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Corporate Data Architect

Glacier Bancorp

life insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, 401(k)

United States, Texas, Mount Pleasant

Jan 29, 2026

About The Role

Summary

This role is an experienced Data Architect with a strong focus on designing, implementing, and managing end-to-end data platform solutions using Databricks technologies on the Azure cloud. Under the office of the Customer Experience team, which is the home for the enterprise data and analytics function, and working closely with colleagues in IT, this role will support the efforts of the data and analytics team to ensure business value is derived from our data infrastructure in the early development and maturation of our data infrastructure.

This is a Corporate position which may be located in an available bank division across our nine-state footprint in AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, TX, UT, WA, or WY. The entry rate for this position is $117,159.12 + / year (calculated for Kalispell, MT). Click here to learn more about our bank divisions.

All compensation offers are analyzed individually and take into consideration multiple factors including but not limited to geographic location, years of experience, and educational background.

WA Applicants ONLY: $127,612.84-$191,419.26 per year

Description

Design, build, and document Databricks & Azure-based technical solutions and data products, leveraging a broad range of available toolsets, with considerations around scalability, availability, reliability, maintainability, usability, agility, and securability.
Act as a team lead on projects, directing the technology process and ensuring expectations are met to build trust and credibility.
Implement end-to-end data platform solutions and support existing data lakehouse, which will include hands-on-keyboard engineering and development work.
Serve as an effective technical mentor to more junior teammates and communicate efficiently and effectively with a variety of stakeholders in the business and IT departments.
Keep abreast of emerging trends, technologies, and capabilities, within Databricks and otherwise, and continue to grow and develop the architectural skillset.
Must comply with all company policies and procedures and all applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to, the Bank Secrecy Act, the Patriot Act, and the Office of Foreign Assets Control. Must complete the assigned online training courses. and achieve a passing score by due date.

About You

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education

Required/Preferred	Education Level	Description
Required	Bachelor's Degree	A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or similar field with a significant quantitative component.

Experience

Required/Preferred	Experience Level	Description
Required	7 years	7 years experience building data solutions on cloud platforms, with a strong focus on Microsoft Azure and Databricks environments.
Required	3 years	3 years experience architecting data solutions on Databricks (any cloud).
Required	Expert Experience	Experience with full life-cycle implementations of data platforms, including designing data pipelines using Azure Data Factory and Databricks workflows.
Required	Expert Experience	Developing data capabilities using languages including SQL and Spark.
Required	Advanced Experience	Software or data engineering development using programming languages such as Java, Python, or C/C+. (Python preferred.)
Required	Advanced Experience	Experience with a number of Microsoft and other Data Tools, including Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure DevOps, and provisioning and configuring end-to-end Azure data services
Preferred	Advanced Experience	Experience in banking or similar financial services industry.

Would an equivalent combination of relevant education and work experience be considered?: Yes

License/Certification

Required/Preferred

License/Certification

Description

Required Skills and Abilities

The ability to motivate or influence internal or external senior level professionals is a critical part of the job, requiring a significant level of influence and trust. Obtaining cooperation and agreement on important outcomes via frequently complex, senior level dialogues, as well as a professional level of written communication skills are essential to the position.
Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to talk to every level, from C-level executives to front-line employees.
Ability to create data modernization roadmaps, leveraging deep technical knowledge of Databricks and Microsoft Azure tools to meet complex business and IT needs.
Ability to manage compute/storage needs on Databricks (eg. cluster definitions, etc.).
Ability to develop and improve metadata management frameworks, alerting and monitoring capabilities, event-driven orchestration capabilities, and related data pipeline features.
Implement modern data architectures that handle structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
Knowledge of industry-standard data architectures and schemas, including lakehouse designs, medallion architectures, and Kimball-style star-schemas.
Ability to design and implement logical and physical data models specifically for cloud data warehouse environments like Databricks Delta Lake.
Experience with a number of Microsoft and other Data Tools, including Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure DevOps, and provisioning and configuring end-to-end Azure data services
Employee must be capable of regular, reliable, and timely attendance
Employee must be capable of interacting calmly and professionally with a variety of people from diverse backgrounds at various levels within and outside of the organization.
Ability to work and complete tasks with minimal direct supervision.
Ability to maintain high level of confidentiality.

Additional Requirements

Travel

Occasional travel required: (less than 10 days per year) by automobile (as driver and passenger), commercial airlines, rental vehicles and public transportation and be able to lodge in public facilities.

Working Conditions

Environment: Indoors, a climate-controlled shared work area.

Noise Level: Moderate noise; not extreme or excessive; within reasonable limits.

Lifting: Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Vision

Close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures, view a computer terminal, and read the computer screen, printed materials, and handwritten materials.

Physical Activities	Frequency
Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.	Infrequent - rare.
Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.	Infrequent - rare.
Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.	Infrequent - rare.
Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.	Infrequent - rare.
Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects such as size and shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of the fingertips.	Infrequent - rare.
Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.	Daily.
Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.	Infrequent - rare.
Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.	Infrequent - rare.
Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position.	Infrequent - rare.
Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.	Infrequent - rare.
Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.	Infrequent - rare.
Repetitive Motion: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.	Daily.
Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.	Infrequent - rare.

What We Offer

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS: Starting salary is dependent upon relevant experience and may vary based on the geographic location of the position. We offer an extensive benefits package that includes, but is not limited to medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. Coverage is available to employees and their eligible dependents in accordance with our written plan documents. You may also be eligible for a health savings account option, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), a health rewards program, a retirement savings plan, including 401(k) and Profit-Sharing plans, short and long-term disability benefits, education and training benefits, and discounts on banking products and services. We also offer a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) plan and paid holidays. PTO accruals begin at .0745 per hour worked for our part time employees up to a maximum accrual of 240 hours per year for certain Full-Time employees. PTO accruals are dependent on position, status (Full time or Part time), and years of experience in accordance with our PTO policy. Most Full-Time employees are also offered 6 paid holidays and Part Time employees are offered pro-rated paid holidays. In addition, employees in Utah and Nevada may be eligible for pay for certain state recognized holidays. Visit our website for more details. Check it out!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants, or employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, mental or physical disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Glacier Bancorp, Inc. does not sponsor applicants for work visas. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the US.

No Recruiters or unsolicited agency referrals please.