Sr. Data & AI Platform Integration Architect - Raleigh, NC

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.
 

Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.
 

We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.

Job Description
 

At Gilead our pursuit of a healthier world for all people has yielded a cure for hepatitis C, revolutionary improvements in HIV treatment and prevention as well as advancements in therapies for viral and inflammatory diseases and certain cancers.

We set and achieve bold ambitions in our fight against the world’s most devastating diseases, united in our commitment to confronting the largest public health challenges of our day and improving the lives of patients for generations to come. As a Senior Data & AI Platform Integration Architect, at Gilead you will...

Key Responsibilities: 

Platform Governance Integration 

• Integrate governance policies and metadata into AWS and Databricks environments 

• Implement governance enforcement using AWS Lake Formation and Databricks Unity Catalog 

• Implement access controls, filtering policies, and data protection rules based on governance classifications 

• Integrate governance metadata and classifications from governance platforms into platform enforcement layers 

• Automate the enforcement of data access controls, privacy classifications, and data retention policies within data platforms. 

Data Product Enablement 

• Partner with engineering teams to integrate governance requirements into data product onboarding processes 

• Support secure and governed consumption of enterprise data products across analytics and AI workloads 

• Ensure data products are onboarded with standardized governance enforcement patterns 

Architecture & Integration Leadership 

• Collaborate with Governance Enablement and Governance Capabilities teams to ensure governance policies are operationalized and enforced 

• Define and implement platformlevel integration patterns that support governed analytics and AI access 

• Expand beyond traditional SQL-based data access toward AI-ready data products enriched with business context, metadata, and semantic definitions that enable intuitive discovery and interaction with enterprise data through natural language interfaces, AI-driven analytics tools, and emerging agentic AI systems. 

Core Platform & Governance Integration 

• 10+ years working with modern cloud data platforms and distributed data architectures. 

• Strong understanding of enterprise data governance principles and implementation patterns. 

• Experience integrating metadata, security policies, and access controls into data platforms. 

• Familiarity with modern data architect