Data Architect

About us At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living while reducing emissions. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for. The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.  We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can work together . Job Summary ExxonMobil’s Enterprise Data and Digital Integration have a mission to develop enterprise data sets in support of the corporate strategy to treat data as an asset to maximize business value. The Data Architect will work closely with other Data Architects, subject matter experts (SMEs), data engineers and developers to design enterprise data sets and consult with projects to ensure data architecture is aligned with enterprise data principles and standards. The position will report to the Data Architect Manager. What you will do: The Data Architect will work towards building and/or providing knowledge in support of the overall Central Data Office mission and data strategy. To achieve these goals, the Data Architect will be required to analyze current state data architectures and conceive desired future state data architectures and identify activities needed to close the gap to achieve the future state.  Some examples of these activities/deliverables are: Support development of conceptual and logical data models Ensures that aspects of an architectural design have been clearly thought out, articulated and fully aligned with business needs while addressing impacts to other underlying platforms and technology components Work with Data Governance teams to ensure business glossaries, data dictionaries and data catalogs are created and maintained Drive strategies/approaches and principles for data management (including master/reference data and identification of key data domains, data governance framework, etc.) Ensure data architecture of delivered solutions support proper security/access, retention and classification Consult with projects and ensure solutions are aligned with the CDO vision/mission and enterprise data architecture principles using established data architecture assessment methodologies Partner with business leads and data governance groups to support business data needs Lead assessments of business/data requirements for projects, products, MVPs and other efforts to validate that overall design satisfies business needs and adheres to key standards and principles Provide architectural leadership, guidance,…