Data Architect
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Contract Independent
Contract W2
12 Months
No Travel Required
Able to Sponsor
Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Transcend IT Solutions
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Job Details
Skills
- Data Architecture
- Data Architect
- Medallion Architecture
- Data Vault 2.0
- Enterprise Data Modeling
- Data Lakehouse
- Data Engineering
- SQL
- Distributed Data Processing
- Batch Processing
- Streaming
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
- Databricks
- Snowflake
- BigQuery
- Redshift
- Data Governance
- Data Quality
- Data Lineage
- Metadata Management
- Data Security
- IAM
- RBAC
- Encryption
- Data Masking
- Tokenization
- Zero Trust
- API Architecture
- Data Sharing
- Semantic Layer
- BI Integration
- Cloud Architecture
- Enterprise Architecture
- ETL
- ELT
- Data Pipelines
- Orchestration
- Stakeholder Management
- Technical Leadership
- Solution Architecture
Summary
Position Tittle: Data Architect
Location: Atlanta, GA Hybrid
Duration: Long Term
Job Details
• Lead enterprise data architecture using Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold) to establish scalable, governed lakehouse and data-platform patterns.
• Define high-performance batch and streaming data pipelines, reusable architectural frameworks, design standards, and engineering best practices.
• Serve as the first architecture point of contact when projects or enhancements are initiated; lead early scoping, feasibility assessment, requirements clarification, and alignment with business expectations.
• Design secure cloud data solutions across AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform, including RBAC, IAM, encryption at rest and in transit, zero-trust principles, secure data sharing, masking, and tokenization; partner with Information Security on cloud posture, controls, governance, and compliance.
• Lead Data Vault 2.0 implementation (Hubs, Links, Satellites); translate requirements into conceptual, logical, and physical models; and design optimized star/snowflake models with clear modeling standards and review practices.
• Architect governed data exposure and consumption through APIs, data sharing, semantic layers, BI integrations, and metadata services, with strategies for controlled access, democratization, lineage, observability, performance, and SLA adherence.
• Embed data governance and data-quality principles into platform design; define monitoring, catalog, lineage, and quality-control mechanisms.
• Maintain frequent cross-functional interaction with business stakeholders, technical architects, application owners, development users, engineering teams, and onshore source-system SMEs - including AXIS, MPS1, and Boarding/Servicing teams - to drive decisions and validate source-data requirements.
• Support analysis, triage, and research for production data issues during onshore hours, helping minimize outages, data inconsistencies, and business impact.
• Mentor engineering teams, provide architectural oversight, and work with vendors and system integrators to ensure implementation and design compliance.
Must Have Basic Qualifications
• Minimum 8+ years 🡪 Deep expertise in Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold), enterprise lakehouse design, Data Vault 2.0, and advanced conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling.
• Minimum 5+ years 🡪 Strong understanding of enterprise data exposure and consumption strategies, including APIs, data sharing, semantic layers, and BI integration patterns.
• Minimum 5+ years 🡪 Strong experience with AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform, hands-on cloud security architecture, and modern lakehouse/analytical platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, and/or Redshift.
• Minimum 8+ years 🡪Strong SQL and distributed data processing knowledge, with experience designing both batch and streaming architectures and working with orchestration tooling.
Nice to have 🡪 Minimum 2+ years 🡪 Knowledge of IAM, RBAC, masking, tokenization, encryption, secure sharing, and zero-trust principles, with experience embedding governance, metadata, lineage, observability, data quality, and compliance controls.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate architecture clearly, influence cross-functional teams, and work onshore in Atlanta with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office.
• Availability during core U.S. business hours for workshops, ad-hoc discussions, source-system coordination, and production issue triage.
Travel: As required based on project and client needs; primary work location is Atlanta, Georgia.
Degree: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
Nice to Have; (But not a must)
• 12+ years of experience in Data Architecture and/or Enterprise Data Engineering, with experience leading large-scale enterprise data transformation programs.
• Cloud Architect certification in AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform.
• Data Vault 2.0 certification.
• TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification.
• Experience in regulated industries.
Leadership & Behavioral Competencies
• Strong architectural thinking and systems-design capability.
• Excellent stakeholder communication and facilitation skills.
• Strategic mindset with strong execution orientation.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive architecture decisions.
• Mentorship and team-development experience.
Success Criteria
• Establish a scalable, secure Medallion-based data architecture with clear Bronze, Silver, and Gold design patterns.
• Successfully implement Data Vault modeling at enterprise scale.
• Establish secure, governed, performant data exposure frameworks for downstream consumers.
• Drive adoption of standardized data modeling, security, governance, metadata, lineage, and data-quality practices.
• Enable real-time collaboration with onshore stakeholders and rapid response to production and operational issues.
Why Join Us
• Opportunity to shape enterprise data strategy and architecture standards.
• Work on modern cloud-native data and lakehouse platforms.
• Influence large-scale digital and data transformation initiatives.
• High leadership visibility and strategic impact across business and technology teams.
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
- Dice Id: 91140092
- Position Id: TISJ904
- Posted 21 hours ago
Company Info
About Transcend IT Solutions
Our business model has scaled to successful heights on account of the long-lasting and loyal relationship with our clients, partners and candidates who have been pillar foundation of why Transcend IT Solutions is a market leader.
Our team has an outstanding track record of success in project staffing, project development and management, and consulting services. With firsthand experience in these areas, we have a sound understanding of our client’s needs.
Transcend IT Solutions provides assistance with staffing for all Information Technology roles. Providing the best-fit person of the highest caliber is our recruiting team’s goal. Our success is based on longevity of client-candidate relationships. Whether it is an individual team member or an entire team, Transcend IT Solutions will assist you with your staffing needs.
Our consulting services cover all aspects of Information Technology. Our expert consultants provide expertise in the areas of project management, requirement gathering and management, analysis and design, construction, quality control and assurance, and system deployment. As well as being individual contributors, our consultants also provide mentoring, process improvement expertise, and reviews and audits of existing projects.
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