[Remote] Architect 4, Software Architecture
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Comcast Advertising is driving the TV advertising industry forward, from delivering ads to linear and digital audiences to pioneering the tech that makes it possible. The Senior Data Architect will lead efforts to simplify inventory visibility across assets and design cloud solutions, collaborating closely with engineering teams and mentoring junior engineers. Responsibilities • Collaborate across application and data teams to orchestrate data solutions that meet needs from transactional, analytics and data science needs • Propose solutions focusing on tenants such as cost optimization, reducing data hops, ensuring high availability, performance and Effectv’s strategic needs and future growth goals as it relates to becoming a ‘data driven’ organization • Ensure solutions adhere to policies outlined at Comcast level such as data privacy and security • Design and manage robust, scalable data models and semantic layer • Build prototypes, publish design patterns for use by the organization • Provide guidance on getting started in cloud and cloud migration techniques • Work with the data governance team to ensure critical data elements are identified and monitored • Work with partners like AWS, Databricks, Snowflake to ensure services meet the growing needs of Effectv • Facilitate in-depth architectural discussions and design exercises to create world-class cloud solutions • Work with internal and external stakeholders to gather requirements • Conduct surveys, brainstorming sessions, and analysis to understand business need/fit • Identify technology and skills gaps in solution implementations • Promote the use of industry and Company technology standards • Partner with business leaders to understand their strategic objectives and translate them into actionable data architecture roadmaps that enable data-driven decision making • Mentor and lead teams of data engineers and architects, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and technical excellence • Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance • Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned Skills • Implementing cloud data architecture and data integration patterns (AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, Event Hub, Databricks, etc.), storage and processing (Redshift, Azure Synapse, BigQuery, Snowflake); Infrastructure as code (CloudFormation, Terraform); 3rd Party Integration (Salesforce, D365) • Understanding and experience with modern cloud data architectures and engineering for one or more of the following cloud providers - AWS, Azure, GCP • Experience building data models and semantic layers • Experience in defining Master Data Management strategy and exposing data securely as a through data sharing architecture and APIs • Leading and supporting data architecture team and leads in creation of cloud data migration/integration/warehouse plans, roadmap, success metrics, and assessment of client's enterprise (on-premise and on-cloud) data systems • Designing and developing using data modeling techniques for mixed workloads, such as OLTP, OLAP, streaming using any formats (structured, semi-structured, unstructured) • Strong understanding of data governance practices • Architecting and designing data implementation patterns and engineered solutions using native cloud capabilities that span data ingestion & integration (ingress and egress), data storage (raw & cleansed), data prep & processing, master & reference data management, data virtualization & semantic layer, data consumption & visualization • Implementing leading practices in supporting high availability, scalable, process and storage intensive solutions architectures to data integration/migration, analytics and insights, AI and ML requirements • Guiding the creation of detailed documentation related to data architecture, integration, and data flows • Familiarity with message-driven data architecture to ensure de-coupling via asynchronous message-passing between loosely coupled applications and data services • Possessing a certification in one of the following is a big plus - AWS data engineering; Databricks certification • Bachelors in an Engineering discipline with 10+ years of relevant experience in areas identified above • Media & Entertainment industry experience in measurement and attribution preferred Benefits • Best-in-class Benefits Company Overview • Comcast is a media and technology company that provides broadband internet, mobile services, and entertainment platforms. It is a sub-organization of SkyShowtime. It was founded in 1963, and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship • Comcast has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 705 in 2025, 561 in 2024, 624 in 2023, 750 in 2022, 588 in 2021, 583 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Apply tot his job