Cloud Data Architect for AI & Analytics Excellence

Inspire11; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 131,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Inspire11 in the United States seeks a Data Architect to design the technical backbone of client data ecosystems, enabling scalable analytics, AI, and automation. You’ll lead architecture of modern data platforms, shape strategy, and ensure secure, reliable delivery across complex environments.

You’ll design cloud-native architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP, build ELT/ETL pipelines, data lakes, warehouses (Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, Synapse, BigQuery), and governance models

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise cloud platform design.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python for scalable ELT/ETL solutions.
• Deep familiarity with Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, Synapse, BigQuery.
• Expertise in data modeling (relational, dimensional/star schema) and metadata management.
• Strong DevOps and infrastructure-as-code knowledge (Git, Terraform, CI/CD).
• Working knowledge of AI/ML with potential to enhance architectural designs.
• Excellent communication and consulting skills for stakeholder engagement.
• Proven leadership in technical strategy, solution design, and team mentorship.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud-native data architectures for scalable analytics and AI.
• Lead end-to-end ELT/ETL pipelines, unifying structured and unstructured data.
• Build and optimize data platforms: data lakes, warehouses, semantic models.
• Ensure data privacy, security, and governance with policy-driven approaches.
• Implement IaC, CI/CD, and testing to enable automated deployments.
• Profile data quality and lineage to guide architectural decisions.
• Translate business needs into scalable designs with mappings and docs.
• Identify AI/ML opportunities to enhance data solutions and feature stores.
• Support client engagement, present architectures, and mentor teams.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data modeling

DevOps

AI/ML

Leadership

Communication

Cloud platforms

Tools

Fabric

Snowflake

Databricks

Redshift

Synapse

BigQuery

Git

Terraform

CI/CD

Job description

Inspire11 in the United States seeks a Data Architect to design the technical backbone of client data ecosystems, enabling scalable analytics, AI, and automation. You’ll lead architecture of modern data platforms, shape strategy, and ensure secure, reliable delivery across complex environments.

You’ll design cloud-native architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP, build ELT/ETL pipelines, data lakes, warehouses (Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, Synapse, BigQuery), and governance models