Lead Data Architect

Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.

Lead Data Architect

Large scale project that would process 100s TB of ERP data and other relevant data. Auditors would use this processed information to opine on the client engagements and provide value added services to their clients. The project currently uses Azure data technologies and Databricks.

About the Job: We are looking for an experienced professional with at least 5+ years of hands-on experience with Databricks technology.

What Candidates Will Do:

• Design, build, and manage scalable data architectures using Databricks and Azure data technologies.

• Architect and implement modern data lakehouse solutions, ensuring seamless data integration, storage, and processing.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and translate business requirements into effective technical designs.

• Ensure data quality and governance practices are implemented throughout the data lifecycle.

• Optimize data workflows for performance, reliability, and security using Azure Synapse, Data Factory, and Databricks.

• Develop and enforce best practices in data modeling, pipeline design, and storage architecture.

• Conduct regular assessments of data systems to identify and address performance bottlenecks or areas for improvement.

Must-Have:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Databricks technology.

• Proven expertise in designing and managing scalable data architectures.

• Strong proficiency with Azure Synapse, Data Factory, and other Azure data technologies.

• Experience in data modeling, pipeline design, and storage architecture.

• Deep understanding of data quality and governance practices.

• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and translate business requirements into technical designs.

Nice-to-Have:

• Familiarity with other modern data processing tools and technologies.

• Previous experience in a similar role working with large-scale data systems.

Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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