Principal Data Architect

• Seeking a strategic and experienced Principal Data Architect to lead the design and implementation of scalable, compliant data systems across a cloud-based infrastructure
• Responsible for building enterprise-wide data architecture and infrastructure from the ground up, working closely with technical teams and business stakeholders
• Ideal candidate will be a strong communicator with hands-on experience in Azure environments, cloud platforms, and data engineering in Greenfield implementations

Key Responsibilities
• Design and architect scalable data management solutions in response to evolving business needs
• Collaborate across technical teams and customer groups to accelerate product delivery
• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable data architecture
• Lead the development of best practices for data quality, architecture standards, and engineering
• Partner with product management and external stakeholders across the development lifecycle
• Provide technical guidance and leadership on emerging trends and data strategies
• Identify opportunities and guide technical teams through the sales-to-implementation process
• Serve as a subject matter expert across the organization and technical community
• Build Proof of Concepts (POCs) to validate architecture strategies and tool selection
• Oversee data transformation, ingestion, and integration activities, including ERP systems
• Manage and optimize cloud-based data platforms and analytic environments

Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 10 years of experience as a Solutions Architect, with hands-on development experience
• Minimum of 5 years of cloud experience with Azure (required); experience with AWS or Google Cloud is a plus
• Strong experience designing large-scale cloud environments and data platforms
• Proven background in Azure Data Factory and Azure Databricks
• Strong technical build-out experience in Greenfield implementations
• Solid experience with data warehousing, ETL, data repositories, and analytics
• Experience with data integration involving ERP systems (SAP preferred)
• Platform engineering and cloud-based data architecture expertise

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in sales support and client-facing solution design
• Knowledge of emerging cloud and data management technologies

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