Senior Data Architect / Analyst

IBM

Maryland

On-site

USD 122,000 - 183,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

IBM Consulting is seeking a Senior Data Architect/Analyst to design and deliver BI solutions across platforms, focusing on data models, dashboards, and performance optimization. You will work within IBM’s global teams to implement full BI lifecycles and scalable architectures that improve client outcomes.

You will lead with expertise in Tableau, Cognos, and Qlik, shaping data architectures, modeling, and testing strategies while aligning with business objectives and security requirements.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree required for BI architecture and analytics roles.
Master's Degree preferred for advanced BI design and strategy.
Experience selecting and implementing BI tools (Tableau, Cognos, Qlik) to meet business needs.
Experience with logical/physical data models for BI information and data integrity.

Responsibilities

Design BI solutions and full lifecycle implementations to meet business requirements.
Develop logical and physical data models for BI information with data integrity and scalability.
Tune and transform BI solutions for optimal performance and efficiency.
Collaborate to build test strategies ensuring solutions meet requirements.
Design dashboards, reporting, and integration solutions aligning with stakeholder needs.

Skills

Tableau

Cognos

Qlik

Data modeling

Data architecture

Performance tuning

Dashboard design

ETL design

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Job description

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Senior Data Architect specializing in Business Intelligence, you will design business intelligence or analytics applications that run on multiple platforms and are composed of multiple software packages/tools. Your expertise will enable organizations to improve their business performance by leveraging data about their clients, suppliers, and internal business operations.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

Design Business Intelligence Solutions: Design the technical components of a business intelligence solution, including full lifecycle implementation, to meet business requirements and improve performance.
Develop Data Architecture: Create logical and physical data models for business intelligence specific information, ensuring data integrity and scalability.
Optimize Performance: Tune and transform business intelligence solutions to ensure optimal performance and efficiency.
Develop Test Strategies: Collaborate with teams to build test strategies and ensure solutions meet business requirements.
Deliver Solution Designs: Design solutions for dashboards, reporting, and integration, meeting business needs and stakeholder expectations.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Business Intelligence Tool Selection: Experience with selecting and implementing Business Intelligence (BI) tools such as Tableau, Cognos, and Qlik to meet business requirements.
Data Architecture Design: Experience with designing logical and physical data models for business intelligence specific information, ensuring data integrity and scalability.
Solution Design and Implementation: Experience with designing and implementing business intelligence solutions, including full lifecycle implementation, to meet business requirements and improve performance.
Performance Tuning and Optimization: Experience with tuning and transforming business intelligence solutions to ensure optimal performance and efficiency.
Technical Component Design: Experience with designing technical components of a business intelligence solution, including reporting wireframe creation and dashboard design.

Requires Top Secret Clearance with SCI access

Preferred technical and professional experience

Strategy Development Expertise: Experience with developing strategies for business intelligence solutions, including aligning with business objectives and identifying opportunities for improvement. This involves analyzing business needs, defining solution requirements, and creating strategic plans for implementation.
Data Modeling Knowledge: Experience with logical and physical data modeling for business intelligence specific information, ensuring data integrity and scalability. This includes designing data architectures, creating data models, and ensuring data quality.
Performance Optimization Skills: Experience with tuning and transforming business intelligence solutions to ensure optimal performance and efficiency. This involves identifying performance bottlenecks, optimizing system configuration, and implementing best practices for performance improvement.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

Job Title

Senior Data Architect/Analyst

Date posted

21-Aug-2026

Job ID

129451

City / Township / Village

Annapolis Junction

State / Province

Maryland

Country

United States