Cloud Senior Architect

Siri InfoSolutions Inc; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Siri InfoSolutions Inc seeks a Cloud Senior Architect to own the design and roadmap for hybrid big data platforms in Jersey City. You will establish reference architectures, security models, and integration patterns for on-prem and cloud components while guiding engineering teams and reviewing designs to ensure governance standards are met.

You will collaborate with PMs and stakeholders to align architecture with business and regulatory needs, driving scalable, secure, and cost-conscious data

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in Azure data services and big data patterns.
• Experience designing Hadoop/Cloudera architectures and integration.
• Hybrid connectivity, security hardening, and secret management experience.
• Data governance including catalog, lineage, schema evolution, and auditing.
• Scalability and DR design for batch/stream processing across environments.
• Knowledge of FinOps, cost management for clusters and storage tiers.

Responsibilities

• Own design and roadmap for hybrid bigdata platforms.
• Establish reference architectures, security models, and integration patterns.
• Guide engineering teams, review designs, and ensure governance standards are met.
• Collaborate with PMs and stakeholders to align architecture with business/regulatory needs.

Skills

Azure data services

Hadoop/Cloudera

Hybrid connectivity

Data governance

Architecture/blueprints

Agile mindset

Communication

Mentoring engineers

Tools

Azure Databricks

Hadoop/Spark/Hive

Security/RBAC

Purview/Data governance

Observability/SRE patterns

Job description

Job Title: Cloud Senior Architect
Job Location: Jersey City, NJ (3 Days onsite , 2 Days remote) hybrid role
Job Type:12+ Months contract

The Cloud Senior Architect owns the design and roadmap for hybrid bigdata platforms. They establish reference architectures, security models, and integration patterns for onprem and cloud components. The role involves guiding engineering teams, reviewing designs, and ensuring adherence to governance standards. Collaboration with PMs and stakeholders is critical to align architecture with business and regulatory needs.

Required Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of Azure data services (Databricks, Data Lake Storage, ADF, Event/Message services) and patterns.
• Prior architecture work in Hadoop/Cloudera (HDFS, Spark, Hive/Impala, Ranger/Sentry), including integration design.
• Hybrid connectivity (ExpressRoute/VPN), networking, security hardening, secrets/keys, identity/RBAC.
• Data governance: catalog/lineage (e.g., Purview), schema evolution, DQ frameworks, retention, audit.
• Scalability/performance design for batch/stream processing; reliability/DR across environments.
• Cost management and FinOps practices for clusters, storage tiers, and scheduling.
• Reference architectures, standards, and blueprint documentation; design review leadership.
• Agile mindset: iterative evolution, MVPs, incremental component add ons, and migration planning.
• Strong communication to align business, compliance, and engineering; stakeholder buy in and presentation skills.
• Ability to mentor engineers and collaborate with PM on roadmaps and dependencies.

Desired Qualifications

• Certifications (Azure Solutions Architect Expert; Databricks Certified Architect).
• Experience with Zero Trust controls and regulated data domains (financial/regulatory reporting).
• Familiarity with observability stacks and SRE patterns in data platforms.
• Exposure to multi region DR and active active considerations