Location  Sarasota FL hybrid 3 days onsite
Experience 15 years
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Role Summary
We are seeking a Senior Data Architect to provide an independent thirdparty perspective on an ongoing enterprise Data Modernization program The role focuses on architecture assurance risk mitigation and acceleration of platform adoption ensuring alignment with enterprise scale best practices and longterm strategic goals
The architect will work independently with client stakeholders and multiple vendor teams validating decisions challenging assumptions and guiding the program toward a scalable secure and futureready lakehouse architecture on Databricks
Key Responsibilities
1 Architecture Advisory Independent Review
             Provide objective thirdparty evaluation of the current data platform architecture design choices and implementation approach
             Review and validate lakehouse architecture including ingestion transformation storage and consumption layers
             Identify gaps design risks and antipatterns across the platform
             Recommend alternative approaches and tradeoffs aligned to enterprise standards
2 Data Modernization Strategy Alignment
             Validate architectural decisions around
o           Data ingestion patterns batch streaming unstructured data integration
o Data modeling and transformation strategies
o           Analytics and AIML readiness of the platform
             Ensure consistency with enterprisescale governance security and performance requirements
3 Risk Identification Derisking
             Proactively identify technical architectural and operational risks impacting delivery timelines and scalability
             Conduct design reviews and provide mitigation strategies and decision frameworks
             Flag dependencies constraints and potential longterm impacts of current design choices
             Support leadership with architecture risk summaries and decision recommendations
4 MultiVendor Stakeholder Engagement
             Work independently with
o           Customer architects and SMEs
o           Internal delivery teams
o           Thirdparty vendors
             Facilitate architecture discussions workshops and governance reviews
             Act as a neutral technical authority to resolve architectural conflicts and drive consensus
5 Best Practices Governance
             Define and enforce architecture standards design patterns and guardrails
             Ensure adoption of
o           Databricks and Spark best practices
o           Data governance frameworks including cataloging access control and auditing
o           Performance cost optimization and scalability standards
             Provide guidance on DataOps DevOps practices and observability frameworks
6 Acceleration Program Support
             Identify opportunities to accelerate delivery and remove bottlenecks
             Guide teams in prioritizing architectural decisions that unlock progress
             Support roadmap refinement for phased platform evolution
Required Experience Skills
Experience
             14 years in data engineering data architecture or analytics platform engineering
             Proven experience in enterprise data modernization or cloud migration programs
             Strong background in Databricksbased lakehouse implementations at scale
Technical Skills
             Deep expertise in
o           Databricks platform architecture
AWS cloud
o           Apache Spark PySpark SQL
o           Delta Lake and lakehouse design patterns
             Strong understanding of
o           Data ingestion and ELT frameworks
o           Data governance and cataloging approaches
o           Performance optimization and distributed systems
             Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills
Proven capability to challenge existing designs constructively and drive consensus
             Strong analytical and problemsolving mindset
Key Differentiators for This Role
             Focus on independent assurance rather than delivery ownership
             Requires consultative mindset combined with deep architectural expertise
             Strong emphasis on
o           Risk mitigation
o           Decision validation
o           Crossteam alignment
             Ability to influence outcomes without direct team ownership
Nice to Have
             Experience in insurance or regulated industries
             Exposure to BIanalytics transformation tools
             Prior experience in architecture governance boards or external advisory roles”
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Neha Chaudhary |
