Sr. Data Architect

***All candidates MUST RESIDE on the East Coast Only - Sorry, No Exceptions

***Requirement: U.S. Citizenship is required (Federal Contract Compliance)

• Location: Remote (with travel to Orlando, FL)
• Salary: $170,000 – $180,000 / annually (DOE)
• Employment Type: W2 Direct Hire (Permanent)

The Mission

StaffRight Associates has been retained to spearhead a critical mission: the architectural metamorphosis of a complex, high-volume logistics ecosystem. We are seeking a Lead Systems & Data Architect to orchestrate the migration of legacy infrastructure into a high-performance, cloud-native environment. This is not a theoretical oversight role; it is a high-stakes engineering challenge requiring the synthesis of deep software development with modern data fabric orchestration. The objective is to decouple decades of technical debt and engineer a resilient, scalable mission architecture that enables seamless enterprise data liquidity and real-time analytics.

Core Technical Objectives

• Orchestrate the end-to-end migration of legacy on-premise frameworks to a sophisticated cloud-based ecosystem (Azure), ensuring zero-loss structural alignment during the transition.

• Synthesize diverse enterprise and third-party data streams into a unified One Lake architecture, eliminating silos through rigorous data lakehouse design patterns.

• Engineer robust, high-throughput integration layers utilizing event-driven and queue-based patterns (e.g., Kafka) to ensure system resilience and low-latency data flow.

• Formalize a Medallion-style data enrichment pipeline, validating data integrity across bronze, silver, and gold layers to power advanced business intelligence suites.

• Deploy hands-on technical solutions by maintaining a continuous in-the-weeds development presence, bridging the gap between high-level architectural blueprints and functional C#/.NET or Java code.

• Validate system performance through deep-dive technical audits, providing mentorship to the engineering team on sophisticated integration trade-offs and architectural best practices.

• Optimize data searchability and accessibility by collaborating across the organizational landscape to identify and ingest overlooked data assets into the central repository.

Candidate DNA

• Architectural Philosophy: A practitioner who views architecture through the lens of execution. You must possess the Developer-First pedigree, having ascended from a heavy software engineering background rather than a pure DBA or Data Science track.

• Cloud Data Proficiency: Expert-level mastery of the modern cloud data warehouse stack, specifically within the Azure ecosystem. Direct experience with unified data analytics platforms (Fabric, Databricks) and cloud-native warehousing (Snowflake) is essential.

• Engineering Depth: Advanced proficiency in C#/.NET (preferred) or Java, with a proven ability to solve complex algorithmic challenges and design intricate system integrations.

• Domain Expertise: Demonstrated success in implementing Technical Synthesis—transforming raw, multi-source data environments into structured, high-value report suites using modern streaming and ETL/ELT methodologies.

• Security & Clearance: Must hold U.S. Citizenship to align with specific security mandates.

• Geographic Alignment: Preference for candidates located in the Eastern Time Zone (EST), with a willingness to engage in occasional site-specific collaboration.

Partnering with StaffRight Associates

At StaffRight Associates, we operate at the intersection of technical synthesis and structural alignment. We don’t just match resumes to keywords; we map your engineering DNA—your architectural philosophy, your approach to system resilience, and your Goal-Execution-Mapping—to the most sophisticated STEM challenges in the industry. When you partner with us, you are engaging with a team that speaks your language and understands the nuances of high-stakes innovation. We are committed to placing elite talent where their technical contributions drive systemic impact.