Senior Data & AI Architect — Cloud-Scale AI & BI

CDM Smith; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 123,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith seeks a Senior Data and AI Architect to lead architectural design for data and AI initiatives within the Data & AI Technology group. You will work with data scientists, engineers, and stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and impactful solutions for AEC clients.

You will translate business needs into technical architectures, drive best practices, and contribute to R&D and product innovation across a global practice, enabling self‑serve BI and advanced analytics capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 5 years of related experience.
• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

• Develop and design the architecture for data and AI solutions that are scalable, secure, and reliable.
• Engage with business units to translate needs into technical designs.
• Create architectural solutions for complex data and AI challenges in AEC.
• Design strategies to scale data and AI across units.
• Develop architecture and design documents for data and AI solutions.
• Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, analysts, and stakeholders.
• Stay current with new technologies and best practices.

Skills

Azure cloud

Databricks

Data architecture

AI/ML concepts

Communication skills

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

CDM Smith seeks a Senior Data and AI Architect to lead architectural design for data and AI initiatives within the Data & AI Technology group. You will work with data scientists, engineers, and stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and impactful solutions for AEC clients.

You will translate business needs into technical architectures, drive best practices, and contribute to R&D and product innovation across a global practice, enabling self‑serve BI and advanced analytics capabilities.