Data Architect

Data Architect Dallas, TX (Hybrid)

Mandatory Skills: GCP BigQuery Kafka Dataflow Apache Spark Data Spark Vertex AI Cloud Storage Adobe Analytics Python Java Nodejs

Experience: Senior Data Engineer Platform ML Analytics in data engineering or ML data engineering Data Engineer II ML Training Multisource Integration in data or ML data engineering

Job Description: Required Qualifications: 9-12 years of hands-on data engineering or ML data engineering experience in a production GCP environment Strong proficiency in Python Java or Nodejs for pipeline development feature engineering scripts and automation Strong hands-on experience with BigQuery partitioning clustering cost management complex SQL ML-optimized table design Proficiency with Apache Kafka for real-time streaming ingestion Experience with Dataflow Apache Beam for both streaming and batch pipelines Proficiency with Apache Spark PySpark or Scala DataSpark experience a strong plus Solid familiarity with GCP ecosystem Cloud Storage PubSub Dataproc Cloud Composer Airflow Experience building ML training pipelines and Feature Stores GCP Feature Store preferred understanding of the ML lifecycle including feature engineering data versioning and train-eval splits Experience with Vertex AI Pipelines or similar MLOps tooling Demonstrated experience designing disaster recovery zones and failover strategies for cloud data platforms cross-region replication RTO RPO definition and DR testing Experience with data archival design BigQuery table lifecycle management Cloud Storage tiered storage policies and long-term retention for regulated datasets Hands-on experience handling PHI under HIPAA field-level encryption and masking deidentification techniques audit logging access control policies and HIPAA Security Rule compliance for data at rest and in transit Strong SQL and data modeling skills experience with layered data lake or lakehouse architecture Nice to Have: Experience integrating Adobe Analytics data streams or Adobe Experience Platform Familiarity with Looker or Vertex AI as downstream consumers Knowledge of ClickThru file formats and external table patterns in BigQuery Experience with GCP CMEK Customer Managed Encryption Keys for PHI dataset protection Familiarity with HIPAA BAA requirements in cloud vendor agreements CVS Digital AI Insight NBA Engine Data Layer Job Descriptions For Recruitment Use Only Not for Distribution Page 4 Familiarity with NIST or HITRUST frameworks as applied to ML data pipelines Background in healthcare data Rx clinical or benefits domain