United States onlyBright Vision Technologies is a forward-thinking software development company seeking a skilled Data Platform Architect to join their dynamic team and contribute to their mission of transforming business processes through technology.
Requirements
- Define the target-state architecture of the enterprise data platform, including ingestion, storage, processing, and consumption layers.
- Establish standards for data modeling, schema evolution, partitioning, file formats, and storage organization.
- Architect lakehouse, warehouse, and streaming patterns leveraging technologies such as Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, Iceberg, Delta Lake, or Hudi.
- Design end-to-end data pipelines that balance latency, cost, reliability, and maintainability across batch and streaming workloads.
- Lead the integration of governance, lineage, and catalog tools such as Collibra, Alation, Atlan, Unity Catalog, or DataHub.
- Define security architecture including row- and column-level controls, masking, encryption, and identity-aware access patterns.
- Partner with ML, BI, and product teams to ensure platform capabilities align with downstream consumption needs.
- Establish data contract and data product principles to drive ownership, quality, and decoupling between producers and consumers.
- Lead architecture reviews and provide guidance on pipeline and warehouse design proposals across teams.
- Drive cost optimization and capacity planning across the data platform estate.
- Design disaster recovery, multi-region, and high-availability strategies for critical data assets.
- Mentor data engineers and architects on platform standards and emerging best practices.
- Produce architecture artifacts including context diagrams, decision records, and reference patterns.
- Stay current with data platform research, vendor offerings, and open-source ecosystem developments.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary commensurate with experience, plus benefits.
