Director, Data Architecture bei Cetera Financial Group Inc
Cetera Financial Group Inc · San Diego, Vereinigte Staaten Von Amerika · Hybrid
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- Optionales Büro in San Diego
We are at the forefront of transforming the future of technology in the financial industry, and we seek curious, practical individuals to help us pave the way. Our team is not intimidated by taking calculated risks, as they relish a good challenge and are eager to engage in problem-solving. As a member of our team, you will work alongside like-minded experts in a culture that is deeply rooted in innovation and progression. Join us to be part of a transformative journey that can shape the industry's future.
Ready to shape the future of data at scale? We're looking for a visionary Director, Data Architecture to lead our enterprise-wide data transformation. In this high-impact role, you’ll design and govern the full data architecture—ensuring our data is connected, trusted, and ready to drive business value.
This role will establish design patterns and standards that underpin scalable, governed, and insight-ready data across the organization. It requires hands-on technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to communicate architectural decisions to both technical and executive stakeholders.
This role offers a Hybrid work schedule and must be located near our offices in either San Diego, CA or El Segundo CA or Dallas Texas.
What you will do:
- Lead the definition, development, and governance of enterprise data architecture standards, patterns, and principles
- Create and maintain a Common Vocabulary that standardizes key data concepts across domains
- Identify and define Authoritative Data Sources for critical business entities and metrics
- Design and document end-to-end Data Lineage from source systems through transformation to business reporting
- Architect integrated and connected data flows across ingestion, processing, storage, and consumption layers
Design, evolve, and maintain the organization’s enterprise data models, including:
- 3NF Integrated Models for Operational Data Stores (ODS)
- Dimensional Models for reporting, dashboards, and analytics
- Logical Data Models that reflect shared business understanding and support semantic layer development
- Define and justify appropriate data repository architectures (e.g., ODS, data marts, data lakes, data warehouses) aligned with business needs
- Ensure scalability, reusability, and adaptability of data models and platform designs
- Collaborate closely with engineers, modelers, data governance, analytics, and business stakeholders to ensure adoption and alignment
Apply modern architecture methodologies such as:
- Agile delivery practices
- Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
- Data Mesh principles (e.g., federated domain ownership, self-serve data infrastructure)
- Influence data platform and tool decisions (e.g., Azure, Snowflake, Databricks, Informatica)
- Contribute to metadata management and data catalog strategy
- Serve as a mentor and technical leader for other architects, engineers, and modelers
- Support enterprise data governance and stewardship programs
- Partner with data privacy and information security functions on architecture for data protection
- Participate in architecture review boards, data councils, and strategic planning forums
- Contribute to vendor assessments, platform migrations, and proof-of-concept evaluations
What you need to have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- Minimum of 12 years of experience in enterprise data architecture or advanced data engineering
- Proven track record of leading data architecture for complex, large-scale organizations
- Expert-level knowledge of data modeling across 3NF, dimensional, and logical domains
- Strong understanding of metadata, lineage, and authoritative source management
- Experience in architecting cloud-based data ecosystems (e.g., Snowflake, Azure, Databricks)
- Deep familiarity with data integration patterns, including ELT/ETL, data virtualization, APIs, and real-time streaming
- Proficiency in applying modern architectural approaches (DDD, Data Mesh, Agile, etc.)
- Ability to align architectural vision with business strategy and value drivers
- Excellent communication skills with both technical teams and business executives
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional design efforts in complex environments
Experience with data governance frameworks and tools (e.g., Collibra, Alation, Informatica)
What will really catch our eye:
- Experience in financial services, wealth management, or other regulated industries
- Familiarity with data privacy and regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR, SEC, FINRA)
- Background in enterprise information architecture or data product thinking
- Experience in data platform selection, cloud migration, or enterprise data strategy
Compensation:
The salary range for this role is $219,000 - $320,000 plus competitive performance-based bonus. Compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and specific office location. Compensation ranges may differ in differing locations due to cost of labor considerations.
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What we give you in return:
Not many teams can say that they support people’s dreams coming to life… We happen to do that every day. And as important as we know your career is, we recognize that there’s a whole lot more to life. To ensure that our Employees can make the most of their time outside of working hours, we offer a competitive salary and for full-time roles, a benefits package including:
- Inclusive health, dental, vision and life insurance plans built to support diverse lifestyles, offer preventative care, and protect against hardship.
- Easy access to mental health benefits to meet our team members and their families where they are.
- 20+ days of paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, and 2 paid wellness days to give our employees the time they need to stay close with their loved ones, recharge, and give back to their communities.
- 401(k) Savings plan with a generous company contribution (up to 5%), and access to a financial professional to offer our employees the opportunity to plan-ahead for a strong financial future well beyond their working years.
- Paid parental leave to support all team members with birth, adoption, and foster.
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Account options to help you save money on healthcare, daycare, commuting, and more.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP), LifeLock, Pet Insurance and more.
About Cetera Financial Group:
Cetera Financial Group® ("Cetera") is a leading network of independent retail broker-dealers empowering the delivery of objective financial advice to individuals, families and company retirement plans across the country through trusted financial advisors and financial institutions. Cetera is an independent financial advisor network and a leading provider of retail services to the investment programs of banks and credit unions.
Through its multiple distinct firms, Cetera offers independent and institutions-based advisors the benefits of a large, established broker-dealer and registered investment adviser, while serving advisors and institutions in a way that is customized to their needs and aspirations. Advisor support resources offered through Cetera include award-winning wealth management and advisory platforms, comprehensive broker-dealer and registered investment adviser services, practice management support and innovative technology.
"Cetera Financial Group" refers to the network of retail independent broker-dealers encompassing, among others, Cetera Advisors, Cetera Advisor Networks, Cetera Financial Institutions,and Cetera Financial Specialists.
Cetera Financial Group is committed to providing an equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. For us, this is the only acceptable way to do business. Accordingly, all employment decisions at the Cetera Financial Group, including those relating to hiring, promotion, transfers, benefits, compensation, and placement, will be made without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic characteristics, religion, religious dress and/or grooming, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, U.S. military status, political affiliation, or any other class protected by state and/or federal law.
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