Sr. Data Architect

NORTH TEXAS TOLLWAY AUTHORITY

Summary

The Senior Enterprise Data Architect will design, build, and optimize enterprise data ecosystems supporting analytics, reporting, and AI-driven insights. This role focuses on cloud-native data architecture on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) while integrating enterprise reporting tools including MicroStrategy, Power BI, and cloud-based data movement technologies such as Qlik, Fivetran and Google Data Transfer Service (DTS). The Data Architect will collaborate with business stakeholders, engineering teams, and analytics leaders to deliver scalable, reliable, and modern data platforms.

• Pay Range: $111,525 - $146,744 - $190,767***
• Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the United States immediately. This position is not available for H1-B visa sponsorship. **
  
  

Responsibilities

Data Architecture & Cloud Engineering

• Design and implement scalable data architectures on GCP (BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, Cloud Composer, Dataflow, Dataproc).
• Establish data modeling standards (3NF, star/snowflake schemas, semantic layers) to support enterprise reporting and analytics.
• Develop secure, efficient pipelines for structured and semi-structured data.
• Implement governance frameworks for data quality, metadata, and lineage.
• Optimize BigQuery storage, performance, and cost management.
  
  

Data Integration & ETL/ELT

• Build and orchestrate automated data pipelines using Fivetran, Google DTS, and custom ETL/ELT frameworks.
• Create robust ingestion patterns for batch and streaming data.
• Troubleshoot data integration issues, latency problems, and pipeline failures.
• Partner with application teams to integrate SaaS, on-prem, and cloud sources.
  
  

Enterprise Reporting & Analytics Support

• Architect and maintain data structures for MicroStrategy semantic layers, cubes, datasets, and dossiers.
• Enable enterprise BI platforms (MicroStrategy, Power BI, Tableau) through efficient data models and governed data layers.
• Drive consistency across dashboards using a unified data layer or Universal Semantic Layer.
• Collaborate with reporting teams to improve performance, governance, and user adoption.
  
  

Security, Compliance & Governance

• Implement data access controls leveraging IAM, service accounts, and VPC-SC.
• Ensure compliance with organizational and industry data standards.
• Design disaster recovery, backup, and high-availability strategies.
  
  

Collaboration & Leadership

• Work closely with product owners, data engineers, analysts, and architects across the organization.
• Serve as a technical advisor for large enterprise reporting and integration initiatives.
• Mentor junior engineers and support cross-functional architecture reviews.
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum

• Master’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
• 8 years of experience in data architecture or data engineering.
• Strong expertise with GCP (BigQuery, Composer, Dataflow, Cloud Storage).
• Hands-on experience with Qlik, Fivetran, Google DTS, or equivalent ingestion tools.
• Proficiency with enterprise reporting platforms (preferably MicroStrategy, plus Power BI/Tableau).
• Advanced SQL and data modeling expertise.
• Experience designing secure and governed data environments.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• GCP Professional Data Engineer or Architect certification.
• Experience with MicroStrategy Mosaic, Library, Workstation, or Semantic Graph.
• Python experience for pipeline and orchestration scripting.
• Experience with cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices.
• Familiarity with streaming architectures (Pub/Sub ? Dataflow).
• Knowledge of data catalog tools (Dataplex, Collibra, Alation).
  
  

About NTTA: NTTA is a political subdivision of Texas created to acquire, construct, maintain and operate toll roads in North Texas. As a customer-driven organization, NTTA delivers a safe and reliable toll system for millions of customers each year in one of the fastest growing regions in the United States. NTTA is a vibrant organization with a highly qualified, energized and engaged team focused on achieving Excellence and we are looking for talented individuals to join us.

Our mission: We are committed to providing a safe and reliable toll road system, increase value and mobility options for our customers, operate the Authority in a businesslike manner, protect our bondholders, and partner to meet our region's growing need for transportation infrastructure.

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