Senior Data Architecture Lead — Modern Data Platform

Elios, Inc.; Detroit (MI); Hybrid; USD 167,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Elios, Inc. is seeking a senior Data Management Architect to own the data strategy and architecture for enterprise transformation programs.

You will enter client environments, assess current data landscapes, and chart a phased plan toward a governed, modern data platform that stakeholders trust. You will blend proposal leadership with delivery, shaping proposals and leading discovery workshops, then anchoring the solution once engagements are sold.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant professional experience in data architecture or data management consulting.
• Hands-on background across data quality, data catalog, data lineage, and master data management.
• Working knowledge of data governance concepts: policies, procedures, operating models, runbooks.
• Deep data modeling experience across multiple industries.
• Track record of both greenfield builds and legacy modernization.

Responsibilities

• Lead pursuit teams as the data subject matter expert, from RFP responses to proactive proposals.
• Plan and run workshops with client teams to map the current landscape, requirements, and constraints, then design a future-state architecture.
• Build phased implementation roadmaps that account for scope, sequencing, and the people available to do the work.
• Architect data quality, catalog, lineage, master data management, and governance solutions, sometimes from scratch and sometimes by modernizing what's already in place.
• Explain complex architectures to technical teams and executives alike, and build consensus when stakeholders don't agree.
• Anchor proofs of concept and help size and scope new engagements.
• Lead delivery teams spread across time zones and take real ownership of the outcome.
• Represent the practice at industry events and in thought leadership.

Skills

Data architecture

Data governance

Data modeling

Data quality

Data catalog

Data lineage

MDM

AWS

Azure

GCP

Snowflake

Databricks

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Job description

Elios, Inc. is seeking a senior Data Management Architect to own the data strategy and architecture for enterprise transformation programs.

You will enter client environments, assess current data landscapes, and chart a phased plan toward a governed, modern data platform that stakeholders trust. You will blend proposal leadership with delivery, shaping proposals and leading discovery workshops, then anchoring the solution once engagements are sold.