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# Senior Cloud Data Architect & Lead

- **Company:** Telecommunications Development Corp.
- **Location:** Laurel, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Cloud Database, Performance Tuning, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Databricks
- **Published:** June 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=884d92c59d7f6472

## About the Role

Do you have experience in System design?, * Extensive experience in leading large-scale data migrations, architecting enterprise Azure data platforms, and managing professional services project lifecycles.

## Description

Provide project leadership and strategic architectural design for the migration from legacy Informatica to Azure., * Serve as the primary client-facing point of contact and manage the overall project lifecycle, status reporting, and risk management.

 * Architect the target Azure Databricks and Azure Synapse Analytics environment while defining standards for data zones and schema management.
 * Lead the technical conversion of legacy assets, overseeing the redesign of complex transformation logic and ensuring performance optimization.
 * Ensure all architectural designs and work products comply with security, identity, and cloud governance policies.


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