Hybrid Data Platform Architect & Solutions Lead

KPMG International Limited; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Additional Annual Leave

Relocation Assistance

Learning & Development

Job summary

KPMG Ireland is seeking a Data Solution Architect to shape and deliver data platforms for clients, leading architecture from initial discussions to production. You will work with partners and executives to ensure the platform meets business goals and compliance requirements.

You will bring 7+ years in modern data programmes, strong data modelling, cloud migration experience and hands-on with Fabric, Azure, Databricks and Snowflake. A strategic mindset and stakeholder influence are essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in modern data programmes with architecture and client-facing pre-sales.
• Proven data platform win record: leading proposals, estimates, and client presentations.
• Experience as design authority or lead architect through delivery.
• Hands-on with Microsoft Fabric and Azure data services; Databricks or Snowflake preferred.
• Strong lakehouse and data warehouse architecture and data modelling.
• Experience migrating legacy estates to the cloud.
• Knowledge of governance, metadata, lineage and MDM; Purview/Unity Catalog.
• Data security, compliance, DataOps and FinOps knowledge.
• Understand analytics/AI workloads needs from a data platform.

Responsibilities

• Lead the data architecture from first client conversation to production platform.
• Day-to-day, shape and win opportunities with partners and account teams.
• Lead proposals: target architecture, delivery approach, estimates, risks and commercials.
• Build proofs of concept on client data and present to executives.
• Work with alliance partners such as Microsoft, Databricks and Snowflake.
• Act as design authority: own target architecture and standards.
• Produce architecture artefacts and handover documentation.
• Guide engineering and platform teams through build and go-live.
• Build governance, security, data quality and cost controls from the start.
• Track value against business case and pursue follow-on opportunities.
• Develop reference architectures and accelerators for faster bids.
• Coach architects and senior engineers.

Skills

Data architecture

Client-facing

Proposal/writing

Pre-sales

Leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Data Services

Databricks

Snowflake

Purview/Unity Catalog

Job description

KPMG Ireland is seeking a Data Solution Architect to shape and deliver data platforms for clients, leading architecture from initial discussions to production. You will work with partners and executives to ensure the platform meets business goals and compliance requirements.

You will bring 7+ years in modern data programmes, strong data modelling, cloud migration experience and hands-on with Fabric, Azure, Databricks and Snowflake. A strategic mindset and stakeholder influence are essential.