Enterprise Data Architect

Experience: 15+ years Position Summary Seeking a hands-on Sr. Solution Architect to lead end-to-end architecture across Data, Analytics, and AI . The architect will design and guide enterprise data platforms, data products, lakehouse architecture, and AI/ML capabilities while partnering closely with engineering, data science, infrastructure, and business teams. Mandatory Requirements 15+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, analytics, or related technology disciplines. 5+ years of hands-on Snowflake architecture and engineering experience — REQUIRED. Strong AI/ML architecture experience — REQUIRED , including experience with AI/ML data infrastructure, RAG, vector databases, embeddings, or MLOps. Strong experience with Microsoft Fabric or Azure Synapse Analytics . Enterprise-scale data lakehouse architecture and data product experience. Strong Power BI architecture and semantic modeling experience. Experience designing modern ETL/ELT data pipelines using technologies such as Azure Data Factory, Fabric Data Factory, or dbt. Experience with data governance, security, data quality, metadata, lineage, and enterprise architecture. Key Responsibilities Own end-to-end architecture for data, analytics, and AI platforms. Lead architecture across Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, Azure, and Power BI . Design scalable lakehouse, data product, ingestion, and integration architectures. Define architecture for AI/ML workloads , including RAG, vector stores, embeddings, feature engineering, and MLOps. Establish architectural standards, governance, security, and best practices. Partner with engineering, data science, infrastructure, application development, and business teams. Provide technical leadership, architecture reviews, and mentorship. Preferred TOGAF certification or enterprise architecture framework experience. Experience in construction, facilities management, building services, or related industries . Experience with Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, Microsoft Purview, dbt, Monte Carlo, or Great Expectations. #J-18808-Ljbffr Paladin Consulting