AI-Ready Cloud Data Architect

Slalom; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with match

Health, dental, & vision coverage

Well-being reimbursement

Disability insurance

Job summary

Slalom is seeking a Data Architect to design and deliver modern data platforms that enable analytics, AI, ML, and Generative AI solutions for diverse clients in a hybrid work setting.

You will guide architecture decisions, collaborate with stakeholder teams, and mentor engineers while staying connected to delivery and implementation. Slalom values learning, innovation, and flexible, outcomes-driven work.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or related technical disciplines.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale cloud data platforms and modern data architectures.
• Strong communication, consulting, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve cloud-native data architectures, including data lakes, lakehouses, data warehouses, and real-time data platforms.
• Translate business objectives into scalable, secure, and maintainable data solutions.
• Lead architecture and technical design efforts from discovery through implementation.
• Partner with engineering teams to deliver modern data platforms across AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks, Snowflake, and related technologies.
• Design and operationalize AI-ready data foundations that support analytics, machine learning, Generative AI, and agentic AI workloads.
• Apply AI-enabled engineering practices to improve quality, productivity, and delivery outcomes.
• Facilitate architecture workshops, technical discovery sessions, and stakeholder alignment.
• Mentor engineers and architects, helping grow technical capabilities and foster a culture of learning and innovation.
• Collaborate with Slalom's Data Engineering teams and platform Centers of Excellence to share best practices and advance delivery excellence.
• Support business development activities, including solution design, client conversations, and technical pre-sales efforts.

Skills

Data architecture

Data engineering

Communication

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Consulting

Team leadership

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Databricks

Snowflake

Python

Java

SQL

APIs

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Containers

Job description

Slalom is seeking a Data Architect to design and deliver modern data platforms that enable analytics, AI, ML, and Generative AI solutions for diverse clients in a hybrid work setting.

You will guide architecture decisions, collaborate with stakeholder teams, and mentor engineers while staying connected to delivery and implementation. Slalom values learning, innovation, and flexible, outcomes-driven work.