Senior Data Architect: AI-Ready Lakehouse in the Cloud

CI&T; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental insurance

Meal and food allowance

Childcare assistance

Extended paternity leave

Wellhub / Gym partnerships

Job summary

CI&T is seeking a Senior/Principal Data Architect to lead the design of scalable, AI-ready data architectures for enterprise environments. You will translate complex business needs into robust architectures, guide Data Engineering and Analytics teams, and define patterns for modern data platforms.

You will drive initiatives using Lakehouse architectures across AWS/Azure and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure security, governance, and high performance.

Qualifications

• Advanced English – C1 or above, with strong communication skills in international environments.
• Extensive experience in Data Architecture and Data Engineering in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in Databricks or Snowflake.
• Strong knowledge of AWS or Azure.
• Knowledge of Lakehouse, data platforms, data integration, data modeling, and data governance.
• Experience designing end-to-end data solutions and translating business requirements into technical architecture.
• Strong knowledge of AI/Agentic approaches for Data, including AI Agents, Agentic Architecture, or Agentic Data solutions.
• Knowledge of SDD (Specification-Driven Development) and its application to software/data engineering.
• Strong architectural decision-making and technical leadership skills.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, secure, high-performance data architectures aligned with business and technology strategies.
• Act as a technical reference and architecture leader for Data Engineering and Analytics teams.
• Define architecture patterns, standards, best practices, and tech strategies for modern data platforms.
• Design and evolve Lakehouse / Cloud Data Platform architectures using modern technologies.
• Lead architecture initiatives involving Databricks and/or Snowflake.
• Design and implement data solutions across AWS and/or Azure cloud environments.
• Define data integration, ingestion, transformation, storage, governance, security, and consumption patterns.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions based on scalability, performance, cost, security, and business value.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Analytics teams, Product Managers, and business stakeholders.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineering teams and support architectural decision-making.
• Contribute to AI-ready data architectures including AI Agents and Agentic approaches.
• Explore and apply Agentic AI patterns, AI Agents, and SDD in data engineering.
• Ensure architecture decisions follow enterprise standards for security, governance, quality, scalability, and maintainability.

Skills

Data Architecture

Data Engineering

Databricks

Snowflake

AWS

Azure

Lakehouse

Data Governance

AI/Agentic Approaches

Agentic AI / AI Agents

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

SDD (Specification-Driven Development)

Job description

CI&T is seeking a Senior/Principal Data Architect to lead the design of scalable, AI-ready data architectures for enterprise environments. You will translate complex business needs into robust architectures, guide Data Engineering and Analytics teams, and define patterns for modern data platforms.

You will drive initiatives using Lakehouse architectures across AWS/Azure and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure security, governance, and high performance.