Data Architect for AI-Ready, Scalable Platforms (Hybrid)

CESO, Inc.; Dayton (OH); Hybrid; USD 91,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and Hybrid Work Schedule

401K with Company Match

Paid Holidays

Medical / Dental / Vision Coverage

Training and Development

Job summary

CESO, Inc. is seeking a Data Architect to design, implement, and maintain enterprise data architectures that enable reporting, analytics, and AI initiatives.

You will translate business needs into scalable data solutions, govern data assets, and collaborate across teams to ensure secure, reliable data platforms. You will partner with engineers to build lakehouse and warehouse solutions on Microsoft Fabric and Azure, drive data modeling, and establish standards for governance, security, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Engineering, or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, analytics, or related disciplines.
• Experience documenting technical architecture decisions and recommendations.
• Experience with cloud modernization or enterprise data platform initiatives is preferred.
• Familiarity with DAMA-DMBOK principles and data governance.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain enterprise data architecture standards and patterns.
• Model logical, physical, dimensional, and semantic data structures for analytics and AI initiatives.
• Design and oversee data integration using APIs, ELT/ETL, cloud platforms, and reporting environments.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers on lakehouse, warehouse, and data pipelines (Microsoft Fabric, Azure).
• Translate business requirements into technical designs and data solutions.
• Maintain data governance, data quality, ownership, stewardship, and retention standards.
• Advise on databases optimization, indexing, partitioning, and performance tuning.
• Review data solutions for alignment with security and enterprise objectives and maintain catalogs/ lineage.
• Design architectures supporting DR, backup, and high availability, including AI-ready platforms.
• Assist in communicating data opportunities and decisions to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical teams to gather requirements and deliver solutions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

SQL

Data Modeling

Data Architecture

Cloud Platforms

Data Governance

Security & Compliance

ETL/ELT

API Design

AI/ML Data Prep

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure SQL

Data Factory

SQL Server

Job description

CESO, Inc. is seeking a Data Architect to design, implement, and maintain enterprise data architectures that enable reporting, analytics, and AI initiatives.

You will translate business needs into scalable data solutions, govern data assets, and collaborate across teams to ensure secure, reliable data platforms. You will partner with engineers to build lakehouse and warehouse solutions on Microsoft Fabric and Azure, drive data modeling, and establish standards for governance, security, and