Data Architect

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Join the largest manufacturer of tile and natural stone in the United States and watch your career stand out with Dal-Tile, a subsidiary of Mohawk Industries.

Our close-knit team of dedicated professionals has made us the success we are today. In exchange for their hard work, we support our people with a family-friendly work environment, a commitment to promoting from within, unique benefits that go beyond just medical and dental, and a belief that every employee deserves a productive life outside of work. If this sounds outstanding to you, take the first step forward and explore a career with Dal-Tile.

The
Data Architect is responsible for defining and implementing Dal-Tile's enterprise data architecture strategy to support analytics, reporting, data governance, cloud modernization, and AI initiatives. This role partners with business and technology teams to deliver scalable, secure, and trusted data solutions across the enterprise while driving migration from legacy platforms to modern Azure-based technologies.

• This role does NOT provide current or future sponsorship assistance
• Please note that we will NOT provide relocation assistance (Candidates are expected to relocate on own 3 weeks from time of offer acceptance)
• Employees are required to report in office 4 days a week / 7834 CF Hawn Freeway | Dallas, Texas 75217 (NO NEGOTIATION)
• This is a direct hire role;
  We are NOT open to employing through contractor or agency

Duties and Responsibilities of the Position:

• Define and maintain
  
  Dal-Tile's enterprise data and BI architecture strategy, standards, reference architectures, and roadmaps, including migration of legacy platforms to secure and scalable Azure-based solutions.
• Establish architecture and delivery standards fordbt, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Storage, Azure SQL, Power BI, dimensional and semantic models, KPI frameworks, reusable data products, workspace governance, deployment practices, and performance optimization; evaluate Microsoft Fabric where it adds appropriate value.
• Lead architecture reviews and integration design across the application and data portfolio while documenting architecture decisions, reusable patterns, procedures, quality objectives, and lessons learned.
• Data Governance, Integration & Business Partnership
• Architect and govern data across enterprise applications, SAP platforms, cloud services, APIs, third-party providers, and operational systems by establishing
  
  Data Governance, Data Stewardship, Data Observability, Metadata Management, Master Data Management, Data Lineage, privacy, security, and retention practices.
• Create andmaintainarchitecture diagrams, enterprise and semantic data models, interface designs, end-to-end lineage, technology roadmaps, enterprise KPIs, business metrics, and reporting standards aligned with organizational priorities.
• Partner with business and technology leaders, Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, BI specialists, and application teams to resolve cross-functional challenges and deliver governed self-service analytics and trusted data products.
• AI-Enabled Architecture,Lucid chartAI & Continuous Learning
• Define architecture and governance guardrails for responsible use of generative AI, copilots, and agent-based capabilities, including security, privacy, human review, traceability, and lifecycle monitoring.
• Use Lucid chartAI to accelerate current-state and target-state architecture diagrams,data-flowand lineage visualization, reference-pattern creation, standards validation, and ongoing governance; review and tailor AI-generated outputs to Dal-Tile's approved architecture, security, naming, metadata, and documentation standards before…