Senior Data Architect - Data & Analytics

Senior Architect – Data & Analytics

? Location: Hybrid

? Job Type: Contract / Full-Time

We are looking for an experienced Senior Data & Analytics Architect to join a Data & Analytics Center of Excellence and help shape enterprise data strategy, architecture, and scalable data solutions.

This is an architecture-focused role requiring strong experience across Data Warehousing, Data Engineering, ETL, SQL, Cloud Data Platforms, BI, Data Security, and CI/CD.

What You'll Do

• Define and enhance enterprise data strategy and architecture.


• Architect and enhance data warehouse and data lake solutions.


• Design and develop ETL processes, data marts, tables, and other data objects.


• Partner with BI, analytics, product, IT, and business teams.


• Develop and maintain data dictionaries, architecture documentation, and technical standards.


• Support enterprise data initiatives and provide architecture guidance.


• Troubleshoot data platform and pipeline issues.


• Support data migration and integration initiatives.


• Implement scalable and maintainable data architecture.


• Apply data security, identity, privacy, authorization, and encryption practices.


• Work with Azure DevOps/GitHub and CI/CD development practices.

What We're Looking For

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.


• 3+ years of experience in Data Architecture.


• 5+ years of experience with Data Warehousing.


• 5+ years of Data Engineering experience.


• Strong SQL and database architecture experience.


• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server and/or Oracle.


• Strong ETL experience with SSIS, Azure Pipelines, dbt, or Informatica.


• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, or Databricks.


• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or Qlik.


• Programming/query experience with SQL, Python, DAX, or similar technologies.

Nice to Have

• Data warehouse architecture experience with MOLAP, ROLAP, ODS, Data Marts, and EDW.


• Azure AD / SSO experience.


• Data security and encryption experience.


• Azure DevOps and GitHub.


• CI/CD experience.


• Data migration experience.


• Big Data technologies.


• Banking or financial services experience.


• Experience working in environments with multiple firewall/security layers.

Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will be a strong technical architect who can translate enterprise business requirements into scalable data solutions while communicating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.