Principal IT Architect

Pathward

IT Architect responsible for enterprise architecture and data platform effectiveness at Pathward. Collaborating with leaders to define data strategy while promoting financial inclusion.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeRemote • Arizona, Kentucky, Missouri, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $104,000 - $174,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ETLSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for architectural effectiveness of data related initiatives within the organization.
Aligns enterprise data platform architecture with business and technology strategy and roadmaps and communicates to business and technical partners across multiple levels within the organization.
Defines and establishes a technical strategy, standards, roadmaps, and guidelines in the data platform architecture domain in collaboration with other architects.
Identifies and leads selection and implementation of data platforms in support of Modern Data Architecture and multiple end use cases.
Collaborates, educates, and mentors architects and technical leaders on modern data architecture practices; business and IT partners to define transitional and target state data architectures; the enterprise architecture and information management team members to ensure a holistic, enterprise scale value delivery for the organization.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and work experience. Master's degree preferred.
Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience with a bachelor’s or equivalent.
Strong technical skills
Process management
Problem solving
Varied experience implementing all aspects of Data Management, Data / Big Data, Data Quality, Data Modeling, Data Governance, Data Integration / ETL, Metadata Management and Data Security.
Proven success in planning, influencing, and leading initiatives across engineering and business organizations.
Strong SQL knowledge, performance optimization, critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) retirement benefits
Life insurance
Disability benefits
Paid time off
Annual performance-based incentive opportunity

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Hard Skills & Tools

data managementbig datadata qualitydata modelingdata governancedata integrationETLmetadata managementdata securitySQL

Soft Skills

process managementproblem solvingcritical thinkingcommunicationplanninginfluencingleading initiatives

Certifications

Bachelor's degreeMaster's degree