Data Architecture Lead
Stearns Bank N.A.
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: St. Cloud • Minnesota • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $150,000 - $180,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
SQL
About the role
- Own the enterprise data platform architecture, including source-to-target data flows, integration patterns, and analytical models.
- Design, build, and manage the Snowflake-based enterprise data repository.
- Define and enforce data architecture standards and best practices.
- Maintain current and future-state data architecture documentation.
- Lead ingestion of enterprise data using Fivetran.
- Design and maintain dbt transformation layers.
- Ensure data quality, lineage, validation, and consistency.
- Optimize pipelines for performance and scalability.
- Analyze enterprise data to identify trends, drivers, risks, and opportunities.
- Develop analytical models that support decision-making.
- Partner with business leaders to define decision-oriented KPIs.
- Support scenario and trend analysis.
- Design Power BI dashboards and executive scorecards.
- Enable self-service analytics with governance.
- Implement data governance, stewardship, and documentation.
- Partner with Risk, Compliance, and Information Security.
- Enforce role-based access and auditability.
- Prepare datasets for advanced analytics and AI use cases.
- Act as the enterprise data authority.
- Translate data into actionable insights.
- Mentor team members.
Requirements
- 8+ years in data architecture, engineering, or analytics.
- Hands-on experience with Snowflake, Fivetran, dbt, SQL, and Power BI.
- Experience building data warehouses from scratch.
- Financial services industry experience.
- Alteryx experience preferred.
- Snowflake SnowPro Core Certification (or ability to obtain within 6 months)
- Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst (PL-300) certification or equivalent experience
Benefits
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan & 401k Plan
- Healthcare (Medical, Dental, Vision, Telehealth, Life insurance)
- 12-week Paid Medical Leave
- Paid Parental Leave: 21-weeks Primary Care Parent, 14-weeks Secondary Care Parent
- $5,000 Family Care Reimbursement: Childcare, Elder Care, Student Loan Debt, Pet expenses, down payment assistance
- PTO from 13 to 23 days depending on tenure. Cashout and Carryover options.
- 10 Days Sick Time
- 11 Paid Holidays
- 4 Days Volunteer Time
- 2 Days Self Allowance Time
- Tuition Assistance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
data architecturedata engineeringdata analyticsSQLSnowflakeFivetrandbtPower BIdata governancedata quality
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationanalytical thinking
Certifications
Snowflake SnowPro Core CertificationMicrosoft Power BI Data Analyst (PL-300)