Lead Data Architect: Azure Data Lakes, Pipelines & DW

Glint Tech Solutions LLC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Glint Tech Solutions LLC in Chicago, IL is modernizing and building an enterprise eCommerce data platform for a leading retail client serving millions of omnichannel customers weekly. The project spans Customer, Loyalty, Search & Browse, Data Integration, and Cart, with brand onboarding, re-architecture, database migrations, and cloud-native consolidation at the core.

The Lead Data Architect will design scalable data architectures, define technical strategy, and oversee data governance while

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data architecture with a lead/architect role
• 3+ years Azure Data Factory & Synapse experience
• Expert in data modeling (conceptual, logical, physical)
• Experience with Azure Data Lake Storage, Synapse, Databricks, PySpark
• Proficient in ETL/ELT pipelines and multi-source data integration
• Knowledge of star schema, Data Mesh, Lakehouse, Data Vault
• Advanced SQL with performance tuning
• Metadata and governance integration
• Python and Python ETL tools
• Shell scripting (Bash/Unix/Windows) preferred

Responsibilities

• Design data architecture to support large-scale data processing
• Integrate new solutions with existing enterprise architecture
• Lead cross-functional teams and define technical/architectural strategy

Skills

Lead Architect experience

Azure Data Factory

Azure Synapse

Data modeling

Data Lake Storage

Databricks

PySpark

ETL/ELT pipelines

Data warehousing patterns

Advanced SQL

Metadata governance

Python

Shell scripting

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure Databricks

Job description

Glint Tech Solutions LLC in Chicago, IL is modernizing and building an enterprise eCommerce data platform for a leading retail client serving millions of omnichannel customers weekly. The project spans Customer, Loyalty, Search & Browse, Data Integration, and Cart, with brand onboarding, re-architecture, database migrations, and cloud-native consolidation at the core.

The Lead Data Architect will design scalable data architectures, define technical strategy, and oversee data governance while