Enterprise Data Architect: AI-Driven Cloud & Governance

Arista Networks; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Arista Networks is seeking a Technical Architect - Enterprise Data to define and govern scalable data architectures across Fabric, Azure, and core business systems. You will partner with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical roadmaps and guide engineering teams toward secure, high-performance solutions.

The role demands deep expertise in data modeling, ETL/ELT, and analytics platforms, with a focus on AI/GenAI integration, governance, and cost optimization across the enterprise

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise solution architecture, data engineering, and software development.
• Proven experience designing endtoend integrations, data platforms, and automation for large enterprise environments.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Microsoft Fabric, Data Lake, Data Warehouse, Data Pipelines, and the broader Microsoft ecosystem.
• Deep experience with Power BI semantic models, datasets, dashboards, and reporting.
• Advanced proficiency in DAX, Power Query, SQL, Python, and PySpark.
• Demonstrated experience architecting ETL/ELT pipelines integrating diverse data sources into Azure Data Lake and EDW
• Strong understanding of data modeling, normalization, metadata management, and enterprise data security.
• Exposure to AI/ML, Copilot, GenAI, LLMs, prompt engineering, and AI API integration.
• Familiarity with SDLC, software quality practices, Jira, Git, CI/CD.
• Experience with SaaS/Cloud ERP or CRM systems (NetSuite, Salesforce, SAP S/4HANA)
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem solving skills

Responsibilities

• Define Enterprise Data Architecture across Fabric, Data Lake, EDW, and analytics platforms.
• Design Integration Patterns for ingestion, transformation, and consumption.
• Create architectural flows and reference models.
• Establish standards for data modeling, metadata, lineage, and governance.
• Implement data validation, logging, monitoring, lineage, and RBAC.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security, confidentiality, and regulatory standards.
• Drive platform cost optimization, performance tuning, and operational excellence.
• Enforce architectural governance and adherence to standards.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and source system teams to understand data requirements.
• Translate business needs into technical specifications and architectural roadmaps.
• Review user stories and provide architectural guidance to development teams.
• Support QA and functional teams in defining testing strategies for new and existing features.
• Ensure delivered solutions align with business needs and architectural intent.
• Integrate AI/ML Models and GenAI capabilities into data products and workflows.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption strategies.
• Guide teams on responsible AI usage and integration patterns.
• Conduct root cause analysis for data issues and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Manage platform reliability, data quality, and governance processes.
• The architect defines the continuity strategy for all data and integration platforms, not just implements it.
• Proactively identifies architectural risks (single points of failure, dependency bottlenecks, and data corruption risks).
• Ensures every solution includes DR, and continuity considerations from day one—not bolted on later.
• Designs continuity across ERP, CRM, Data Lake, Fabric, and analytics systems, ensuring business processes remain functional even during partial outages.
• Ensures teams know how to recover systems, where documentation lives, and how to execute continuity plans.
• Ensures continuity plans meet audit, and security requirements.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Data engineering

Software development

Power BI

DAX

SQL

Python

PySpark

Azure

ETL/ELT

Education

Degree preferably in Computer Science

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Data Lake

Data Warehouse

Data Pipelines

Power BI

Jira

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Arista Networks is seeking a Technical Architect - Enterprise Data to define and govern scalable data architectures across Fabric, Azure, and core business systems. You will partner with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical roadmaps and guide engineering teams toward secure, high-performance solutions.

The role demands deep expertise in data modeling, ETL/ELT, and analytics platforms, with a focus on AI/GenAI integration, governance, and cost optimization across the enterprise