Senior Data & AI Solutions Architect

Vizient, Inc; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 135,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to lead end-to-end architecture across data, analytics, and AI initiatives from Irving, TX. The role focuses on enterprise data platforms, Databricks Lakehouse, Delta Lake, and Unity Catalog, shaping scalable patterns and governance.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and business teams to translate requirements into production-ready solutions and guide teams in adopting scalable architectural practices that drive long-term value.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end solution architecture for complex, cross-domain data, analytics, and AI products.
• Define technical strategies and architectural blueprints for enterprise data and analytics platforms, with emphasis on Databricks Lakehouse, Delta Lake, and Unity Catalog.
• Design scalable data architectures, pipelines, semantic layers, domain models, and data products that integrate clinical, spend, operational, and other enterprise data.
• Establish architectural patterns and standards for scalability, performance, reliability, security, governance, data quality, observability, and business continuity.
• Evaluate technologies and vendors, lead proofs of concept, and recommend solutions that support business priorities and long-term technology goals.
• Design architectures for AI/ML and Generative AI capabilities, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), embeddings, agents, and large language model orchestration.
• Partner with product, engineering, data science, platform, and business clients to translate requirements into production-ready solutions and influence technology roadmaps and investment decisions.
• Guide engineering teams in adopting architectural standards, frameworks, tools, and reusable solutions while balancing delivery needs with long-term sustainability.
• Develop architecture diagrams, reference architectures, and technical documentation that clearly communicate designs, trade-offs, risks, and recommendations to technical and executive audiences.
• Mentor engineering teams and advocate for consistent architecture practices across products and the enterprise.

Job description

Vizient, Inc. is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to lead end-to-end architecture across data, analytics, and AI initiatives from Irving, TX. The role focuses on enterprise data platforms, Databricks Lakehouse, Delta Lake, and Unity Catalog, shaping scalable patterns and governance.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and business teams to translate requirements into production-ready solutions and guide teams in adopting scalable architectural practices that drive long-term value.