Hybrid Cloud Data Architect: Modernization & Governance

Agile Resources, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 198,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Short- and Long-Term Disability

HSA & FSA options

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Agile Resources, Inc. is seeking a Data Architect to lead the modernization of a legacy on-premises data environment into a scalable cloud data platform.

The role emphasizes defining migration approaches, architecture guardrails, and governance to ensure secure, efficient data sharing across domains. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience transforming enterprise data platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) with strong data modeling and security focus, guiding engineering teams to scalable

Qualifications

• Experience leading legacy/on-premises modernization to a cloud data platform.
• Ability to design enterprise-domain data models and cross-system integration patterns.
• Hands-on architecture leadership while guiding engineering teams to production readiness.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end modernization of legacy data environments into a modern cloud data platform.
• Define target architecture for cloud data platforms including data movement and lakehouse patterns.
• Design enterprise and domain data models with standardized definitions for reuse.
• Establish integration and data-sharing patterns across multiple platforms and domains.
• Build and operationalize enterprise data governance, metadata, lineage, cataloging, and data quality controls.
• Drive security and access control architecture with least-privilege design and auditing.

Skills

Legacy modernization

Cloud data platforms

Data modeling

Data governance

Security & access controls

Architectural leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Databricks

Delta Lake

Snowflake

Azure Synapse

Azure Data Lake

AWS data services

GCP data services

Job description

Agile Resources, Inc. is seeking a Data Architect to lead the modernization of a legacy on-premises data environment into a scalable cloud data platform.

The role emphasizes defining migration approaches, architecture guardrails, and governance to ensure secure, efficient data sharing across domains. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience transforming enterprise data platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) with strong data modeling and security focus, guiding engineering teams to scalable