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Independence Pet Group · 12 hours ago

Data Architect - Principal

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

Independence Pet Holdings is a corporate holding company managing a diverse portfolio of modern pet health brands and services. They are seeking a Principal Architect – Data, Analytics & Business Intelligence Architecture to lead enterprise data architecture and strategy, driving the architecture and governance of a Unified data platform to enable advanced analytics and AI/ML capabilities across all brands.

Pet

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Architect, design, and support / govern the implementation the Azure-based enterprise data platform using cloud-native services

Architect a medallion lakehouse (Bronze/Silver/Gold tiers) for structured and unstructured data

Enable real-time streaming and batch processing for analytics and operational insights

Architect a multi-region, multi-AZ architecture with multiple instances per zone for high availability

Ensure unified CDP across multiple zones/domains/lines of business

With the CDO team, establish an enterprise data governance framework and implement a data catalog for discovery and lineage

Define MDM strategy to ensure a single source of truth for critical data domains (Customer, Product, Policy)

Implement data quality monitoring and remediation processes

Handle non-standard input data with formatting issues from various sources

Partner with the CDO / IDEA team in the design of a Customer Data Platform (CDP) for all brands, including enrichment pipelines and analytical models

Partner with the CDO / IDEA team as they lead the implementation of self-service BI through Power BI and semantic modeling

Define architecture for reporting and advanced analytics capabilities

Drive data monetization strategies for cross-sell/up-sell and customer journey insights

Define data integration patterns, pipeline architecture, and API standards

Ensure compliance with SOC 2, PCI DSS, and internal security baselines

Align with Calandra Toolkit and target architecture standards

With the CDO team, develop future-state data architecture roadmap aligned with IPH's digital transformation goals

Partner with business and technology leaders to drive adoption and maturity of data capabilities

Drive organization toward 90% agentic-driven operations through AI/ML adoption

Define high-level design, scope, and intended outcomes

Align to business goals, governance standards, and target architecture (Calandra Toolkit)

Hand off requirements to Data Architecture

Working hand in hand with the IDEA / CDO team, translate solution into data models, integrations, security, and governance patterns

Validate scalability, regulatory, compliance, and long-term roadmap alignment

Produce clear technical specs for engineering

Conduct 'Solution Architecture + Data Architecture' review - In collaboration with the CDO team

Support implementation, design, and go-live

Performance, security, and governance

Reusability and standards compliance

Ensure required fixes are addressed before proceeding

Qualification

Azure-based enterprise data platformData governance frameworkCustomer Data Platform (CDP)Machine LearningPower BIDatabricksStreaming architecturesData monetizationInsurance industry experienceSoft skills

Required

Architect, design, and support / govern the implementation of the Azure-based enterprise data platform using cloud-native services