Data Domain Architect III

Clayton Homes • Maryville, TN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Data Engineering, Analytics & Governance (DEAG) organization owns Clayton's enterprise data strategy, architecture, and delivery of trusted data products and business insights. The team leads the Data Enablement Framework (DEF), which prioritizes and delivers on that mission — starting with a Single Definition of Truth (SDOT) — on top of the Clayton Data Fabric (CDF), our strategic platform for secure, scalable data access across the enterprise. Built on Microsoft Azure, Azure Databricks, and modern cloud data technologies, DEAG modernizes Clayton's data ecosystem, establishes enterprise data standards, and delivers data products that power advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, operational reporting, and business decision-making — including through Ask Data, our vision for self-serve access to trusted data across AI, BI, and API use cases. Through close partnership with business and technology leaders, DEAG advances data enablement — building scalable cloud-native solutions, growing trust in the data that powers the business, and accelerating the adoption of AI and advanced analytics capabilities across the enterprise.

Requirements

• Microsoft Azure
• Azure Databricks
• Microsoft Fabric
• Seven or more years’ experience in a software development, technical infrastructure, or general technology environment -OR- similar experience in a business area to provide relevant expertise as it relates to technology implementations.
• Proficient in diagramming tools (Visio, LucidChart)
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact with a diverse group of team members, including executives, managers, end users across a variety of business units, technology professionals, and subject matter experts.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with implementing Architectural frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, or related frameworks in a business environment preferred, but not required

Responsibilities

• Define business capability roadmaps, in partnership with key business leaders, coordinating with key technical roadmaps and programs.
• Lead functional and technical discussions and communicate effectively with a variety of audiences, moving between providing functional/technical design details and sharing how a technical design would enhance business capabilities, stability, and supportability.
• Work effectively with business groups, technology groups, and subject matter experts in a collaborative manner, building constructive and effective relationships.
• Leverage the current Clayton technology portfolio, enterprise architectural standards, and established patterns to create solution designs that deliver the required business capabilities and map to desired features/capabilities on the roadmaps.
• Partner with the business leadership and development team in the design, testing and deployment of changes to ensure the solution meets the agreed upon business requirements and is supportable and scalable.
• Designs and implements solutions which will adequately address the enterprise infrastructure needs of the organization.
• Analyzes system requirements and ensures that systems will offer security and will be effectively integrated with current applications.
• Drive design of key technical components, frameworks, interfaces, and services that can be leveraged by teams of developers or systems engineers, and provide leadership over product evaluations, proof of concepts, and product implementations.
• Adapt architecture roadmap periodically as the business strategy and goals evolve to ensure ongoing alignment between the business strategy and the architecture strategy.
• Ensure designs support scalability, quality, performance, security, maintainability and architectural integrity, and ensure solutions are delivered in alignment with the defined architecture strategies and goals.
• Collaborate with technology leaders to ensure the program is taking advantage of appropriate architecture frameworks and remains in compliance with established security practices.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits including 401(k) with 100% company match of the first 4%; medical, dental and vision plans; paid time off days and holidays.
• Quarterly bonus program.
• Recognized as one of East Tennessee’s top technology workplaces.
• Wellness programs that focus on emotional, social, spiritual, intellectual, environmental, physical, and financial well-being.
• Onsite fitness facility with full gym, workout classes, volleyball and basketball, ping-pong, and disc golf course.
• Paid Time Off for Volunteer work.
• Quarterly profit share bonus program.
• Onsite gym with variety of classes, wellness, professional and personal development programs and much more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed