Senior Data & AI Platform Architect Manager

Avanade Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

Avanade is seeking a Data and AI Architect - Manager to lead enterprise data, analytics, and AI architecture across client engagements. You will translate business priorities into scalable platform designs and modernization roadmaps, driving secure, high-performing data and AI solutions using a broad Microsoft ecosystem.

You will guide architecture reviews, workshops, and governance while mentoring teams and partnering with senior client leaders to deliver measurable business outcomes and

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Knowledge Engineering Data Architecture, Analytics, AI, or consulting roles, including 2+ years in client-facing leadership
• Minimum 2+ years leading enterprise-scale Data & AI platform modernization initiatives
• Demonstrated experience supporting or leading deals valued at $2M+ or equivalent opportunities
• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing enterprise data platforms using Azure Data Services, Databricks, Snowflake, Fabric, or similar tech

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise data, analytics and AI architecture, aligning decisions with client strategy and delivery priorities
• Turn complex business needs into actionable platform architectures and modernization roadmaps
• Architect and oversee secure, scalable enterprise data platforms using Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Services, Databricks, Snowflake, SQL, Python, Foundry, Copilot Studio
• Lead client workshops and architecture reviews to align direction and remove delivery roadblocks
• Create reusable assets and accelerators to improve quality, speed, and consistency across engagements
• Set architecture governance, quality standards and guardrails for data migration, analytics modernization and AI programs
• Shape delivery plans through pragmatic estimation, design and implementation roadmaps
• Partner with senior client leaders to tie data and AI investments to measurable business outcomes
• Provide hands-on technical oversight from architecture through implementation
• Mentor architects and engineers to raise technical standards across teams
• Coordinate with global teams and technology partners to scale capabilities
• Apply advances in data engineering, generative AI, real-time intelligence, IoT and cloud platforms

Skills

Enterprise Data Platform Architecture

Microsoft Data & AI platform

Knowledge Graphs

Data modeling

Semantic modeling

Python

SQL

Leadership

Client workshops

Architecture governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Databricks

Snowflake

Azure Data Services

Foundry

Copilot Studio

Neo4J

Job description

Avanade is seeking a Data and AI Architect - Manager to lead enterprise data, analytics, and AI architecture across client engagements. You will translate business priorities into scalable platform designs and modernization roadmaps, driving secure, high-performing data and AI solutions using a broad Microsoft ecosystem.

You will guide architecture reviews, workshops, and governance while mentoring teams and partnering with senior client leaders to deliver measurable business outcomes and