Data Architect

At Northrim Bank, our vision is to be Alaska’s premier bank and employer of choice. We are looking for professional and knowledgeable employees who take pride in their work. We believe in providing value for our customers and communities.

Employee Benefits:

Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, including FSA (Flex Spending Account)

Paid Time Off to include select paid holidays

Retirement Benefits with generous 401K match

Some Other Favorite Employee Benefits Include

Paid Parental Leave, Education Assistance, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Wellness Program and much more!

Pay is depending on experience. Minimum is $111,309.82 annually, $4,281.14 bi-weekly

🚀 We’re Hiring: Data Architect (Enterprise Banking Data Ecosystem Builder) 🚀

If you think data is just “tables and pipelines,” this probably isn’t your role.

If you see data as the nervous system of a modern bank flowing from core systems to real-time analytics, regulatory reporting, and AI-driven insights then keep reading.

We’re looking for a Data Architect to design, govern, and evolve a full-scale enterprise data ecosystem that powers everything from payments to customer intelligence. You’ll be the blueprint owner of how data is structured, secured, integrated, and consumed across the organization.

This is a role for someone who enjoys turning complexity into clarity and making sure thousands of downstream decisions are built on rock-solid data foundations.

• 🧠 What You’ll Be Doing
• You’ll be the architect behind a modern, cloud-first data platform built on Azure and Databricks, shaping how data moves, lives, and delivers value across the bank.

Your day-to-day impact will include:

Designing and evolving enterprise data models across critical banking domains

Architecting and governing the cloud data lake ecosystemusing:

Azure Data Lake Storage

Azure Data Factory

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure DevOps

Building and enforcing enterprise-wide data governance frameworks (lineage, dictionaries, MDM, quality standards)

Partnering with BI Analysts and application teams to ensure data is usable, trusted, and analytics-ready

Designing scalable, reliable data integration pipelines between core banking systems, the data lake, and downstream applications

Defining security standards including RBAC, encryption, masking, and auditing

Translating business strategy into a forward-looking data architecture roadmap

Continuously evaluating and improving the bank’s data ecosystem for performance, cost, and innovation

• 🏗️ What You Bring to the Table
• We’re looking for someone who has already spent serious time in the data trenches:

Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering (Master’s preferred)

7+ years in data roles (engineering, DBA, modeling, etc.)

3+ years specifically in data architecture

Experience in banking or regulated environments is a strong plus

Technical Strengths You Should Have:

Deep hands-on experience with Databricks, including:

Delta Lake architecture

Notebooks & workflows

Unity Catalog governance

Strong command of Microsoft Azure data stack:

ADLS, ADF, Synapse, DevOps

Solid grounding in:

Data governance (metadata, lineage, MDM, data quality)

Secure data architecture (encryption, RBAC, compliance)

CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code principles

Comfortable navigating complex systems where precision, scale, and regulation all collide

🧩 The Mindset We’re After

You think in systems, not just schemas

You can translate business goals into data architecture decisions

You enjoy untangling messy data ecosystems and replacing them with clean, scalable designs

You’re equally comfortable talking to engineers, analysts, auditors, and executives

You don’t just build data platforms you design data trust

🏢 Work Environment

Professional office setting with a moderate noise level

Collaborative, cross-functional teams

Reliable attendance and steady execution matter heredata ecosystems don’t build themselves

• 🎯 Why This Role Matters
• This isn’t just another architecture job.

You’ll be shaping how an entire financial institution understands its own data from customer insights to regulatory reporting to AI-driven decisioning.

Full Time, Exempt

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Northrim Bank is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Northrim Bank does not discriminate in employment based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, parenthood, marital status, changes in marital status, genetic information or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.