Senior Data Architecture Lead—Snowflake & AI Platform

IBM; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting is seeking a Principal Consultant, Data Architect to lead end-to-end architecture for enterprise data and AI platforms. You will set target-state architecture, define standards, review designs, and mentor teams across multiple client engagements.

Snowflake is the primary platform, with Databricks and open formats as secondary considerations. This role requires senior technical authority and strong pre-sales involvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent required.
• 10+ years in data engineering or solution architecture on enterprise platforms.
• 5+ years owning end-to-end Snowflake architecture and performance.
• Proven leadership in architecture reviews and cross-team guidance.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end target-state architecture for data and AI platforms across engagements.
• Set standards, review designs, and mentor engineers and architects.
• Lead pre-sales and solution design with client executives.
• Architecture reviews and enablement across engagements.

Skills

Snowflake

Databricks

dbt

CI/CD

Python

SQL

Data Modeling

Architecture Leadership

Pre-Sales

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

dbt

GitHub Actions

GitLab

CI/CD tooling

Job description

IBM Consulting is seeking a Principal Consultant, Data Architect to lead end-to-end architecture for enterprise data and AI platforms. You will set target-state architecture, define standards, review designs, and mentor teams across multiple client engagements.

Snowflake is the primary platform, with Databricks and open formats as secondary considerations. This role requires senior technical authority and strong pre-sales involvement.