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# Lead Data Architect - Remote EST (Insurance Experience Required)

- **Company:** Motion Recruitment Partners LLC.
- **Location:** Boston, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Airflow, Data Analysis, Cloud Engineering, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Python (Programming Language), Meta-Data Management, Metadata Standards, Power BI, Cloud Services, Data Ingestion, Azure Data Factory, Snowflake, Event Driven Architecture, Information Technology, Data Management
- **Published:** November 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/ea5b7c64-5d59-4da3-af91-a14288c91bfa

## About the Role

The ideal candidate will combine deep hands-on technical expertise with architectural leadership, working closely with business and technology stakeholders across underwriting, claims, policy administration, billing, actuarial, finance, and analytics functions. This is a highly visible role responsible for establishing enterprise-wide data standards and delivering scalable data solutions that support operational and strategic decision-making. Required Skills & Experience

 * 5-10+ years of experience in data architecture and data engineering
 * Proven experience leading enterprise-scale data architecture initiatives
 * Strong expertise in conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling
 * Deep hands-on experience with Snowflake and cloud data platforms
 * Advanced SQL development skills
 * Strong Python experience for data engineering and automation
 * Experience designing and developing cloud-native ELT/ETL solutions
 * Expertise with CDC, event-driven architectures, APIs, and modern data ingestion patterns
 * Experience with data quality, metadata management, lineage, and governance frameworks
 * Experience leading technical teams and mentoring data engineers
 * Strong communication skills with the ability to present architectural decisions to senior leadership
 * Insurance industry experience is required
 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
 * Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

Desired Skills & Experience

 * Snowflake certification
 * Experience with dbt, Airflow, Azure Data Factory, or similar technologies
 * Knowledge of Master Data Management (MDM)
 * Experience building canonical and semantic data models
 * Familiarity with Power BI or other enterprise BI platforms, Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.

## Description

* Define and maintain enterprise data architecture standards and best practices
 * Design scalable data models supporting policy, claims, underwriting, billing, and actuarial domains
 * Lead the development of modern ELT/ETL pipelines and cloud-native data solutions
 * Drive the migration of legacy data environments to automated and event-driven architectures
 * Establish data quality, governance, lineage, and metadata standards
 * Optimize Snowflake performance, reliability, and cost efficiency
 * Design and oversee medallion architecture frameworks including bronze, silver, and gold layers
 * Partner with business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions
 * Evaluate emerging technologies and lead proof-of-concept initiatives
 * Provide architectural oversight across enterprise data programs
 * Mentor and guide data engineering teams, ensuring adherence to engineering standards and best practices
 * Support enterprise analytics, reporting, and operational decision-making through trusted data assets