Enterprise Data Architect

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Villanova, PA

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $131K - $171K

💻 Data Science

🗓️ November 21st, 2025

SQL Python ETL

Edtech.com's Summary

Villanova University is hiring an Enterprise Data Architect. The role leads the design, development, and maintenance of the university's enterprise data architecture, ensuring data modeling standards, integration consistency, and secure, high-performance data solutions to support decision-making and operations. The architect collaborates with stakeholders on data accessibility, quality, governance frameworks, and digital transformation initiatives, with occasional hands-on development responsibilities.

Highlights

Lead design and implementation of scalable, secure enterprise data architectures aligned with institutional goals.
Develop and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models for operational and analytical needs.
Define and enforce data architecture standards and integration strategies using ETL/ELT, API, and event-driven approaches.
Collaborate with application teams to ensure seamless data flow across systems including academic and administrative platforms.
Contribute to data governance frameworks, metadata management, and compliance with FERPA, GDPR, HIPAA.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship across integration, analysis, and governance teams.
Require proficiency in SQL, Python, ETL tools (Matillion, Talend, Informatica), and cloud data technologies (Snowflake, AWS, Azure).
Minimum 10 years experience in data architecture and enterprise data systems, with a bachelor's degree in related fields required; master's degree and certifications preferred.
Experience with higher education data domains, ERP/SIS systems like Ellucian Banner, and modernizing legacy data warehouses to cloud platforms.
Salary range $131,200 to $170,500 depending on qualifications and internal equity.