Remote Data Architect – Data Mesh & Governance

BrainWave Professionals; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

BrainWave Professionals is seeking a hands-on Data Architect to lead enterprise data architecture engagements at client sites. You will own the design and delivery of scalable, governed, and future-ready data architectures spanning data modeling, platform strategy, and federated data mesh design.

You will work with clients across multiple sectors, translating industry-specific data requirements into robust architectural solutions while ensuring production-grade results and strong collaboration

Qualifications

• Hands-on Data Architect with engineering sensibilities.

Responsibilities

• Design conceptual, logical, and physical data models aligned to client domains and requirements.
• Define enterprise data architecture standards and governance, including federated governance patterns.
• Develop data lineage, MDM, and metadata management frameworks.
• Translate regulatory and operational data requirements into architecture decisions.
• Align data architecture with client capability priorities such as AI initiatives and enterprise transformation.
• Collaborate with engineering to validate blueprints against implementation realities.
• Produce ADRs, reference architectures, and governance artifacts.
• Drive data quality, observability, and SLA frameworks as core architectural concerns.

Skills

Data modeling

SQL & query optimization

Data warehousing

Data lakehouse patterns

Data governance

Cloud data platforms

REST & event-driven integration

Data mesh

Data product design

Metadata management

Data catalogs

Streaming & batch ingestion

Schema registry & evolution

Job description

BrainWave Professionals is seeking a hands-on Data Architect to lead enterprise data architecture engagements at client sites. You will own the design and delivery of scalable, governed, and future-ready data architectures spanning data modeling, platform strategy, and federated data mesh design.

You will work with clients across multiple sectors, translating industry-specific data requirements into robust architectural solutions while ensuring production-grade results and strong collaboration