Data Architect

Data Architects are key members of our technical leadership team. They design scalable data architectures that enable clients to make data-driven decisions, while also helping grow our engineering team and strengthen our market positioning.As a Data Architect, you will lead the design of modern cloud data platforms, own key client relationships, and provide technical and strategic leadership across engagements. You will guide teams and play a critical role in pre-sales, proposals, and practice growth. You will collaborate with clients to assess, design, and implement modern cloud data and analytics architectures that align with their business processes and strategic goals. You'll also provide technical leadership, shape data strategy, and develop roadmaps to help clients achieve their goals using the latest technologies.You will lead and mentor technical teams, own key client relationships, and play a critical role in pre-sales and practice development. You will work closely with your team, including data engineers, analysts, and technical project managers, to create design patterns, articulate technology choices, model data, provide estimates, and work together to deliver a world-class solution. The ideal candidate combines strong technical skills with business acumen, able to uncover core business needs while recognizing technical constraints and designing pragmatic, future-ready solutions in a consulting environment. Key Responsibilities DeliveryPartner with clients to understand business goals, requirements, and constraints, and translate them into scalable, secure data solutions. Lead the design and optimization of end-to-end cloud data architectures, including data ingestion, storage, processing, modeling, and consumption.Define data models (ex, Kimball, Data Vault), integration patterns, and design standards; create and maintain architectural assets such as diagrams, models, and data dictionaries.Create and maintain core architectural assets, including data flow diagrams, architecture diagrams, logical and physical models, data lineage, and data dictionaries.Provide technical leadership to data engineering teams, including code and design reviews, best practices, and coaching.Ensure data architecture accounts for governance, data quality, security, and compliance requirements.Lead and participate in workshops, whiteboarding sessions, and executive presentations to drive alignment and decision-making.Stay current on emerging data and cloud technologies and bring forward recommendations that add value to clients and our practice. Practice Growth Support business and practice development through proposal support and offering development.Partner with the account and sales teams to identify new business and support deal closure.Lead technical pre-sales activities, including discovery sessions, solutioning, and estimates.Represent the company in executive briefings, industry events, and create thought leadership content as needed. People Management Lead and mentor a team of data engineers by providing coaching, feedback, and growth opportunities, including performance reviews, staffing decisions, and career development planning.Estimate effort and complexity and support project planning in collaboration with project managers and stakeholders.Contribute to practice offerings, accelerators, and reusable assets. #J-18808-Ljbffr