JOB REQUIREMENTS: At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative andgrowing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positivedifference. Northwestern Mutual (NM) has been helping families andbusinesses achieve financial security for 165+ years. Through adistinctive, whole-picture planning approach including both insuranceand investments, we empower people to be financially confident. Wecombine the expertise of our financial professionals with a personalizeddigital experience and groundbreaking technology to best serve ourclients! Our team is looking for Lead Data Architect to help shape thefuture of data for the company. As part of the Core Data and AnalyticsArchitecture team, the Lead Data Architect will drive efforts to providea modern data architecture and design to deliver data for drivinginsights. This position requires a strategic, analytical, organized, andmotivated leader which loves data and technology. Accountabilities:Collaborate with engineering teams to translate requirements intotechnical architecture. Provide Points of View (POV) and recommendationsfor cloud-native, industry-leading products along with emerging,start-up offerings. Partner to develop runways and roadmaps to deliverstrategic outcomes through data solutions. Work closely with thePrincipal Data Architects, Engineers and the Enterprise Architecturepractice on design principles and patterns. Ensure privacy, security anddata governance is incorporated into designs and implementations.Develop engineering best practices and processes to produce efficient,high quality deliverables. Help define and mature the capabilities,platforms, frameworks and services to deliver trusted data to theenterprise Engage with business, product and engineering teams onrequirements and design of conceptual, logical and physical data modelsDeliver data model design for enterprise data warehouse and data marts.Design and build semantic layer for business intelligence and analyticuse cases Develop canonical data model for critical data domains to easedata integration and consumption Contribute to data modeling educationand training programs for the company Deliver guidance on data modelingtooling and practices Bring Your Best! What this role needs: Experiencedelivering data engineering and analytical solutions on public clouds(AWS preferred) Strong understanding of streaming (e.g. Kafka, Kinesis)and batch (e.g. Airflow, AWS Glue) data transport technologies Datasystems architecture experience, designing larger scale data engineeringsolutions, break down to smaller goals, prioritization Proven experiencein multiple type of data modeling techniques (conceptual, logical,physical, semantic, etc.) Expertise in data warehousing approaches(Kimball, Inmon), normalized and de-normalized data models includingdimensional schemas (star,... For full info follow application link.EEO/AA Employer/Vets/Disability ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:Apply Online: ipc.us/t/EBF53D59685A480B Qualified females, minorities,and special disabled veterans and other veterans are encouraged toapply.