Data Platform Architect

ITAC

Birmingham, AL, United States

about 2 months ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Compensation

$130,000.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

itacsolutions.com

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence BigQuery Data Infrastructure Python (Programming Language) Enterprise Messaging Systems Microsoft SQL Server SQL Server Analysis Services Transact-SQL Data Ingestion Azure Data Factory Snowflake

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Event Driven Architecture Kubernetes Apache Kafka Vertica Databricks

Job description

Opportunity to architect enterprise-wide data and integration platforms
Highly visible role partnering directly with executive leadership
Hands-on influence over AI-driven engineering initiatives and automation
Fast-growing organization with large-scale technical challenges
Hybrid work environment in Birmingham, AL
Annual bonus opportunity
Collaborative team focused on innovation and modern technologies, * Define and lead the target-state architecture for enterprise data platforms
Design data ingestion, storage, modeling, governance, and serving solutions
Build and support event-driven systems utilizing APIs, CDC, messaging platforms, and Kubernetes
Drive AI-assisted engineering and development automation initiatives
Establish data quality standards, governance, and security controls
Lead architecture reviews and mentor engineering teams
Translate business objectives into scalable technical roadmaps

Requirements

Strong expertise with SQL Server, SSAS, Azure Data Factory, and T-SQL
Experience with ClickHouse, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, or similar columnar platforms
Production-level development experience in Python and/or Go
Experience designing event-driven architectures utilizing REST, Kafka, NATS, or CDC
Experience operating workloads within Kubernetes environments
Ability to drive AI-assisted engineering initiatives and platform strategy