs, REST, JSON, and data transformation pipelines
- Track record of influencing executive-level technology decisions and presenting to senior leadership
Benefits:
- Comprehensive Insurance Coverage (including Medical, Dental, Vision, Pharmacy benefits, Life Insurance and AD&D)
- Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts
- Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
- Comprehensive 401(k) plan
- Generous Parental Leave
- Unrestricted paid time off (known as Discretionary Time Off - DTO)
- Wellness Program, including ClassPass & Employee Assistance Program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Optional Benefits: Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Student Debt Repayment Program and Prepaid Legal coverage
Similar Jobs
Senior Observability Architect
Observability Architect guiding enterprise customers on Grafana Cloud, Grafana Labs’ managed observability platform. Designing deployments, driving adoption, and shaping product priorities through customer feedback.
Architect – Retail
Technical Lead architecting Oracle Retail RMS and Allocation solutions for enterprise retail systems. Leading integrations, production support, performance optimisation and Oracle Retail development teams.
Functional Architecture Advisor, Application Systems – Intermediate
Conseiller en architecture fonctionnelle de systèmes applicatifs centraux pour un projet client du secteur public québécois. Conception d’architectures, soutien aux essais, analyses d’impacts et intégration de solutions.
SAP Architect
Arquiteto SAP projetando integrações corporativas com ECC, S/4HANA e SAP Integration Suite. Atuação remota para consultoria brasileira, com interação internacional e viagens pontuais.
Architect Drafter – Interior Design
Interior architectural drafter creating floor plans, elevations, and joinery details for design projects. Translating concepts into compliant construction drawing sets with AutoCAD and Revit.
Laboratory Informatics – Technology Architect
Laboratory technology architect advancing digital pathology and laboratory systems. Designing integrations and roadmaps for Nemours Children’s Health pediatric care, research, and clinical operations.
Architectural Designer
Architectural Designer creating construction documents for Sevan’s multi-site commercial clients. Supporting restaurant, retail, grocery, and fuel projects with U.S.-based architecture teams.
Senior High-Performance Storage Architect
NVIDIA storage architect deploying and validating Linux-based high-performance storage infrastructure for AI factories. Supporting customers through implementation, documentation, troubleshooting, and knowledge transfer.
Architectural Historian – Level 1
Architectural Historian conducting archival research and cultural-resource surveys for GAI’s infrastructure, power, and energy projects. Preparing compliance reports and eligibility documentation.
Architect
Architect consultant supporting Salesforce software development and Pega development. Working remotely from Hyderabad for Brillio.
Slack Architect
Slack Architect designing secure, governed Slack environments and enterprise integrations for govSlackers' customer engagements. Building custom apps, automations, and compliance-focused architectures.
Senior System Architect – Pega
Pega Senior System Architect building Constellation case-management solutions for VXForward technology clients. Integrating Pega with external systems and delivering Agile projects.
Architectural Surveyor – Internship/Co-Op
Architectural Surveyor Intern capturing building data for Sevan’s nationwide construction and architecture services. Using LIDAR, AutoCAD, and survey tools across traveling project sites.
Principal Architect
Principal Architect leading complex custom software and AI systems for Ingeno’s manufacturing and defence clients. Standardizing engineering practices, AI integration, and technology strategy across the firm.
Solutions and Business Architect – Specialist
Arquiteto de Soluções e Negócios acelerando vendas complexas e protegendo receita recorrente da plataforma SaaS RD Station. Criando integrações, provas de conceito e soluções customizadas para clientes.
Senior High-Performance Storage Architect
Senior Storage Architect deploying and validating Linux-based high-performance storage for NVIDIA AI factories. Supporting customers through implementation, documentation, and performance optimization.
Senior Agent Architect, Italy
Senior Agent Architect designing enterprise AI integrations for Parloa’s conversational AI platform. Translating customer workflows into reliable LLM prompts and conversational experiences.
Senior Agent Architect, Germany
Sr Agent Architect designing enterprise AI integrations for Parloa’s conversational AI platform. Connecting CRMs, ERPs, APIs, and LLM-powered conversational experiences for enterprise customers.
Oracle EBS Functional Architect – SCM, Manufacturing Delivery
Oracle EBS Functional SCM and Manufacturing Delivery Architect delivering supply-chain and manufacturing implementations. Designing best-practice solutions, configurations, integrations, and lifecycle support for Argano consultancy clients.
Principal Architect
Principal Architect leading Humana's healthcare digital platforms, cloud architecture, and AI transformation. Guiding architects and securing personalized web and mobile experiences for millions of members.