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# Lead Data Architect

- **Company:** Glint Tech Solutions LLC
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Big Data, Unix, Data Architecture, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Vault Modeling, Data Warehousing, Elasticsearch, Python (Programming Language), Metadata, Performance Tuning, Azure Data Lake, Shell Script, Azure Data Factory, Sql Optimization, Pyspark, Kubernetes, Star Schema, Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Pipelines, Docker, Databricks
- **Published:** September 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=42fea38676e73114

## About the Role

* 8+ years overall experience, minimum 1 year in a Lead/Architect role
 * 3+ years recent hands-on Azure Data Factory & Synapse experience
 * Data modeling: conceptual, logical, physical
 * Azure Data Lake Storage, Synapse Analytics, Databricks, PySpark
 * ETL/ELT pipeline development and multi-source data integration
 * Data warehousing patterns: star schema, Data Mesh, Lakehouse, Data Vault
 * Advanced SQL (querying, transformation, performance tuning)
 * Metadata and governance integration
 * Python / Python ETL tools
 * Shell scripting (Bash/Unix/Windows) preferred

Nice-to-Have Skills

 * Elasticsearch
 * Docker, Kubernetes
 * Azure/Databricks certification
 * Strong stakeholder communication, mentoring, and delivery tracking
 * CS/Data Science academic background

## Description

* Design data architecture to support large-scale data processing
 * Integrate new solutions with existing enterprise architecture
 * Lead cross-functional teams and define technical/architectural strategy