Senior Data Architect — Lakehouse & Cloud Platforms

Robotics Technologies; Raritan (NJ); On-site; USD 87,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Robotics Technologies LLC in Raritan, NJ is seeking a Data Architect to design and lead enterprise data lakehouse initiatives on Databricks and AWS. The role requires 7+ years in data engineering and a proven track record leading platform teams.

You will guide data models, governance, and CI/CD for reliable data services, communicating with VP/C-level stakeholders and coordinating with offshore teams. Master’s degree is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years in data engineering, data platforms or cloud engineering.
• Proven delivery of enterprise lakehouse platforms on Databricks and AWS, incl. Unity Catalog.
• Hands-on depth in Spark, SQL, Python, streaming, orchestration (Airflow) and data modeling.
• Experience running production AI/ML platforms, including MLOps.
• Strong DevSecOps, CI/CD, Terraform and SRE practices, incl. FinOps.
• Track record of consolidating or migrating legacy platforms at scale.
• Experience leading distributed and offshore teams and managing budgets.
• Ability to communicate with VP and C-level stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead enterprise data lakehouse initiatives on Databricks and AWS.
• Mentor and manage platform engineering teams, including offshore members.
• Define data models, governance, and security policies across data products.
• Collaborate with product and engineering to deliver reliable data services.
• Drive cost optimization and reliability improvements across platforms.
• Review designs and code for quality and scalability.
• Lead vendor management and budget planning for data platforms.
• Communicate progress to executive stakeholders and clients.

Skills

Leadership of platform engineering

Stakeholder communication

Data governance

Cloud data architecture

Cost optimization

DevSecOps

SRE practices

MLOps basics

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Spark

SQL

Python

Airflow

Databricks

AWS

Terraform

Unity Catalog

S3

Glue

MSK

IAM

Job description

Robotics Technologies LLC in Raritan, NJ is seeking a Data Architect to design and lead enterprise data lakehouse initiatives on Databricks and AWS. The role requires 7+ years in data engineering and a proven track record leading platform teams.

You will guide data models, governance, and CI/CD for reliable data services, communicating with VP/C-level stakeholders and coordinating with offshore teams. Master’s degree is preferred.