Enterprise Data Architect

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Villanova, PA 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $131K - $171K 💻 Data Science 🗓️ March 28th, 2026

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, establishing data modeling standards and ensuring integration across systems. The architect collaborates with stakeholders to support institutional decision-making, data governance, and digital transformation initiatives, occasionally engaging in hands-on development during implementation phases.

Highlights

Lead design and implementation of scalable, secure enterprise data architectures aligned with institutional goals.

Develop and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models to support operations, analytics, and reporting.

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 academic, administrative, and enterprise systems.

Ensure enterprise data governance, metadata management, and compliance with FERPA, GDPR, HIPAA standards.

Partner with university leadership and units like Institutional Research, Finance, and Enrollment to enable data-driven decision-making and advanced analytics.

Required skills include expertise with enterprise data modeling, cloud data warehousing (e.g., Snowflake), ETL tools (e.g., Matillion, Talend), and programming languages like SQL and Python.

Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, plus 10 years of progressive experience in data architecture and integration.

Preferred qualifications: Master's degree, certifications in Snowflake, AWS, or data architecture frameworks, and experience in higher education data domains.