Lead Data Architect - Data Lake Architectures

Motion Recruitment
Irving, United States of America
8 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 156K

Job location

Remote
Irving, United States of America

Tech stack

Big Data
Cloud Storage
Data Architecture
Cloud Services
Software Engineering
Parquet
Data Lake
Avro

Requirements

Looking for a Lead Data Engineer / Architect with proven experience in building scalable cloud data platforms and knows how to organize raw and curated data for downstream analytics. This person should be both technical and strategic, someone who can design standards, solve complex data challenges, and partner with business and engineering teams., 5+ years of Software Engineering experience,

Proven experience designing and implementing data lake architectures (e.g., Bronze/Silver/Gold or layered models).

Strong knowledge of Cloud Storage (GCS) design, including bucket layout, naming conventions, lifecycle and retention policies, and access controls.

Hands-on experience with columnar data formats (Parquet, Avro, ORC) and compression techniques.

Expertise in partitioning strategies, backfills, and large-scale data organization.

Ability to design curated data models optimized for analytics and BI consumption/reporting.

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