Senior Architect – Data Platforms, Architecture

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead the architectural vision and technical strategy for multi-team Azure modernization and transformation initiatives across applications, platforms, and data.

• Transform client objectives into scalable designs that align with business priorities, non-functional requirements, delivery constraints, and program outcomes.

• Foster shared architectural models, standards, patterns, interfaces, and integration across various teams.

• Offer architectural guidance throughout the implementation phase, including design and code reviews, reusable patterns, and guardrails.

• Leverage AI-assisted tools for design, code, testing, documentation, and analysis, while helping teams adopt best practices.

• Lead or co-lead discovery and roadmap initiatives, translating inputs into integrated, testable backlogs with well-defined requirements and dependencies.

• Clarify scope, dependencies, risks, value, cost, and time-to-impact at the program level.

• Convey architecture strategy and decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executives.

• Cultivate trusted relationships with product, engineering, and technology leaders to shape modernization roadmaps.

• Provide architectural oversight to ensure predictable delivery and stable team velocity.

• Align teams on shared outcomes, contracts, and integration points while tracking dependencies throughout the delivery process.

• Define delivery methodologies, working agreements, and documentation practices across various locations and time zones.

• Support Agile at scale with architectural and backlog structures that facilitate incremental delivery and data-informed adjustments.

• Mentor architects, senior engineers, and technical leads, contributing to hiring, calibration, and development planning.

• Engage in business development, strategic pursuits, client workshops, demos, and roadmap sessions.

• Develop solution options, high-level designs, estimates, and documentation linked to business value and risk mitigation.

• Create reusable assets such as reference architectures, runbooks, workshops, starter repositories, and templates.

• Advocate for modern frameworks, patterns, platform capabilities, automation, and AI-assisted tools.

• Participate in enablement initiatives and share insights from complex engagements.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience delivering solutions in a primary technical domain.

• More than 5 years of experience in solution architecture and leading development or engineering teams, including multi-team or multi-workstream efforts.

• At least 8 years of experience in data engineering, with 4 or more years focused on architecting data solutions on Azure.

• In-depth expertise in Microsoft Azure, including experience with Databricks and/or Fabric.

• Proficient in designing and implementing modern data architectures, encompassing data lakes, data warehouses, lakehouses, data mesh, and streaming pipelines.

• Skilled in Python, PySpark, SQL, and data engineering frameworks.

• Familiar with Azure DevOps, including the creation of stories and tasks, and utilizing pipelines and ARM templates for code publishing.

• Knowledgeable in infrastructure as code, APIs, security, compliance, and master data management.

• Experienced in optimizing data pipelines, queries, and architectures for both performance and cost efficiency.

• Proven track record in leading architecture and delivery for Azure-based modernization, transformations, or platform build-outs.

• Capable of defining solution architectures that connect business objectives to scalable technical designs and delivery methodologies.

• Experienced in leading hybrid and remote teams across multiple time zones.

• Strong understanding of core concepts, languages, frameworks, and design patterns within a primary domain, applicable at the program scale.

• Familiar with AI-augmented development and integrating AI or machine learning functionalities using APIs, frameworks, or cloud-based AI services.

• Knowledgeable in Agile or Scrum methodologies at scale, including backlog management, work slicing, and dependency management.

• Background in consulting or professional services.

• Familiar with relevant Azure services in the domain, including messaging, compute, data, security, networking, and integration.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with effective written and verbal communication skills.

• Demonstrated enthusiasm for learning new cloud technologies and applying them in practice.

• Able to remain hands-on with architecture and implementation as necessary.

• Applicants must not require employer-sponsored work visas.

🏝️ Benefits

• 3Cloud is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

• Opportunities for professional growth.

• Mentorship and development opportunities through mentoring, technical interviews, calibration discussions, and development plans.

• Chances to engage in enablement initiatives, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.

• Flexible remote work arrangements.