Senior Data Architect - Remote-First Data Platform Leader

S27a; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 185,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Annual bonus program

Employer Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Yearly team building experiences

Mentorship and sponsorship

Job summary

Cognify Analytics is seeking a Senior Data Architect contractor to rapidly accelerate data initiatives and architect the foundational capabilities for the Data Platform across hybrid environments, including on‑prem, colocation, and cloud.

The role emphasizes external modernization experience, speed, and reusable assets, with collaboration across product managers and the Lead Data Platform Architect to ensure high‑quality implementation and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• 9-12 years of experience in data architecture and related domains.
• Broad understanding of IT systems and data management across applications, storage, security, and networks.

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end data solutions and provide implementation oversight.
• Rapidly assess data landscape to identify gaps and opportunities for modernization.
• Deliver architecture artifacts, data models, integration patterns, and platform designs.
• Enhance data capabilities such as ingestion pipelines, metadata frameworks, and data quality structures.
• Define scalable architecture patterns for adoption by engineering teams.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into designs.
• Provide hands-on architectural leadership for high-priority initiatives.
• Introduce external best practices across cloud, data mesh, and AI/ML-enabled solutions.
• Advise on platform/tooling selections and modernization pathways.
• Produce clear documentation and transition materials for handoff to full-time teams.

Skills

Data architecture

Data modeling

Cloud data platforms

Data governance

API design

Big data technologies

Data mesh

Enterprise architecture

Stakeholder collaboration

Fault-tolerant systems

Tools

Spark

Kafka

Snowflake

Databricks

Glue

Airflow

MuleSoft

Job description

Cognify Analytics is seeking a Senior Data Architect contractor to rapidly accelerate data initiatives and architect the foundational capabilities for the Data Platform across hybrid environments, including on‑prem, colocation, and cloud.

The role emphasizes external modernization experience, speed, and reusable assets, with collaboration across product managers and the Lead Data Platform Architect to ensure high‑quality implementation and timely delivery.