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# Data Architect

- **Company:** UST Inc
- **Location:** Ontario, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $139,000.0 - $174,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** .NET Framework, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Business Analytics Applications, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, COBOL (Programming Language), Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Identity and Access Management, Microsoft SQL Server, Operational Data Store, Cloud Services, Transact-SQL, Datadog, Delivery Pipeline, Apache Spark, Data Layers, Data Lakes, Data Lineage, Data Management, Data Pipelines, Databricks
- **Published:** June 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=2ea0cf996b44fca4

## About the Role

Do you have experience in T-SQL?

## Description

UST is searching for a Data Architect who will design and govern enterprise data architecture spanning the operational SQL Server core, cloud-native data stores on AWS, and modern analytics platforms including Databricks.

The opportunity:

 * Define the data platform strategy that supports the evolution from client installed deployments to a centralized, multi-tenant SaaS model including data isolation, partitioning, and residency patterns for regulated insurance data.

 * Architect data ingestion pipelines that consolidate data from diverse client environments (SQL Server, COBOL flat files, network-share repositories) into unified analytics-ready stores

 * Own data quality frameworks: define validation rules, lineage tracking, and observability tooling for all data pipelines

 * Expert knowledge of schema design, medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold), and data contract standards for central data lakes and analytical platform

 * Professional experience building AI data platforms ensuring training datasets, feature stores, and inference pipelines are governed, reproducible, and audit-ready

This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.

What you need:

 * 12-16 years of experience

 * Operational Data Stack

 * SQL Server / T-SQL COBOL Flat Files Dapper / ORM C / .NET 8 ASP.NET Core APIs

 * Cloud & Analytics Platform

 * AWS (S3, Glue, Athena, RDS) Databricks / Apache Spark Amazon Bedrock Delta Lake AWS IAM / Lake Formation

 * Data Engineering & Governance

 * ETL / ELT Pipeline Design Medallion Architecture Data Catalog & Lineage Data Governance Frameworks BI / Semantic Layers


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