Principal Enterprise Data Architect
Wells Fargo4 days ago
Charlotte, NC, USA +2 moreStaff+
Base Salary
$159k - $305k/yr
Responsibilities
- Advise senior technology leaders on enterprise data architecture strategy, target-state direction, and transformation priorities.
- Define current-state, target-state, and transition architectures for complex enterprise data environments.
- Establish patterns and standards for data sourcing, integration, storage, processing, distribution, consumption, data products, semantic layers, APIs, event-driven systems, and real-time data.
- Define data models, authoritative sources, systems of record, data ownership, metadata, lineage, data quality, data contracts, semantic models, and governance standards.
- Guide modernization across cloud and hybrid data platforms, including AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
- Lead proofs of concept and validate architecture patterns, technology capabilities, integration approaches, and data-serving models.
- Evaluate architecture alternatives and technology investments based on scalability, performance, resiliency, risk, cost, security, and sustainability.
- Partner with application, cybersecurity, cloud, platform, data engineering, and governance teams.
Requirements
- 7+ years of architecture experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education.
- 5+ years defining enterprise data architecture, including data modeling, integration, data sourcing, distribution, and consumption patterns.
- Extensive experience defining enterprise data architecture strategies, target-state architectures, and multi-year modernization roadmaps.
- Experience architecting across data platforms, data lakes, lakehouses, warehouses, operational data stores, and cloud data environments.
- Deep knowledge of data modeling, semantic layers, data products, metadata management, lineage, data quality, governance, and information lifecycle management.
- Experience with APIs, event-driven architectures, streaming, batch pipelines, data virtualization, and federated access.
- Experience architecting within AWS and/or Google Cloud Platform and modernizing legacy or on-premises data environments.
- Demonstrated ability to lead proofs of concept, validate architecture patterns, and evaluate architectural tradeoffs.
- Experience influencing senior leaders, engineering organizations, product teams, cybersecurity partners, and technology vendors.
- Experience in regulated environments incorporating cybersecurity, privacy, risk, governance, and control requirements into architecture decisions.
- Knowledge of ServiceNow data models and enterprise ServiceNow environments is preferred.
- Financial services experience is preferred.
Benefits
- Health benefits, 401(k) plan, paid time off, disability benefits, life insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, parental leave, critical caregiving leave, discounts and savings, commuter benefits, tuition reimbursement, scholarships for dependent children, and adoption reimbursement.
- The position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
- This role is not available for 100% remote work; locations are in San Francisco, California; Irving, Texas; and Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Relocation assistance is not available.
- The position may be considered for a discretionary bonus, Restricted Share Rights, or other long-term incentive awards.
- Applications may be submitted until November 16, 2026, although the posting may close earlier due to applicant volume.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data Engineering
About Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company is a U.S.-based financial services firm providing consumer and commercial banking, mortgages, credit, and wealth/investment services to individuals, small businesses, and enterprises. It earns revenue from interest income and fees across retail banking, payments, lending, and capital markets. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, it is publicly traded on the NYSE (WFC) and operates nationally with offices in multiple countries.