Cloud Data Platform Architect - Hybrid, 12mo Contract

Innova Solutions Inc.; Jersey City, Northern (NJ, KY); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & pharmacy coverage

401(k)

HSA & FSA

Life Insurance

Pet Insurance

Short term & Long term Disability

Sick time

Paid leaves as required by law

EAP

Job summary

Innova Solutions is seeking a highly experienced Data Platform Architect to lead the strategic modernization of our enterprise data ecosystem. This role will define and execute the architecture for large-scale data platform transformations across on-prem and cloud environments.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in cloud architectures, distributed computing, data engineering best practices, and large-scale migrations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data platform architecture, data engineering, or distributed systems.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale cloud migration initiatives involving hundreds of terabytes or petabytes of data.
• Strong experience with Databricks, Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, and AWS cloud services.
• Experience migrating data from platforms such as Vertica, Hadoop, Teradata, Oracle, Snowflake, or similar technologies.

Responsibilities

• Define the target-state architecture for enterprise data platforms and cloud-native analytics solutions.
• Lead the migration of large-scale data environments from on-premises platforms to a cloud environment.
• Design scalable, resilient, and secure data architectures capable of supporting petabyte-scale workloads.
• Establish architectural standards, governance frameworks, and engineering best practices.
• Partner with infrastructure, security, and application teams to ensure alignment with enterprise cloud strategies.
• Evaluate and recommend technologies for data storage, processing, streaming, governance, and observability.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams implementing Spark, Kafka, Databricks, and cloud-native services.
• Drive performance optimization, cost management, and operational excellence across the data platform.
• Support executive stakeholders with migration roadmaps, risk assessments, and modernization strategies.

Skills

Databricks

Apache Spark

Apache Kafka

AMPS/MQ

AWS cloud services

Large-scale data warehouse

Data migration experience

Java

Python

SQL

OOP languages

Distributed systems design

Data governance & security

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Tools

Vertica

Teradata

Snowflake

Oracle

Job description

Innova Solutions is seeking a highly experienced Data Platform Architect to lead the strategic modernization of our enterprise data ecosystem. This role will define and execute the architecture for large-scale data platform transformations across on-prem and cloud environments.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in cloud architectures, distributed computing, data engineering best practices, and large-scale migrations.