
Enterprise Data Solution Architect
- Plano, TX
- Permanent
- Full-time
Drive the design and delivery of modern, cloud-native data platforms that turn raw data into governed, reusable products. Blend deep technical expertise with product-centric thinking to accelerate business value, reduce TCO, and future-proof analytics capabilities.Core Responsibilities
- Architect end-to-end data solutions on Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud (ingestion → storage → modeling → consumption).
- Define data-product strategy, domain boundaries, and semantic models that enable self-service analytics.
- Establish scalable ETL/ELT patterns using tools like Databricks, Snowflake, Synapse, Glue, or BigQuery.
- Lead modernization roadmaps-migrating legacy warehouses, integrating real-time pipelines, and automating CI/CD & IaC.
- Partner with stakeholders to translate business use-cases into secure, cost-optimized architectures and reference designs.
- 10+ years designing enterprise data platforms and at least 2 major cloud migrations delivered.
- 7+ years of experience in modern data stacks (lakehouse, medallion/Data Mesh, CDC, event streaming).
- 7+ years of experience with SQL/Python/PySpark and orchestration frameworks (Airflow, Data Factory, Cloud Composer).
- 3+ years of experience creating data governance, security, and FinOps guardrails.
- Experience productizing GenAI/RAG or MLOps pipelines.
- Industry expertise in manufacturing, healthcare, or financial services.
- Excellent communication-can influence C-suite and mentor engineers alike.