Data Architect

Trilon Group; United States; Remote; USD 175,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Trilon is seeking a hands-on Data Architect to shape the enterprise data foundation for the Trilon Digital Platform. You will lead the design and evolution of data architecture to enable secure, scalable access across our firms, enterprise systems, and digital products.

The role requires deep expertise in modern data platforms, data modeling, integration and governance, with a delivery mindset. You will define long-term data architecture while partnering with engineering teams to deliver

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or related roles.
• Strong expertise in modern data platforms, data modeling, integration, and governance.
• Proven ability to design enterprise-scale cloud data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the data architecture for the Trilon Digital Platform, ensuring scalability, security, reliability, and flexibility.
• Design cloud-based data platforms including data lakes, lakehouses, warehouses, and scalable processing capabilities.
• Establish reusable patterns for ingesting, transforming and integrating data from enterprise systems and third-party sources.
• Develop enterprise data models, definitions, and relationships across key domains (projects, clients, employees, financials, engineering).
• Establish data quality, ownership, lineage, metadata management, and access controls in partnership with stakeholders.
• Enable reusable datasets, data services, and APIs supporting products, analytics, automation, and workflows.
• Design data architectures that support AI applications, knowledge retrieval, and advanced analytics.
• Collaborate with engineers and product teams on solution design, architecture reviews, and decisions.
• Develop an incremental data architecture roadmap balancing immediate needs with long-term capabilities.
• Partner with Platform Architect, Product, Engineering, IT to align data investments with business outcomes.

Skills

Experience: 10+ years

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Snowflake

Job description

Data Architect

Department: IT

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Remote- USA

Compensation: $175,000 - $195,000 / year

Description

We are looking for a hands-on Principal Data Architect to help shape and build the enterprise data foundation for the Trilon Digital Platform.

This role will lead the design and evolution of our data architecture, enabling consistent, secure, and scalable access to data across our firms, enterprise systems, and digital products.

The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in modern data platforms, data modeling, integration, and governance with a practical, delivery-oriented mindset.

We need someone who can define the long-term data architecture while working directly with engineering teams to build solutions that deliver real business value.

Key Responsibilities

• Enterprise Data Architecture: Define and evolve the data architecture for the Trilon Digital Platform, ensuring scalability, security, reliability, and flexibility.
• Data Platform & Infrastructure: Design modern cloud-based data platforms, including data lakes, lakehouses, warehouses, and scalable data processing capabilities.
• Data Integration: Establish reusable patterns for ingesting, transforming, and integrating data from enterprise systems, engineering applications, and third-party sources.
• Data Modeling: Develop consistent enterprise data models, common definitions, and relationships across key business domains, including projects, clients, employees, financials, and engineering data.
• Data Quality & Governance: Establish practical standards for data quality, ownership, lineage, metadata management, and access controls in partnership with business and IT stakeholders.
• Data Products & APIs: Enable reusable, trusted datasets, data services, and APIs that support digital products, analytics, automation, and enterprise workflows.
• AI & Analytics Enablement: Design data architectures that support AI applications, enterprise knowledge retrieval, RAG, and advanced analytics.
• Technical Leadership: Work hands-on with data engineers and product teams on solution design, architecture reviews, technical decisions, and complex data challenges.
• Architecture Roadmap: Develop an incremental data architecture roadmap that balances immediate product needs with long-term enterprise data capabilities.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with the Platform Architect, Product, Engineering, IT, and business stakeholders to align data investments with enterprise priorities and business outcomes.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or related technical roles.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, or similar modern data platforms.
• Experience designing enterprise semantic models, master data management, and reusable data products.
• Experience supporting generative AI and enterprise knowledge platforms.
• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale cloud data platforms and modern data architectures.
• Strong expertise in data modeling, data integration, ETL/ELT pipelines, and distributed data processing.
• Hands-on experience with cloud data services, data lakes, warehouses, or lakehouse technologies.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with Python or other data engineering technologies.
• Experience integrating data from enterprise applications, APIs, databases, and third-party systems.
• Solid understanding of data governance, quality, metadata, lineage, security, and access management.
• Familiarity with AI/ML data requirements, including vector databases, embeddings, and RAG.
• Familiarity with AEC industry data and systems such as Deltek Vantagepoint, Autodesk, Esri ArcGIS, Bentley, or enterprise document management platforms is a plus

About Trilon

Trilon was formed with the vision of building the next Top 20 infrastructure consulting firm in North America by bringing together some of the nation’s best infrastructure consulting firms, focused on delivering practical and sustainable infrastructure solutions. Trilon is backed by Alpine Investors, a PeopleFirst Private Equity Firm. Trilon currently comprises 5,500+ staff across the US.

For more information, visit www.trilon.com.

Pay Transparency

The base salary range for this role is indicated in the posting. This range reflects the company’s good faith estimate of the compensation for this position at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, internal equity, and geographic location.