Information Architect
Raju MandalUnited StatesSENIORPosted 55m ago
DatabricksMicrosoft FabricSQLPySparkPythonKafkaAzure Event HubsDelta Live TablesSpark SQL
About the Role
We are seeking an Information Architect for a 12-month contract position in Bellevue, WA. This role requires extensive experience in data engineering, data architecture, and data platform engineering, with a focus on large-scale enterprise data platforms.
Key Responsibilities
• Own end-to-end information architecture, including conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling
• Define and drive end-to-end solutions for complex business problems using Master Data Management (MDM) and reference data
• Define integration contracts with upstream source-system owners, including schema agreements, SLA commitments, CDC patterns, and change management protocols
• Design and implement streaming and near-real-time architectures using technologies like Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, and Delta Live Tables
• Establish and enforce engineering standards across data engineering teams
• Architect ingestion pipelines from enterprise systems of record
• Architect data platforms handling sensitive or regulated data, ensuring GDPR compliance
Requirements
• 12+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or data platform engineering
• At least 5 years in a Senior Architect, Principal Engineer, or Technical Lead role
• Demonstrated experience with Databricks, including Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Databricks Workflows, Structured Streaming, and large-scale performance tuning
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric, including OneLake, Fabric Data Engineering, and Fabric IQ semantic layer design
• Strong proficiency in SQL, PySpark, Spark SQL, and Python for distributed data transformation and pipeline architecture
• Experience with Master Data Management (MDM) and reference data
• Expertise in designing and implementing streaming and near-real-time architectures
• Experience architecting data platforms handling sensitive or regulated data
• Knowledge of GDPR compliance, data subject rights, retention and deletion, purpose limitation, and cross-border transfer controls