Senior Data Architect—AI-Ready Fabric Platform Leader

RXinsider LTD.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 108,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

Wolters Kluwer in the United States seeks an experienced Data Architect to define and govern the enterprise data architecture supporting analytics, AI, and data-driven capabilities across Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, and data warehouses. This leadership role guides architecture-first initiatives and modernization efforts.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years in data architecture, strong cloud experience, and a proven ability to mentor engineers while establishing standards for data governance,

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, data warehousing, or analytics.
• 3+ years in a senior architecture or technical leadership role.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale cloud data platforms and modernization initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the enterprise data architecture roadmap.
• Establish target-state architectures for analytics, reporting, AI, and operational workloads.
• Lead Microsoft Fabric architecture and governance including OneLake, Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, Fabric Data Factory, semantic models, and security.
• Define standards for dimensional modeling, Data Vault, fact and dimension design, and slowly changing dimensions.
• Establish ETL/ELT architecture standards across Azure Data Factory, Fabric Data Factory, SSIS, and Pentaho.
• Create governance frameworks for data quality, lineage, metadata, security, privacy, and compliance.
• Define AI-ready data architecture patterns and support AI, machine learning, and generative AI initiatives.
• Conduct architecture reviews, mentor engineers, and establish reference architectures.
• Promote Specification-Driven Development and architecture-first practices.

Skills

Enterprise data architecture

Stakeholder management

Cloud data platforms

Leadership & mentoring

Strategic technology planning

Education

Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Data Factory

Fabric Data Factory

SQL Server

Azure Data Lake Storage

OneLake

Data Vault

ETL/ELT Architecture

CDC

Data Governance

Metadata Management

Job description

Wolters Kluwer in the United States seeks an experienced Data Architect to define and govern the enterprise data architecture supporting analytics, AI, and data-driven capabilities across Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, and data warehouses. This leadership role guides architecture-first initiatives and modernization efforts.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years in data architecture, strong cloud experience, and a proven ability to mentor engineers while establishing standards for data governance,