Data architect with 12 years of experience designing enterprise data platforms for financial services and insurance. Architected a lakehouse migration that retired 4 legacy warehouses and saved $2.6M a year. Sets data modeling standards, governance patterns and cloud reference architectures that engineering teams can build on safely.
Experience
Data Architect, Sterling Point Financial (Charlotte, NC)
Apr 2021 – Present
Architected a Databricks lakehouse on AWS that retired 4 legacy warehouses, saving $2.6M annually
Defined enterprise data modeling standards, including Data Vault 2.0 for raw history and dimensional marts
Designed column-level security and masking with Unity Catalog to meet GLBA and SOX requirements
Chair the data architecture review board, approving designs for 18 delivery teams
Senior Data Engineer, Palmetto Life Assurance (Columbia, SC)
Aug 2017 – Mar 2021
Built a policy and claims data warehouse on Teradata serving actuarial and finance teams
Designed CDC pipelines with Informatica, reducing data latency from daily to 15 minutes
ETL Developer, Carolina Systems Integrators (Raleigh, NC)
Jun 2014 – Jul 2017
Developed Informatica mappings for 6 banking clients' regulatory reporting
Education
M.S. in Computer Science, North Carolina State University (Aug 2012 – May 2014)
B.S. in Computer Engineering, Clemson University (Aug 2008 – May 2012)
Skills
Architecture: lakehouse, Data Vault 2.0, dimensional modeling, data mesh
Governance & Compliance: GLBA, SOX, data lineage, access control
How to write a Data Architect resume
A strong Data Architect resume shows the questions you answered, the models or pipelines you shipped, and the decisions your analysis changed. Lead with scope and impact: the size of the systems, budgets or teams you influenced, and the decisions you owned.
Sections, in order
Summary
Experience
Projects
Skills
Education
Length: One page is ideal; two pages are fine with 10+ years of relevant experience.
Summary: Open with your specialty and years of experience, then one or two signature results.
Skills to feature
SQL
Python or R
Statistics
Machine learning
Data modeling
dbt and ELT pipelines
BI tools (Looker, Tableau, Power BI)
Experiment design
Data visualization
Stakeholder communication
Example bullet points
Built a churn model (gradient boosting, AUC 0.86) that targeted retention offers and saved $900k a year
Rebuilt the revenue dashboard on dbt and Looker, cutting refresh time from 6 hours to 20 minutes
Designed 25 A/B tests with sequential analysis, shortening the average test from 4 weeks to 10 days
Tips from recruiters
Pair every technique with the decision it informed; "built a model" alone says little.
List tools under grouped skills ("Analytics: SQL, dbt, Looker") so ATS keyword matches are exact.
Link a notebook, Kaggle profile or public analysis if you have one.
Recommended templates
Classic (ATS-friendly): Jake's-style LaTeX classic: small caps and hairline rules
Modern (ATS-friendly): Clean single column with accent headings and rules
Compact (ATS-friendly): Dense single column that fits long histories
Data Architect resume FAQ
What should a Data Architect resume include?
A Data Architect resume should show the questions you answered, the models or pipelines you shipped, and the decisions your analysis changed. Use these sections in this order: Summary, Experience, Projects, Skills and Education. Lead with scope and impact: the size of the systems, budgets or teams you influenced, and the decisions you owned.
What is the best resume template for a Data Architect?
Classic, Modern and Compact work well for Data Architect roles. They are single-column with standard headings, so applicant tracking systems (ATS) parse them reliably.
How long should a Data Architect resume be?
One page is ideal; two pages are fine with 10+ years of relevant experience.
Which skills should a Data Architect put on a resume?
Prioritize the skills named in the job posting. Common ones for Data Architect roles are SQL, Python or R, Statistics, Machine learning, Data modeling and dbt and ELT pipelines.
How do I write strong Data Architect resume bullet points?
Start with an action verb, say what you did, and end with a measurable result such as forecast accuracy, revenue impact and query time. For example: "Built a churn model (gradient boosting, AUC 0.86) that targeted retention offers and saved $900k a year."