Engineering Director

Bridgenext, Inc.; Philadelphia, Boston, Atlanta, San Francisco (Philadelphia County, MA, GA, CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Bridgenext in the United States is seeking an Engineering Director to be a Data Solutions Architect. The role combines hands-on architecture with leadership, partnering with sales, consulting, and delivery to design scalable data ecosystems.

You will lead modern data platform design across Azure, AWS, and GCP, drive governance, security, and data governance, and mentor engineers while shaping offerings within the Global Data Practice. Travel up to 50% nationwide.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in data architecture, data engineering, or related roles.
• 5+ years as a Solution/Data Architect.
• Proven enterprise-scale data architecture experience.
• Strong knowledge of cloud design patterns and distributed systems.
• Hands-on expertise with modern data platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Experience delivering 2–3+ enterprise Data Lake/Lakehouse implementations.
• Excellent client-facing communication and stakeholder management.
• Experience in Agile and DevOps environments.
• Strong programming skills: SQL, Python, PySpark, Scala.
• Hands-on tuning of Spark and distributed workloads.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the enterprise data architecture vision.
• Design end-to-end data ecosystems across ingestion to consumption.
• Lead architecture-driven pre-sales efforts and solution design.
• Guide engineering teams on best practices for data pipelines and platforms.
• Ensure data governance, metadata, lineage, and quality frameworks.
• Mentor and coach data engineers and architects.
• Collaborate across consulting, delivery, and client teams.

Skills

Data architecture

Data engineering

Solution architecture

Databricks

Lakehouse

Cloud platforms

SQL, Python, Scala

Security & governance

Pre-sales support

Leadership

Tools

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Purview

Unity Catalog

Notebooks

Job description

Company Overview

Bridgenext is a digital consulting services leader that helps clients innovate with intention and realize their digital aspirations by creating digital products, experiences, and solutions around what real people need. Our global consulting and delivery teams facilitate highly strategic digital initiatives through digital product engineering, automation, data engineering, and infrastructure modernization services, while elevating brands through digital experience, creative content, and customer data analytics services.

Don't just work, thrive. At Bridgenext, you have an opportunity to make a real difference - driving tangible business value for clients, while simultaneously propelling your own career growth. Our flexible and inclusive work culture provides you with the autonomy, resources, and opportunities to succeed.

Position Description

We are seeking a highly experienced Engineering Director to be a Data Solutions Architect in our Global Data Practice and Engineering & Technology team. This role requires a hands‑on architect and leader with deep expertise in modern data platforms, enterprise, solution, and technical architecture, and data specialist technologies who can partner closely with customer stakeholders, sales, consulting, and delivery teams both internally and onsite with our clients.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong combination of enterprise data architecture experience and practical, field‑level expertise across cloud data platforms, enabling them to design, solution, and deliver scalable, business‑aligned data ecosystems.

This individual will support solutioning in both the pre‑sales phase and on select engagements, as well as provide architectural guidance and data engineering governance in support of modern implementation strategies across enterprise data initiatives including Data Lakes, Lakehouse platforms, Master Data Management (MDM), Data Governance, Data Migration, Analytics and Cloud‑native integrations.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Enterprise Architecture & Data Platform Strategy
  • Define and evolve the enterprise data architecture vision, including conceptual, logical, and physical data models
  • Establish architecture standards for data platforms, integration patterns, data products, and domain‑driven architectures (Data Mesh/Data Fabric)
  • Act as the architecture authority for enterprise data initiatives, ensuring alignment with business goals and technology roadmaps
  • Design end‑to‑end data ecosystems spanning ingestion through consumption, across structured and unstructured data
• Modern Data Platform Design
  • Apply deep expertise in field‑level data technologies, including Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, and cloud‑native services (Data Lakes, Warehouses, Lakehouses)
  • Architect and implement modern cloud data platforms using Azure, AWS, and GCP
  • Design real‑time and batch data processing frameworks, including streaming architectures (Kafka, Event Hub, Kinesis)Optimize platform security, performance, scalability, and cost using hands‑on knowledge of distributed data systems and compute engines (Spark, Delta Lake, Iceberg)
• Solution Architecture & Pre‑Sales Leadership
  • Partner with Sales and Solutioning teams to lead architecture‑driven pre‐sales efforts, including proposals, PoCs, and solution design
  • Translate complex business needs into architectural blueprints, reference architectures, and implementation roadmaps
  • Lead technical discussions with clients as a trusted advisor, bridging business and technology
• Solution Delivery & Engineering Enablement
  • Own architecture for data pipelines, APIs, analytics platforms, and AI/ML‑ready data foundations
  • Guide engineering teams on best practices across data engineering, integration, and platform optimization
  • Ensure implementation of data governance, metadata, lineage, and quality frameworks across solutions
  • Provide hands‑on oversight in critical builds and escalations, demonstrating strong field‑level technical depth
• Data Governance, Security & Compliance
  • Define enterprise standards for data governance, security, and privacy (PII, RBAC, encryption) to meet client specific needs and expectations
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA
  • Implement data lifecycle, retention, and auditability frameworks aligned with enterprise policies
• Leadership, Collaboration & Practice Building
  • Serve as a technical leader within the Data Practice, helping shape offerings, accelerators, and reusable assets
  • Mentor and coach data engineers, architects, and specialists on modern architecture and technologies
  • Collaborate across consulting, delivery, and client teams throughout the engagement lifecycle
  • Support contributions to RFP/RFI responses, including solution design and architecture artifacts

Workplace: This is a full‑time permanent position working remotely from home with up to 50% travel across the US

Preferred Locations: Philadelphia, Boston, Atlanta and San Francisco but we are open to other US locations

Must Have Skills:

• 12+ years in data architecture, data engineering, or related roles, including 5+ years as a Solution/Data Architect
• Proven experience defining and delivering enterprise‑scale data architecture strategies
• Strong understanding of architecture frameworks, cloud design patterns, and distributed systems
• Deep hands‑on expertise across modern data platforms including Azure, AWS and GCP (and related services)
• Strong experience with Databricks including Lakehouse architecture, Delta Lake, MLflow, Unity Catalog, Spark optimization
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric including OneLake, Dataflows, Lakehouse, Notebooks, Semantic Models
• Proven delivery of 2–3+ enterprise Data Lake/Lakehouse implementations
• Expertise in ETL/ELT pipelines, batch and streaming architectures
• Strong programming skills: SQL, Python, PySpark, Scala
• Hands‑on experience tuning Spark and distributed workloads
• Strong understanding of IAM, RBAC, encryption, and secure data architectures
• Experience with governance tools such as Azure Purview, AWS Glue Catalog, Unity Catalog

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in a highly consultative environment with clients
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect / Data Engineer Associate
• AWS Certified: Solutions Architect or Big Data Specialty
• Databricks Certified: Data Engineer or Architect
• Experience with hybrid and multi‑cloud environments
• Exposure to data product thinking, data mesh architectures, or domain‑oriented design
• Experience migrating large data volumes from legacy, on‑prem solutions to modern, cloud‑native environments

Professional Skills:

• Excellent client‑facing communication and stakeholder management
• Strong ability to translate business needs into technical architecture
• Experience working in Agile and DevOps environments (CI/CD for data platforms)
• Demonstrated ability to operate as both a strategic architect and hands‑on data specialist

Bridgenext is an Equal Opportunity Employer

US citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply

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