Domain Architect

Aflac, Incorporated•Columbus, GA

1d•$140,000 - $200,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Domain Architect will develop and maintain the enterprise data architecture roadmap, aligning capabilities and investments with business strategy, AI initiatives, and enterprise technology objectives. This role involves designing and governing enterprise data architecture, including data warehouses, data lakes, lakehouse architecture, streaming platforms, and cloud-native data services. The architect will also design and govern enterprise data products, ensuring data assets are discoverable, reusable, interoperable, and aligned to business capabilities and domain ownership models. Additionally, they will develop and govern data models, standards, metadata, and data governance practices that support operational, analytical, and AI/ML use cases. The role requires architecting data integration patterns and data platforms that support operational, analytical, and AI-driven workloads, and leading data architecture governance, including reference architecture, architectural reviews, technology standards, and exception management. Collaboration with business stakeholders, product teams, engineers, and enterprise architects is key to aligning data architecture with business objectives and enterprise standards. The architect will evaluate and recommend data technologies, platforms, and architectural approaches to balance business value, risk, cost, and long-term sustainability, while ensuring data security, privacy, regulatory compliance, resiliency, and disaster recovery requirements are incorporated into architectural designs.

Requirements

Domain-Specific Modeling
Enterprise Architecture Frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman)
Relevant Platform Expertise (e.g., CRM, ERP, E-commerce)
Integration Technologies (e.g., ESB, Middleware)
Database Technologies (e.g., RDBMS, NoSQL)
Domain-Driven Design
API Design and Management
Cloud Services and Deployment Models
Security and Compliance within Domain Context
System Performance Optimization and Scalability
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field
8+ years of related relevant architecture or programming experience
Or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain the enterprise data architecture roadmap, aligning capabilities and investments with business strategy, AI initiatives, and enterprise technology objectives.
Design and govern enterprise data architecture, including data warehouses, data lakes, lakehouse architecture, streaming platforms, and cloud-native data services.
Design and govern enterprise data products, ensuring data assets are discoverable, reusable, interoperable, and aligned to business capabilities and domain ownership models.
Develop and govern data models, standards, metadata, and data governance practices that support operational, analytical, and AI/ML use cases.
Architect data integration patterns and data platforms that support operational, analytical, and AI-driven workloads.
Lead data architecture governance, including reference architecture, architectural reviews, technology standards, and exception management.
Collaborate with business stakeholders, product teams, engineers, and enterprise architects to align data architecture with business objectives and enterprise standards.
Evaluate and recommend data technologies, platforms, and architectural approaches to balance business value, risk, cost, and long-term sustainability.
Ensure data security, privacy, regulatory compliance, resiliency, and disaster recovery requirements are incorporated into architectural designs.
Performs other duties as required

Benefits

medical
dental
vision coverage
prescription drug coverage
health care flexible spending
dependent care flexible spending
Aflac supplemental policies (Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity offered at no costs to employee)
401(k) plans
annual bonuses
opportunity to purchase company stock
11 paid holidays
up to 20 days PTO
state-mandated sick leave
other leaves of absence