ISC2 · 4 hours ago
Sr. Data Architect
United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
7+ years expISC2 is the world’s leading nonprofit member organization for cybersecurity professionals, committed to creating a secure cyber world. The Senior Data Architect will lead data architecture, governance, and activation efforts, transforming data into a trusted, revenue-driving capability for the organization.
AssociationCyber SecurityEducationNon ProfitSecurity
Responsibilities
Own, operationalize, and enforce the enterprise-wide data governance framework, standards, and stewardship model
Define policies for classification, access, retention, lineage, and lifecycle management
Lead or co-lead governance forums to drive adoption and accountability
Ensure compliance with GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and privacy/security standards
Define and maintain the enterprise data architecture roadmap across warehouse, lake, CDP, Fabric, and analytical platforms
Advance the data lake into a governed, curated, high-quality platform optimized for analytics and activation
Architect conceptual, logical, and physical data models aligned to business needs
Guide storage and architecture decisions (relational, dimensional, NoSQL, event-driven, lakehouse, etc.)
Partner with CX, Marketing, Product, and Technology teams to enable: Segmentation & audience modeling, Personalization & progression marketing, Marketing automation & orchestration, CDP activation & identity resolution
Ensure data quality, availability, lineage, and readiness for reporting and advanced analytics
Serve as the primary architectural authority for data across CRM, LMS, ERP, ecommerce, CMS, CDP, BI, and marketing technologies
Collaborate closely with Security, Architecture, Applications, and Infrastructure teams to ensure secure and resilient data use
Represent data architecture in ARB/design authority processes
Enable AI/ML and LLM use cases by ensuring governed, high-quality data pipelines and model-ready datasets
Partner with data science and product teams to support generative AI, recommendation engines, and predictive analytics
Lead the design and enablement of self-service analytics and data applications, empowering business users to securely access, explore, and activate data
Evaluate and introduce emerging data architecture patterns, automation, and governance tooling (e.g., Fabric, lakehouse, semantic models)
Lead and mentor the DBA and Data Engineer to establish modern engineering practices
Oversee ingestion, transformation, pipelines, ETL/ELT, monitoring, and optimization
Manage lifecycle: provisioning, upgrade, archival, and decommissioning of data systems
Qualification
Required
Proven ability to operationalize data strategies, not just design them
Strong SQL expertise; familiarity with NoSQL and modern data architectures
Familiarity with LLM data requirements: grounding, retrieval, vectorization, data governance for AI/ML, and model readiness pipelines
Strong business acumen—able to translate strategy into data capabilities
Excellent stakeholder influence and communication skills
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Management, IT, or related field. Will consider candidates with a high school diploma and 10 years of experience in data architecture; 7 years in a lead or enterprise data architect role
7+ years in data architecture; 5+ years in a lead or enterprise data architect role
Experience governing enterprise data models, MDM, metadata, and stewardship programs
Hands-on experience designing and governing data lakes, warehouses, and lakehouse architectures
Leadership or mentorship experience with data teams (engineers, DBAs, analysts)
Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
Programming experience (Python, Java, C#, etc.)
Experience enabling self-service analytics platforms or applications (e.g., semantic models, governed datasets, business-friendly data access layers)
Experience integrating data across CRM, ERP, LMS, ecommerce, CDP, or marketing ecosystems
Exposure to personalization, segmentation, progression marketing, or data activation workflows
Experience with GDPR/CCPA and privacy-by-design
Preferred
Certifications in cloud, data architecture, or governance frameworks are an asset
Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, or lakehouse architecture highly desirable
Experience supporting AI/ML or LLM-driven solutions preferred
Experience in membership, association, or subscription-driven businesses, preferred
Experience with ecommerce data and digital experience analytics, preferred
Company
ISC2
ISC2 is the world’s leading member organization for cybersecurity professionals, driven by our vision of a safe and secure cyber world.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Debra Taylor
Chief Financial Officer
Casey Marks
Chief Qualifications Officer
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