Senior Data Architect: Data Fabric & AI Platform Leader

Accenture; Orlando (FL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a data/senior data architect to design enterprise data fabric solutions across on-prem and multi-cloud environments. You will unify distributed data with data virtualization, active metadata, knowledge graphs, and automated integration to power analytics and AI.

You will define reference architectures, governance patterns, and enable data products with self-service access, leveraging Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Synapse, and BigQuery. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data architecture or enterprise data engineering.
• 6+ years architecting data fabric solutions (data virtualization, active metadata, knowledge graphs, automated data integration).
• 5+ years of experience with cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Synapse, BigQuery).
• 4+ years of experience with data integration/ETL/ELT and metadata & lineage tooling.
• 3+ years of experience with API and streaming architectures.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years' work experience). If Associate’s Degree, must have equivalent minimum 6-year work experience

Responsibilities

• Architect enterprise data fabric — design data fabric solutions that deliver unified, intelligent, automated access to distributed data across on-prem and multi-cloud environments.
• Integrate the connected data layer — design the integration of data virtualization, active metadata, knowledge graphs, cataloging, and automated data integration into a connected data layer for analytics and AI.
• Define reference architectures — establish reference architectures, integration patterns, and governance integration that scale across the enterprise.
• Enable data products and self-service — support self-service consumption, data products, and real-time data delivery through the fabric.
• Apply modern data paradigms — bring data mesh and data product operating models, cloud data platforms, and streaming/API architectures to bear on client problems.
• Advise and shape solutions — engage client architects and leaders as a trusted advisor and shape solutions for major data modernization pursuits.

Skills

Data architecture

Data fabric design

Data virtualization

Active metadata

Knowledge graphs

Data cataloging

Automated data integration

API and streaming architectures

Data products & self-service

Data mesh

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Associate degree equivalent with 6+ years experience

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Azure Synapse

BigQuery

Job description

Accenture is seeking a data/senior data architect to design enterprise data fabric solutions across on-prem and multi-cloud environments. You will unify distributed data with data virtualization, active metadata, knowledge graphs, and automated integration to power analytics and AI.

You will define reference architectures, governance patterns, and enable data products with self-service access, leveraging Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Synapse, and BigQuery. Travel may be required.