What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Architect position at First Onsite - US?
A Day in the Life of a Data Architect: Lead the Charge in Data Innovation
Are you passionate about turning raw data into actionable insights? We're looking for a talented and strategic Data Architect to design, manage, and scale our data systems, helping us unlock the full potential of data across the organization. In this critical role, you'll be responsible for developing and optimizing our data infrastructure, setting robust data governance policies, and ensuring the integrity and security of our data across all platforms.
You will collaborate with teams across the business to create a data architecture that not only supports current needs but also anticipates future growth. Your work will directly influence how data is leveraged to drive business value, empower decision-making, and fuel innovation. As a key member of our growing data team, you'll help build the systems that will make a lasting impact on our organization's success.
Key Responsibilities:
- Align technology architecture with business strategy and goals
- Evaluate solutions for end-user experience, performance, security, scalability, and maintainability
- Develop and maintain architecture artifacts (models, governance, roadmaps, etc.)
- Ensure solution security and compliance with regulations (data governance, policies)
- Manage data governance, quality, and compliance policies
- Oversee Databricks administration, including Delta Live tables, data pipeline management, and cost optimization
- Lead data integration efforts (ETL, CDC, Azure Event Hubs) across Databricks Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers
- Optimize database systems (Postgres, Databricks) for performance, reliability, and scalability
- Design and maintain scalable data architecture (data warehouses, lakes, hybrid solutions)
- Develop data models (Data Vault, Star Schemas) for efficient data storage and retrieval
- Evaluate and implement new technologies (Generative AI, data cleansing, machine learning workflows)
Experience:
- 7 years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, and related disciplines
- Expertise in data governance and data security standards
- Expertise in data modeling (Postgres, Databricks), ETL/ELT tools, and cloud-based data warehousing
- Familiarity with real-time data processing (Microsoft Event Hubs, CDC)
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline
- Certifications in data architecture or cloud platforms, including Azure Certified Solutions Architect, Databricks Azure Platform Architect, Databricks Professional Data Engineer, and Databricks Apache Spark Developer
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related field, preferred
First Onsite provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
First Onsite (and its Companies) participates in E-Verify. We will provide the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employer's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Third party resume submissions not accepted. Any resume submitted will be considered the property of THE COMPANY, and THE COMPANY will not be held liable to pay a placement fee.
Subject to Federal, State and Local laws, regulations and/or ordinances, applicant must be able to pass Background Check and Pre-employment Drug Screen.
Salary : $140,000 - $150,000
