Data Platform Architect - Information Technology - Analysts

MassGenics, Inc.; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Innova Solutions is seeking a seasoned Data Platform Architect to lead modernization of a large enterprise data ecosystem. The role focuses on defining architecture for on-prem and cloud transformations, leveraging Databricks, Spark, Kafka, and AWS to enable scalable analytics.

The candidate will collaborate across engineering, infrastructure, architecture, and business teams to craft the future-state data platform strategy and drive migrations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data platform architecture, data engineering, or distributed systems.
• Proven experience leading enterprise-scale cloud migration initiatives with hundreds of TBs or PBs of data.
• Strong background in Databricks, Spark, Kafka, and AWS cloud services.
• Experience migrating data from Vertica, Hadoop, Teradata, Oracle, Snowflake, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Define target-state architecture for enterprise data platforms and cloud-native analytics.
• Lead migration of large-scale data environments from on-prem to cloud.
• Design scalable, secure, resilient data architectures for petabyte workloads.
• Establish standards, governance, and engineering best practices.
• Provide technical leadership for Spark, Kafka, Databricks, and cloud services.

Skills

Databricks

Apache Spark

Apache Kafka

AMPS, MQ, Hadoop

AWS cloud services

Large-scale data warehouse

Data migration (cloud/on-prem)

Java

Python

SQL

OOP languages

Data governance & security

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Vertica

Snowflake

Teradata

Oracle

Hadoop

Job description

Job ID: 1024788 Jersey City , New Jersey Job Type: Contract Added - 09/21/26

Job Description

A client of Innova Solutions is immediately hiring for a Data Platform Architect with Agentic Coding.

Position type: Full-time, Contract Duration: 12 months (with high possibilities of extension) Location: Jersey City, NJ (Hybrid 3 days onsite 2 days remote)

As a Data Platform Architect , you will:

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in data platform architecture, data engineering, or distributed systems.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale cloud migration initiatives involving hundreds of terabytes or petabytes of data.
• Strong experience with:
• Databricks
• AMPS, MQ, Hadoop, or experience with other enterprise messaging systems
• Large-scale data warehouse or lakehouse platforms
• Experience migrating data from platforms such as Vertica, Hadoop, Teradata, Oracle, Snowflake, or similar technologies.
• Strong software engineering background with expertise in:
• Java
• Python
• SQL (any flavor)
• Other object-oriented programming languages
• Strong understanding of data governance, security, compliance, and operational monitoring.
• Bachelor's Degree

A client of Innova Solutions is immediately hiring for a Data Platform Architect with Agentic Coding.

Position type: Full-time, Contract Duration: 12 months (with high possibilities of extension) Location: Jersey City, NJ (Hybrid 3 days onsite 2 days remote)

As a Data Platform Architect , you will:

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in data platform architecture, data engineering, or distributed systems.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale cloud migration initiatives involving hundreds of terabytes or petabytes of data.
• Strong experience with:
• Databricks
• Apache Spark
• Apache Kafka
• AMPS, MQ, Hadoop, or experience with other enterprise messaging systems
• AWS cloud services
• Large-scale data warehouse or lakehouse platforms
• Experience migrating data from platforms such as Vertica, Hadoop, Teradata, Oracle, Snowflake, or similar technologies.
• Strong software engineering background with expertise in:
• Java
• Python
• SQL (any flavor)
• Other object-oriented programming languages
• Experience designing highly available, scalable distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of data governance, security, compliance, and operational monitoring.
• Bachelor's Degree

Description:

• We are seeking a highly experienced Data Platform Architect to lead the strategic modernization of our enterprise data ecosystem. This role will be responsible for defining and executing the architecture for large-scale data platform transformations and utilizing cutting edge technologies both on-prem and in the cloud.
• The ideal candidate has successfully delivered similar data modernization programs at enterprise scale and possesses deep expertise in cloud architectures, distributed computing, data engineering best practices, and large-scale data migrations. This individual will collaborate across engineering, infrastructure, architecture, and business teams to establish the future-state data platform strategy.

Key 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Databricks certification(s)
• AWS Solutions Architect certification(s)
• Experience implementing lakehouse architectures.
• Experience designing streaming and real-time analytics platforms.
• Experience within highly regulated financial services or enterprise environments.
• Master's Degree

The ideal candidate will have: < Data Platform Architecture, Data Engineering, Cloud Migration, Databricks, Hadoop Teradata, Apache, SQL. >

This position is only open to applicants who can be engaged on a W-2 basis.

We are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar positions. If this role is not a fit for you, we do offer a referral bonus program for referrals that we successfully place with our clients, subject to program guidelines.

Thank you!

Shivam Mishra

218-288-1503

[e-mail]

Pay Range AND BENEFITS:

Pay Range*: $70 - $73 per hour

*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education,