Cloud Data Architect - AI-Driven, Scalable Platforms

Slalom; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 115,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with match

Health, dental, & vision coverage

Annual discretionary bonus

Job summary

Slalom is seeking a Data Architect to join a collaborative team delivering innovative data platforms on AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will shape scalable architectures, build data pipelines, and guide technical decisions for premier clients.

This role emphasizes hands-on delivery and architectural leadership in a rapidly evolving cloud data environment. Ideal candidates bring senior-level data engineering and architecture experience, strong communication, and a proven ability to partner with clients

Qualifications

• Hands-on data engineer with production delivery experience.
• Experience in data architecture from design to implementation.
• Proficiency with cloud data ecosystems (AWS/Azure/GCP) and data warehousing technologies.
• Ability to work in client-facing environments and translate requirements into practical solutions.
• Leadership in guiding architecture while contributing to engineering work.
• Exposure to AI-accelerated data engineering tools and methods.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve data architectures for client environments by assessing current-state systems and defining scalable, future-state solutions.
• Remain hands-on with data engineering delivery, contributing directly to building, coding, and implementing data pipelines and platforms alongside the team.
• Balance architectural ownership with execution, guiding technical direction while actively participating in day-to-day engineering work.
• Collaborate closely with clients to translate business needs into effective data engineering and architecture solutions.
• Lead and contribute to solution design and technical discovery, including pre-sales or proposal support where applicable.

Skills

Hands-on data engineer

Data architecture

Cloud data ecosystems

Client-facing

Architectural leadership

AI-assisted data engineering

Communication skills

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Snowflake

Databricks

Redshift

BigQuery

Synapse Analytics

EMR

Kinesis

Kafka

Python

Java

Job description

Slalom is seeking a Data Architect to join a collaborative team delivering innovative data platforms on AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will shape scalable architectures, build data pipelines, and guide technical decisions for premier clients.

This role emphasizes hands-on delivery and architectural leadership in a rapidly evolving cloud data environment. Ideal candidates bring senior-level data engineering and architecture experience, strong communication, and a proven ability to partner with clients