Senior Data Architect: Lead Data Strategy & Cloud

West Monroe; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Unlimited PTO

Ten paid holidays

Annual bonuses

401k with company shares

Parental leave

Employee stock ownership program

Job summary

West Monroe is seeking a Data Architect to lead the design and optimization of data solutions that drive data-driven decisions for clients. The role demands deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and strong leadership to guide teams and deliver scalable data systems.

You will define data strategies, architect pipelines and lakes, and champion governance across multiple cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP), leveraging Databricks or Snowflake for modern data platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• 10+ years in data engineering or architecture with leadership exposure (3+ years).
• Proven success delivering large-scale data solutions in cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Strong data modeling, ETL, and data pipeline expertise.
• Experience with Databricks and Snowflake; Delta Lake and Spark-based transformations.

Responsibilities

• Define data strategies and roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
• Architect scalable, secure data solutions including pipelines, warehouses, lakes, and analytics platforms.
• Establish data governance ensuring quality, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Mentor engineers and lead technical teams to deliver projects on time and within scope.
• Evaluate technologies and tools to enhance data capabilities, collaborating with analysts and engineers.
• Drive performance optimization for data systems and support client engagements.
• Create architecture diagrams, data models, and operational documentation.
• Lead incident resolution and root-cause analysis for data issues.
• Explore AI/ML and advanced analytics opportunities in data engineering.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Team leadership

Strong communication

Priority management

Advanced analytics

Business value translation

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in CS/Data Engineering/IS

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Delta Lake

Spark

Hadoop

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

West Monroe is seeking a Data Architect to lead the design and optimization of data solutions that drive data-driven decisions for clients. The role demands deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and strong leadership to guide teams and deliver scalable data systems.

You will define data strategies, architect pipelines and lakes, and champion governance across multiple cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP), leveraging Databricks or Snowflake for modern data platforms.