Senior Azure Data Lakehouse Architect

Ohio State University; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan options

Health insurance

Paid vacation and sick leave

Disability and parental leave

Job summary

The Ohio State University invites applications for a Solutions Architect to lead enterprise data architecture and cloud-enabled analytics initiatives. You will define target-state lakehouse patterns, establish standards for data ingestion, modeling, quality, and governance, and partner with analytics, governance, and security teams to enable trusted data access.

Responsibilities include guiding architecture decisions, overseeing CI/CD for data platforms, and coordinating with medical center and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 6+ years in data architecture, data engineering, or analytics platform design.
• Experience designing enterprise data architectures and scalable data platforms across multiple systems.
• Proven ability to lead architecture decisions and set engineering standards for data platforms.
• Experience with Azure cloud data services and Databricks or similar cloud data platforms.
• Strong knowledge of lakehouse patterns, medallion architecture, and data product design.
• Solid understanding of data modeling, dimensional modeling, and semantic layers.
• Proficient in SQL, Python, and dbt; able to review designs and guide implementations.
• Experience with data quality, observability, governance, and security architectures.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise architecture and technical standards for data ingestion and integration.
• Evolve lakehouse architecture using Azure services and Databricks with Delta Lake.
• Establish medallion architecture patterns and data product design.
• Define data modeling standards, including dimensional modeling and star schemas.
• Set data quality, reliability, observability, and governance standards.
• Lead CI/CD for data platforms and pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Collaborate with analytics, governance, security, and platform teams to enable trusted data access.
• Lead architecture reviews and guide implementation across the enterprise.

Skills

Azure cloud data services

Databricks

Delta Lake

dbt

SQL

Python

Architectural leadership

Security and privacy architecture

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Databricks

Delta Lake

DBT tooling

Job description

The Ohio State University invites applications for a Solutions Architect to lead enterprise data architecture and cloud-enabled analytics initiatives. You will define target-state lakehouse patterns, establish standards for data ingestion, modeling, quality, and governance, and partner with analytics, governance, and security teams to enable trusted data access.

Responsibilities include guiding architecture decisions, overseeing CI/CD for data platforms, and coordinating with medical center and