Cloud Data Architect for AI & Analytics Excellence

Aureon; West Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Aureon is seeking an experienced Enterprise Data Architect to own and evolve our data architecture across analytics, operations, and integration platforms. You will design logical, physical, and conceptual data models to support analytics, reporting, AI/ML, and operational use cases.

Collaborate with business, analytics, security, and application teams to translate requirements into robust data solutions while ensuring governance, privacy, and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher and 8+ years in data architecture/engineering.
• Strong communication to translate requirements to technical design.
• Experience with Azure-based data platforms and governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Own enterprise data architecture across analytics, operations, and integration platforms.
• Design scalable data models (logical, physical, conceptual) for analytics, reporting, and AI/ML.
• Establish and enforce data architecture standards, patterns, and best practices.
• Design cloud-based/hybrid data platforms and pipelines (batch/streaming).
• Lead architecture reviews and provide guidance to data engineers.
• Ensure data governance, security, privacy, and compliance.

Skills

Azure Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

SQL

Python

Data modeling

Performance tuning

Cost optimization

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Power BI

Azure Purview

OneLake

Lakehouse

CI/CD

Job description

Aureon is seeking an experienced Enterprise Data Architect to own and evolve our data architecture across analytics, operations, and integration platforms. You will design logical, physical, and conceptual data models to support analytics, reporting, AI/ML, and operational use cases.

Collaborate with business, analytics, security, and application teams to translate requirements into robust data solutions while ensuring governance, privacy, and compliance.