Business Consultant - Data Architect

ProspectBlue; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ProspectBlue is partnering with a technology and management consulting firm on a Data Architect search. This client-facing role will span industries and locations, including Charlotte, NC, Richmond, VA, Reston, VA, Atlanta, GA, and Denver, CO, with a hybrid work model.

You will assess current-state data environments, design the future-state lake/warehouse architectures, and stay hands-on through implementation, collaborating with data engineers, business analysts, and delivery leads.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in data architecture, with consulting or technology firm experience delivering client work
• Experience designing lakehouse/enterprise data architectures with governance and security
• Hands-on data modeling, performance optimization, and cloud platform design

Responsibilities

• Lead current-state assessments and design lake/warehouse architecture, governance, and security models for enterprise clients
• Optimize for cost and performance across cloud platforms
• Stay hands-on in the code — this role involves implementation work, not just strategy
• Work across multiple client engagements and industries rather than a single internal platform

Skills

SQL

Python

NoSQL

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

AWS

Azure

Job description

Richmond, VA / Reston, VA / Charlotte, NC / Atlanta, GA / Denver, CO — Hybrid

ProspectBlue is partnering with a technology and management consulting firm on a Data Architect search.

This is a client-facing consulting role, not an internal data team seat. You'll be brought into engagements across banking, healthcare, hospitality, retail, and other industries to assess a client's current-state data environment, design the future-state architecture, and then stay hands-on through implementation — working alongside data engineers, business analysts, and delivery leads as part of the client's project.

What you'll do:

• Lead current-state assessments and design lake/warehouse architecture, governance, and security models for enterprise clients
• Optimize for cost and performance across cloud platforms
• Stay hands-on in the code — this isn't a strategy-only or pre-sales role
• Work across multiple client engagements and industries rather than a single internal platform

What's required:

• 5+ years in data architecture, with real experience at a technology or management consulting firm — you've delivered this work for outside clients, not only for one employer's internal systems
• Strong SQL and Python; NoSQL exposure
• Snowflake and Databricks; AWS and/or Azure (GCP a plus)
• MDM and data governance experience
• Must be a U.S. citizen or green card holder — no sponsorship available
• Able to commute to one of the offices above; travel averages about one day a month