Senior Analytics Architect - Cloud Data Platform

Cengage Group; Burlington (VT); On-site; USD 89,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

Cengage Group is seeking an accomplished Data Architect/Engineer to design and deliver scalable, cloud-based analytics platforms. You will enhance data pipelines, governance, and models, partnering with cross-functional teams to modernize our data estate.

The role requires deep SQL, Python, and data warehousing skills, with hands-on experience in IICS and Snowflake, plus ERP integrations. This position is based in the United States, supporting enterprise analytics for education technology.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise data platform development.
• Demonstrable experience working as an Analytics / Data Architect or in a similar role.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services (IICS) and Snowflake.
• Experience building, improving and supporting enterprise data pipelines and cloud based ETL/ELT integration frameworks.
• Solid understanding of modern cloud data architecture and enterprise data warehousing concepts.
• Outstanding proficiency in data modeling, SQL, and data warehousing.
• Strong Python programming skills for automation, scripting, API integration, and data engineering tasks are required.
• Solid grasp of analytics and data visualization platforms (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
• A track record of delivering high-quality, data-driven solutions with minimal oversight.
• Experience in integrating data from enterprise platforms like S/4HANA & Salesforce.
• Familiarity with cloud computing platforms and modern data architecture principles.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and fix capabilities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business audiences.

Responsibilities

• Build and implement world-class analytics solutions to solve complex business challenges.
• Architect and implement modern cloud-based analytics solutions to improve business outcomes.
• Learn, document, support, and maintain existing enterprise data pipelines and integration frameworks built on IICS and Snowflake.
• Design, build, and implement new scalable data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, integration, and delivery of structured and unstructured data.
• Analyze existing data flows, transformations, and dependencies to support future enhancements, operational improvements, and production bug fixes.
• Build and maintain scalable data models supporting downstream analytics and business operations.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, governance, and lineage across enterprise data platforms.
• Support data governance initiatives by documenting how datasets are sourced, transformed, integrated, and consumed.
• Supervise and improve platform reliability, operational efficiency, and pipeline performance.
• Develop reusable frameworks, standards, and guidelines for enterprise data engineering and architecture.
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams to support ongoing platform modernization and operational stability.

Skills

Data architecture

Data engineering

Analytics / Data Architect

IICS

Snowflake

ETL/ELT

Cloud data architecture

Data modeling

SQL

Python

Tableau

Power BI

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services (IICS)

Snowflake

S/4HANA

Salesforce

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Cengage Group is seeking an accomplished Data Architect/Engineer to design and deliver scalable, cloud-based analytics platforms. You will enhance data pipelines, governance, and models, partnering with cross-functional teams to modernize our data estate.

The role requires deep SQL, Python, and data warehousing skills, with hands-on experience in IICS and Snowflake, plus ERP integrations. This position is based in the United States, supporting enterprise analytics for education technology.