**Position Overview**

The **GCF5 Senior Data Architect** is the senior technical authority for **data standards, semantics, and FAIR-aligned data architecture** within the Enterprise Data Foundation (EDF) / Common Data Model (CDM) pillar.

This role defines and evolves canonical data models, metadata standards, identifiers, and interoperability patterns that enable **FAIR, reusable, and AI‑ready data products** across research and platform domains. The Data Architect ensures that FAIR principles are embedded **by design** across data lifecycles, while partnering with engineering teams to enable scalable and consistent implementation.

This role **does not primarily own pipeline delivery** , but instead owns the architectural decisions that make pipelines reusable, intelligible, and durable over time.

The role reports to the GCF7 leader and partners closely with peer GCF5 domain and platform leads across SCIP to ensure cohesive semantic and arc...