Director, Data Architecture

Sandisk•Milpitas, CA

13d

About The Position

As the Director of Data Architecture, you will design, build, and scale the data platform that powers enterprise-wide analytics, innovation and AI. You will blend technical expertise with strategic thinking to deliver trusted high-quality, and actionable data across the organization.

Requirements

8-10+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, data engineering, or data platform development
Proven leadership in data architecture, with experience delivering enterprise-scale, cross-functional solutions
Advanced conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling skills
Experience in designing and deploying Lakehouse architecture
Strong problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills; ability to influence and inspire diverse stakeholders

Responsibilities

Architect & Evolve the Data Ecosystem:
Define reference architectures, canonical data models, and integration patterns to establish a consistent and agile data foundation
Build, optimize, and expand a modern data lake that supports diverse business scenarios and drives measurable outcomes
Evaluate, curate, and integrate modern data stack technologies to speed delivery, enhance capabilities, and maximize business value
Collaborate with business teams to understand objectives, define data requirements, and deliver actionable insights
Build Transformational Data Solutions:
Design, deliver, and optimize scalable data pipelines, APIs, and real-time streaming frameworks to support analytics and business critical insights
Embed data quality, lineage, metadata management, and observability into all solutions for trusted and transparent data
Prepare, structure, and enrich enterprise data to enable AI, ML, and predictive analytics use cases
Architect ETL/ELT pipelines and reusable ingestion and transformation frameworks that support automation and AI-driven workflows
Develop analytical frameworks and prototype data models that support complex business decision-making
Continuous Improvement:
Identify and resolve data integrity issues; partner with various teams to drive long term upstream fixes.
Lead Data Governance, Security & Trust:
Partner with security and compliance teams to establish secure, well-managed, and highly accessible data environments
Implement data security and access controls and governance models
Success in this role looks like:
A scalable, resilient, and future ready data architecture that accelerates innovation and business impact
Organization-wide access to trusted, high-quality data that empowers decision-making and experimentation
Data governance, security, and privacy are deeply embedded into every system and process
Broad adoption of AI and advanced analytics

Benefits

paid vacation time
paid sick leave
medical/dental/vision insurance
life, accident and disability insurance
tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
employee assistance program
other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
tuition reimbursement
transit
the Applause Program
employee stock purchase plan
the Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan