Job Description
Job Description
NEP Group is a global leader in live sports, entertainment, and media solutions, supporting the world’s most high-profile events and productions. As our data ecosystem continues to grow, we are investing in a modern, scalable data platform to power analytics, AI, and smarter decision-making across the business.
The Opportunity
We’re looking for an experienced Data Architect to own the vision, design, and governance of NEP’s enterprise data platform. In this role, you’ll define how data flows across the organization—ensuring it is secure, scalable, performant, and aligned with business goals. We are seeking a person with 8+ years of experience in data architecture.
You’ll work closely with engineering, analytics, data science, and business stakeholders to shape end-to-end data architecture using Snowflake, Databricks, and dbt, while setting standards and best practices that enable everything from BI to advanced AI/ML.
Preference is for this to be a hybrid role in Pittsburgh, but we are open to fully remote candidates in Eastern or Central time zones.
What You’ll Do
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Own the overall architecture, design, and governance of NEP’s data platform
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Design, document, and evolve the end-to-end data architecture, from ingestion to consumption
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Define data models, integration patterns, and architectural standards
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Ensure platform scalability, performance, security, and compliance
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Partner with data engineers and data scientists to optimize data models and pipelines
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Translate business requirements into practical, future-proof data solutions
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Define and enforce data governance, quality, and lineage best practices
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Evaluate and recommend new tools and technologies to improve data management and analytics
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Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
What You Bring
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field (Master’s preferred) with 8+ years of data architecture experience
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Hands-on expertise with Snowflake, Databricks, and dbt in enterprise data environments
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Strong knowledge of data modeling, security frameworks, and data governance best practices
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Experience designing scalable, performant, and cost-efficient cloud data architectures, including distributed processing (e.g., Spark)
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Familiarity with modern data governance, quality, and lineage tools (e.g., Unity Catalog or equivalent)
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Proven ability to define and enforce standards for ingestion, transformation, and validation pipelines
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
- Vacation Days
- Sick Days
- 401(k)
- Discount Programs
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible Spending Account
You might not know our name, but you’ve probably seen our work – on stage, on screen or on the field. Our technology solutions and unique Global Production Ecosystem empower content creators and rights holders to tell their stories in breakthrough ways. We’ve supported some of the world’s most watched productions and live events in sports, entertainment, concerts, festivals, film, TV and more. For 40 years our clients have trusted us to deliver live production, live events, and virtual production solutions for them, anytime, anywhere. Put simply, we bring content to life.
Check us out at https://www.nepgroup.com/career/careers