Senior Cloud Data Architect & Data Security

Company Overview

• World’s largest independent upstream oil and gas business
• SPIRIT values - Safety People Integrity Responsibility Innovation Teamwork
• Operations in 13 countries

Welcome to Conoco Phillips, where innovation and excellence create a platform for opportunity and growth. Come realize your full potential here.

We are one of the world’s largest independent exploration and production companies, based on proved reserves and production of liquids and natural gas. With operations and activities in 13 countries, we explore for, develop, and produce crude oil and natural gas globally. We are challenged with an important job to safely find and deliver energy to the world. Our employees are critical to our success, and with them we power civilization.

To deliver superior performance, we create an environment that respects the contributions and differences of every individual. Wherever possible, we use these differences to drive competitive business advantage, personal growth and, ultimately, create business success.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Cloud Data Architect & Data Security leader to join our team. This role blends strategic oversight of enterprise data architecture with hands‑on execution of data governance, security, and compliance frameworks. The ideal candidate will design scalable and resilient data ecosystems, establish and operationalize governance policies, and ensure strong data security across cloud, SaaS, and on‑premises platforms for structured, semi‑structured, and unstructured data.

As a key contributor to our data modernization initiatives, this role will drive the alignment of data capabilities with business objectives and data governance strategies. Reporting to the Director of Data Architecture, the Senior Cloud Data Architect & Data Governance lead will be responsible for architecting and implementing governance and security solutions that support the company’s broader digital transformation goals.

The primary accountability of this role is to define, implement, and enforce policies, processes, and standards that ensure the effective management, quality, protection, and usability of enterprise data. This position collaborates closely with Enterprise Governance, Information Management, Security Architecture, Data Architecture, and other cross‑functional teams to build robust, scalable, and sustainable governance and security frameworks. This role also requires a strong and current technology focus, deep hands‑on experience in data and solution architecture, and proven expertise in integrating and deploying modern digital and cloud technologies.

• Lead the design and development of enterprise data architecture, integrating Cloud Data Lake capabilities with existing Data Warehouse systems
• Create and maintain reference architectures, data models, and design patterns for structured and unstructured data
• Evaluate and implement new data management technologies to support analytics, AI, and business intelligence
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to align data architecture with IT and business strategies

• Develop and enforce data governance frameworks, standards, and policies
• Establish governance committees and coordinate with business units to promote data stewardship
• Maintain enterprise data catalogs and metadata management systems
• Define and monitor data quality KPIs and oversee remediation efforts
• Experience with implementing data governance (data catalogs, business workflows, establishing stewardship processes, etc.) with technologies/tools like Alex, Collibra, etc.
• Design and implement actions that should protect the integrity, confidentiality and availability of the organization’s data

• Develop and enforce Data Loss Prevention policies for sensitive data across both structured and unstructured datasets
• Identify and classify confidential information throughout the organization
• Configure and manage DLP tools to monitor data flows, generate alerts, and support…