Senior Data Architect (AWS and Azure)

Job description

Owns the end-to-end data architecture across both AWS and Azure — from storage and ingestion patterns to governance and security. Works closely with engineering leads and business stakeholders to define a target-state architecture and evaluate the tools and services that support it, and provides architectural oversight as the platform is built out.

Key Responsibilities:

- Define and own the target-state data architecture across AWS and Azure environments

- Design data lake / data warehouse solutions, including storage layers, ingestion patterns, and processing frameworks

- Establish data governance, security, and access-control standards across both cloud platforms

- Translate business requirements into scalable, well-documented technical designs

- Evaluate and select tools/services across AWS and Azure, balancing cost, performance, and maintainability

- Provide architectural guidance and review to engineering teams during implementation

- Support cloud migration and multi-cloud integration initiatives

Requirements:

- 8+ years in data architecture/engineering, including senior/lead-level design responsibility

- Hands-on architecture experience with both AWS (S3, Redshift, Glue, Lake Formation, Athena) and Azure (ADLS, Synapse, Data Factory, Databricks)

- Proven track record designing large-scale data lakes/warehouses and enterprise data governance frameworks

- Strong grasp of data modeling, ETL/ELT design, and distributed data processing (Spark)

- Experience with data security, compliance, and access management across cloud platforms

- Track record leading multi-cloud or cloud-migration data initiatives

- Excellent stakeholder communication; able to present architecture decisions to technical and business audiences

Nice to Have:

- Cloud certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert)

- Experience with data mesh or domain-driven data architecture

- Background in a regulated industry (finance, healthcare, etc.)