Job#: 3057046 Job Description: Lead Informatica Data Architect
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina (On-site)
Alternate Location: Pennington, New Jersey
Role Overview
This position is responsible for leading the design, delivery, and evolution of cloud-based, AI-enabled data integration and analytics platforms to meet technology and business goals. The Lead drives architectural decisions across Informatica (on-premises and cloud), public cloud services, and AI-driven data capabilities, ensuring scalable, secure, and high-performance data solutions. The role partners with Product, Application, Software Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, and Data Science teams to implement data and AI requirements, optimize platform performance, and resolve complex system engineering challenges. This position also provides technical leadership, governance, and mentorship across data, cloud, and AI initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead architectural decisions across Informatica on-premises and Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services (IICS).
- Partner with Product, Application, Software Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, and Data Science teams to implement data and AI requirements.
- Drive the design, delivery, and evolution of cloud-based, AI-enabled data integration and analytics platforms.
- Implement and maintain continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines across multiple environments.
- Optimize platform performance, address cost efficiency, and scale cloud data workloads.
- Establish data replication and availability strategies across cloud object storage and local file systems.
- Provide technical leadership, governance, and mentorship across data, cloud, and AI initiatives.
- Manage incident, problem, change, and service request processes within cloud environments.
Required Qualifications
Experience: Extensive technical leadership experience in platform engineering or shared services models, with a proven track record of delivering end-to-end cloud-native data architecture and design solutions.
Technical Skills: Deep understanding of Informatica Cloud architecture, secure agents, hybrid/cloud deployment models, and hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure integration. Proficiency in designing AI-ready data pipelines for analytics, model training, Spark, and DevOps automation is required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with Operational Insights, cloud monitoring, and AI-driven observability systems.
- Experience integrating cloud platforms with identity management solutions such as Azure Active Directory.
Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
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