Cloud Data Architect

Eastwall; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401k

Paid time off 3 weeks

8 company holidays

Conference budget

Remote work options

Job summary

Eastwall, a cloud-focused professional services firm, seeks a Cloud Data Architect to design and implement modern data infrastructure on Azure. You will work with Enterprise Architecture and Technology Leadership to plan, build, and deploy data solutions across Fabric, Synapse, Databricks, and Power BI reporting.

The role is mid-senior level, customer-facing, and requires collaboration across engineering and analytics teams.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience with Microsoft Azure cloud solutions (Azure SQL, Data Factory, Synapse).
• 3–5 years of experience with Azure DevOps and infrastructure-as-code (ARM, Bicep, or Terraform).
• Experience developing dimensional & semantic data models and ETL patterns.

Responsibilities

• Identify, evaluate, and implement data infrastructure on Azure using Fabric, Data Lake, Databricks, and Azure SQL Server.
• Build end-state data models and medallion architecture to maximize performance and customer experience.
• Reengineer legacy SQL Server BI workloads to Azure ecosystem with Fabric, Synapse, or Data Factory.
• Develop semantic models and Power BI reports with user-friendly, self-service analytics.
• Define clear requirements and expectations to stakeholders.
• Collaborate across architecture, design, development, testing, and documentation lifecycle.

Skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Analytical thinking

Tools

Azure SQL

Azure Data Factory

Azure Synapse

Databricks

Terraform

Job description

Founded in 2022, Eastwall is a unique professional services firm in the Azure cloud space. We are a Cloud-focused Microsoft partner. Our vision is predicated on improving business outcomes through modern technology implementations and operating models built in the Microsoft Cloud. Learn how Eastwall helps our clients pave the way as leading organizations at www.eastwall.com.

About the Job

The Cloud Data Architect is a customer-facing mid-senior level (depending on experience) technical role. This role will work directly with Enterprise Architecture and Technology Leadership to plan, build, and implement modern data infrastructure and software solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Identify, evaluate, and execute the development and implementation of data infrastructure on Azure using Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Lake, Databricks, and Azure SQL Server.
• Perform analysis on source systems & datasets to build end-state data models for conformed warehousing, define layers of medallion architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold), and implement recommendations for maximizing performance and customer experience in both relational and non-relational data ecosystems.
• Reengineer legacy data workloads such as the Microsoft SQL Server BI stack (SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS) to the Azure ecosystem in Microsoft Fabric, Synapse, Data Factory, or other systems using industry standard and proprietary processes & technologies.
• Develop semantic models and Power BI reports, ensuring user-friendly design experiences and extensible, self-service analytics capabilities.
• Define and clearly communicate requirements and expectations to stakeholders.
• Work as a team member across the complete life cycle of delivery including architecture, design, development, testing, and documentation.

Experience

• At least 3-5 years of experience in Microsoft Azure cloud solutions such as Azure SQL, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Data Warehousing, or other comparable Azure data tools.
• At least 3-5 years of experience with Azure DevOps (or comparable build/release and CI/CD tooling), infrastructure-as-code (Azure Resource Manager, Bicep, and/or Terraform preferred) and daily work alongside data engineering and/or software engineering teams.
• Experience in developing dimensional & semantic data models, extract transform and load (ETL) patterns, and familiarity with Lakehouse design concepts.
• Understanding of high availability and disaster recovery principles, patterns and applications for data solutions.
• Experience with unified data analytics platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, or Databricks.
• Experience supporting production applications or workloads, being able to performance test and troubleshoot related issues.
• Experience in any cloud AI/ML services or development in notebooks (e.g., Python, R) is a plus.
• Experience in a consultative role or an engineering role working with more than one client environment at any given time.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical writing & PowerPoint presentations.
• New hires in this role will complete the following certifications within the first twelve weeks of hire:
• Exam DP-600: Microsoft Fabric Engineering Associate
• Travel for this role is up to 15% within the continental United States

The base salary range for this role is $150,000 - $180,000 depending on experience.

This will be an individual contributor role and hybrid in the Denver area. No relocation is necessary or provided.

• Competitive salary with bonus potential
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and life insurance through United Healthcare.
• 401k, FSA and LSA offerings
• Three (3) weeks of paid time off annually, not including eight (8) paid company holidays.
• Annual conference & training budget.
• Fully remote work environment, with local co-working options.

Eastwall is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.

CANDIDATES MUST BE BASED IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES AND LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO WORK. THIS POSITION IS FULL TIME AND NOT OPEN TO CONTRACTORS. DIRECT HIRE ONLY – NO AGENCIES.