Senior Data & AI Architect — Azure & Databricks Leader

CDM Smith; Watertown (SD); On-site; USD 123,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking a Senior Data and AI Architect to lead architecture efforts within the Data & AI Technology group. You will shape strategic architecture and engineering initiatives, leveraging data technologies and AI/ML to deliver actionable insights for AEC projects and clients.

The ideal candidate has a proven track record in data architecture, strong communication, and a passion for continuous learning and applying new tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; 5 years of related experience.
• Experience designing data and AI architectures.
• Willingness to travel domestically/internationally.

Responsibilities

• Develop and design the architecture for data and AI solutions, ensuring each is scalable, secure, and reliable.
• Engage with business units to understand requirements and translate them into technical designs.
• Create data and AI architectural solutions to complex architecture, engineering, and environmental science problems.
• Design and implement strategies to scale data and AI solutions across different business units.
• Create detailed architecture and technical design docs for data and AI solutions.
• Collaborate with data scientists, data engineers, data analysts, and stakeholders.

Skills

Azure cloud services

Databricks

Data architecture

Data governance

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Databricks

Azure cloud services

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking a Senior Data and AI Architect to lead architecture efforts within the Data & AI Technology group. You will shape strategic architecture and engineering initiatives, leveraging data technologies and AI/ML to deliver actionable insights for AEC projects and clients.

The ideal candidate has a proven track record in data architecture, strong communication, and a passion for continuous learning and applying new tools.