Enterprise Cloud Data Platform Architect I

AbbVie Inc.; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking an Architect, Technology I to own the architecture of the enterprise cloud data platform and lead a team of developers, including a large offshore team across multiple time zones. The role sets technical direction, standards, and roadmaps to keep work aligned with scale, governance, and regulatory requirements.

Strong data engineering leadership is essential to design and operationalize cloud-native architectures, drive data contracts, and deliver reusable platform services

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 7+ years experience, or Master’s Degree with 6+ years, or PhD with 2+ years.
• Significant hands-on experience building and operationalizing enterprise-scale cloud big data platforms.
• Strong knowledge of modern data engineering architectures, including cloud-native data platforms, Lakehouse, data mesh and data fabric concepts, event driven architectures, and batch and real-time data processing.
• Familiarity with open table formats and interoperable data ecosystems (Iceberg, Delta Lake, Hudi).
• Experience building reliable data pipelines, data products, and reusable platform services.
• Knowledge of data quality, observability, lineage, metadata management, and data governance.
• Experience defining data contracts covering schemas, semantics, quality expectations, ownership, and access policies.
• Understanding of data security, privacy, IAM, encryption, regulatory requirements, and responsible data use.
• Experience designing for scalability, reliability, performance, disaster recovery, and cost optimization.
• Familiarity with data development/orchestration tools such as dbt, Airflow, Dagster, Prefect.
• Experience with serverless architectures including Kubernetes, AWS EKS, and AWS Fargate.
• Ability to mentor engineers and influence technical direction across teams.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor technical staff, lead cross-functional teams, and drive initiatives to completion.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to operate with high autonomy and minimal supervision, proactively managing stakeholder expectations.

Responsibilities

• Perform technical and analytical tasks using established methods and tools; apply judgment to adapt approaches for less-routine problems, document methods and results, and escalat novel or ambiguous issues with suggested next steps.
• Lead and mentor a team of developers, and direct a large offshore team, setting priorities, coordinating handoffs across time zones, and holding delivery to quality and architecture standards.
• Review design artifacts and enforce standards through peer reviews, architecture principles, and documented compliance evidence. Support governance and compliance tracking by maintaining architecture repositories, updating standards documentation, and coordinating audit preparations.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and security teams on implementation by providing architecture guidance, reviewing technical designs, and validating integration points.
• Define and evolve data platform architecture, including Lakehouse, data mesh and data fabric patterns, event-driven designs, and batch and real-time processing.
• Establish data contracts, data quality, observability, lineage, and metadata practices for reusable data products and platform services.
• Design for scalability, reliability, performance, disaster recovery, security, and cost optimization.
• Identify automation and process improvements by evaluating tooling options, implementing validation scripts, and streamlining documentation workflows.
• Maintain architecture documentation and guidelines by updating models, capturing design decisions, and keeping them accessible to project teams.
• Deliver reliable outputs for assigned and moderately complex projects; ensure acceptance criteria and compliance requirements are met, document methods, validations, and key assumptions, and keep project leads, stakeholders, and leadership informed of progress and issues.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Data platform

Leadership

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Architecture governance

Communication

Problem solving

Autonomy

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

PhD

Tools

dbt

Airflow

Dagster

Prefect

Kubernetes

AWS EKS

AWS Fargate

Apache Iceberg

Delta Lake

Apache Hudi

Job description

AbbVie is seeking an Architect, Technology I to own the architecture of the enterprise cloud data platform and lead a team of developers, including a large offshore team across multiple time zones. The role sets technical direction, standards, and roadmaps to keep work aligned with scale, governance, and regulatory requirements.

Strong data engineering leadership is essential to design and operationalize cloud-native architectures, drive data contracts, and deliver reusable platform services