About the Role & Team

“We Power the Magic!” That’s our motto at Disney Experiences (DX). Our team creates world-class immersive digital experiences for the Company’s premier vacation brands, including Disney’s Parks & Resorts worldwide, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, and Disney Vacation Club. We are responsible for the end-to-end digital and physical Guest experience across Attractions & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Resorts & Transportation, and Merchandise, as well as initiatives including My Disney Experience and Hey, Disney!

This role sits within theData Products & Platformsorganization within Technology & Digital for Disney Experiences, working closely withvarious partnersacross the company.

What You'll Do

• Lead the design of enterprise data architecture, including logical models, physical schemas, and integration patterns

• Define data modeling standards, naming conventions, and architectural patterns across domains

• Design cross-domain data integrations that connect disparate source systems into coherent, well-modeled datasets

• Establish and maintain data dictionaries, lineage documentation, and metadata standards

• Lead data modeling reviews and provide guidance on complex schema design decisions

• Help drive estimation and planning for highly sophisticated, scalable data architecture projects, including budget allocation

• Stay current with emerging data modeling and architecture technologies to inform recommendations

• Provide escalation support as needed and guide the ongoing enhancement of existing data models and architecture

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of related work experience in data architecture, data modeling, or senior data engineering roles

• Deep expertise in dimensional modeling, data vault,lakehousearchitectures, and enterprise data modeling at scale

• Advanced SQL skills and proficiency with data transformation tools (e.g.,dbt, Spark)

• Extensive experience with cloud data warehouses and data lake architectures (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, AWS)

• Proven ability to define and enforce data modeling standards across teams and domains

• Comfortable working in an agile environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams

• A visionary who motivates teams to excel and fosters creativity, consistently driving excellence

• An advocate for a diverse and inclusive culture that encourages innovation and ensures every team member feels a sense of belonging

• Familiarity with [add required technologies here], with a desire to further develop technical expertise in data architecture tools and methodologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Data Modeling Tools –erwin,dbt,SqlDBM, Alation

• Cloud Data Warehouses – Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift

• Data Processing – EMR, Spark, Glue, Spark Streaming/Flink

• Data Quality – Elementary,Anomalo, Great Expectations

• Metadata & Governance – Alation, Unity Catalog, Apache Atlas

• Infrastructure as Code – Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK

Required Education

• Bachelor's degree inComputer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or a comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.

Preferred Education

• Master's degree in a related field