Job Opportunity: Senior Data Architect at Southern Farm Bureau Life Insuranceย Company
Company Overview:ย Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance is a leading provider of life insurance and financial services. We are committed to serving our policyholders and communities with integrity and excellence. As a Senior Data Architect, youโll be an essential part of our team, contributing to the success of our organization.
Location:ย Jackson, MS
Role and Responsibilities: The Senior Data Architect leads enterprise-level and cross-domain data architecture strategy, standards, and solution design for highly complex initiatives. This role provides deep technical leadership in defining target-state architectures, reusable design patterns, and governance-aligned frameworks that improve data consistency, scalability, and business value. The Senior Data Architect is expected to influence senior stakeholders, lead major architecture decisions, and mentor architects and engineering teams
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Your responsibilities will include:
- Lead the design of enterprise and cross-domain data architectures supporting strategic business capabilities.
- Define target-state data architecture, guiding principles, standards, and reference architectures.
- Establish reusable patterns for ingestion, transformation, storage, access, data product design, and interoperability.
- Drive architecture decisions for major modernization, platform transformation, and enterprise data initiatives.
- Ensure alignment across operational, analytical, master data, and governance architectures.
- Lead architecture assessments and roadmap development for data platforms, data domains, and legacy remediation.
- Partner with senior technology leaders, product teams, security, risk, and governance groups to shape strategic solutions.
- Review complex designs and provide authoritative guidance on scalability, resilience, quality, security, and maintainability.
- Champion data architecture best practices, architecture review processes, and technical standards.
- Mentor and develop architects and senior engineers; elevate data architecture maturity across the organization.
- Influence investment decisions, prioritization, and capability planning related to data architecture and platforms.
Qualifications:
- Bachelorโs degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Engineering, or related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
- Graduate Degree in Computer Science, Math, Statistics, Information Systems, Data Science preferred
- 8-10+ years of experience in data architecture, enterprise data design, or related technical leadership roles
- Strong data modeling and architecture design expertise
- Significant experience with enterprise-scale data ecosystems across operational and analytical platforms
- Enterprise and cross-domain architecture leadership
- Advanced data modeling and information design
- Strategic planning and roadmap development
- Expertise in modern data platform architecture and architectural trade-off analysis
- Strong governance and control orientation
- Executive communication and presentation skills
Employee Benefits:ย We value our employeesโ well-being and offer a comprehensive benefits package:
- Health Insurance:
- Comprehensive coverage for employees and their families.
- Access to an onsite clinic, preventive care, and prescription drugs.
- Mental health coverage and an Employee Assistance Program.
- Active Lifestyle Rewards Program:
- Incentives for maintaining an active lifestyle.
- Rewards for participating in fitness challenges and wellness activities.
- Weight Management Programs:
- Customized weight management plans.
- Support for achieving and maintaining a healthy weight.
- Employee Engagement:
- Opportunities to connect with colleagues.
- Fun teambuilding activities.
- Annual events for employees and their families
- Company Picnic, Thanksgiving lunch, Christmas Reception.
- Family Fun Night
- Onsite Cafe:
- Convenient access to nutritious meals.
- Promoting healthy eating habits.
- Learning & Development:
- Continuous learning opportunities.
- Tuition reimbursement for further education.
- Mentorship Programs:
- Pairing employees with mentors.
- Professional growth and guidance.
- Promotional Opportunities:
- Advancement within the company.
- Career growth prospects.
- Life Insurance and Company-Funded Pension:
- Financial security for employees and beneficiaries.
- Retirement planning.
- Volunteer Days:
- Paid time off for volunteering.
- Contributing to the community.