Senior Principal Enterprise Data Architect

Why UKG At UKG, your contributions truly matter. The software you develop, the decisions you make, and the care you provide to customers all create significant impact. Every day, millions of workers rely on our workforce operating platform, which helps them get paid, grow in their careers, and shape the future of their industries. This is our mission. We are committed to ongoing learning and challenging norms. Striving for improvement and celebrating our successes is key to our culture. Here, you'll enjoy genuine flexibility, reliable benefits, and a team that achieves together. At UKG, your work is vital—and so are you. About the Role We are looking for a strategic and visionary Senior Principal Enterprise Data Architect to join our Enterprise Architecture team, directly reporting to the VP of Enterprise Architecture. This key role works closely with Business and Application architects and will be instrumental in defining and executing the enterprise-wide data strategy, especially in a dynamic, M&A-driven environment. You will architect a scalable, secure, and resilient data ecosystem that transforms data into a trusted asset for the enterprise. Your role will ensure our data architecture aligns with our overarching business strategy, enabling effective data utilization for analytics, insights, and AI-driven results. Responsibilities Lead the design and strategy for an integrated enterprise data approach, ensuring all data is treated as a singular asset and developing a rationalization strategy for major data initiatives. Collaborate with application development teams to offer data-centric design insights for core business applications, aiming for data layers that are scalable, high-quality, and analytically prepared from inception. Assess and document the current data landscape, identifying sources, lineage, storage, and consumption patterns to find gaps, redundancies, and modernization opportunities. Maintain enterprise data architecture, including conceptual, logical, and physical data models, data flow diagrams, and integration patterns based on industry standards. Work with business leaders, data scientists, and engineering teams to establish strategic goals and translate them into data, analytics, and AI requirements. Design and govern an advanced enterprise data architecture, employing modern methodologies like Medallion Architecture and Data Mesh, covering compliance for data warehouses, data lakes, streaming platforms, and MDM. Establish and oversee the enterprise API strategy for data, defining standards for REST APIs and managing internal and external data access through an API Gateway. Create and govern 'Reverse ETL' strategies to deliver analytics and AI-driven insights back into operational systems like Salesforce, Eloqua, and Microsoft Dynamics 365. Integrate FinOps principles into data architecture designs to optimize cost-effectiveness through practices such as BigQuery partitioning, clustering, and tiered storage methods. Partner with product managers, solution architects, and business architects to ensure data solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with business needs. Define and enforce company-wide data governance standards, focusing on data quality, metadata management, security, and privacy in collaboration with the Enterprise Data and Analytics Office. Evaluate data requirements to identify suitable technologies, platforms, and tools that underpin a scalable, future-ready data ecosystem. Engage in enterprise transformation initiatives by providing data-driven insights and strategic guidance on optimizing data assets. Facilitate workshops with stakeholders to align on data definitions, standards, and architectural principles. Utilize established frameworks and templates effectively, ensuring maintenance and updates of all data architecture artifacts. About You Basic Qualifications 15-20 years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or related senior roles. Proven experience leading data platform consolidation and integration during corporate mergers and acquisitions. Hands-on expertise with the Google Cloud data ecosystem, especially BigQuery, Cloud Composer, and Vertex AI. Experience designing data integration and Reverse ETL patterns for major SaaS applications, including Salesforce.com and Microsoft Dynamics 365. Proficient in traditional ETL tools and modern data engineering languages like Python and Spark. Familiarity with API design and management, including REST APIs and using API Gateways for secure data access. Solid understanding of both modern data architecture patterns and traditional modeling techniques. Track record of designing architectures that support advanced AI applications and machine learning pipelines. Experience contributing to or implementing a Data Marketplace or Data Catalog. Experience in establishing robust data quality frameworks and security controls within cloud platforms. Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills. Preferred Qualifications A passion for data systems and a keen eye for quality and scalability. A problem solver with an analytical mindset. Experience treating 'data as a product' and designing APIs for diverse applications. A sense of fulfillment from seeing your concepts turn into real-world solutions. Detail-oriented, proactive, and motivated by impactful change. A team player who excels at merging business and technological insights. A self-starter who drives outcomes autonomously while delivering value to the organization. Company Overview: UKG is the premier Workforce Operating Platform that leverages workforce insights effectively. With unmatched expertise and industry-leading AI, we empower our customers to address challenges across any sector, emphasizing that understanding one’s workforce is crucial for competitive advantage. Equal Opportunity Employer UKG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, evaluating applicants without consideration for race, color, disability, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, or other legally protected categories. Disability Accommodation in the Application and Interview Process For assistance during the application and interview stages, please contact . The position's pay range is $145,600.00 to $209,300.00, with actual base pay depending on various factors. Employees may be eligible for performance-based bonuses and restricted stock unit awards as part of the total compensation package. For more details on UKG benefits, please refer to the careers section of our website.

Created: 2026-03-10