Senior Data Fabric Architect & Platform Lead

Accenture PLC; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 87,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Senior Data Architect to design enterprise data fabric solutions across on-prem and multi-cloud environments, unifying access and enabling analytics and AI. You will integrate data virtualization, active metadata, knowledge graphs, cataloging, and automated data integration into a connected data layer.

You will define reference architectures, governance patterns, and empower data products with self-service and real-time delivery, applying data mesh and cloud data platforms

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data architecture or enterprise data engineering.
• 6+ years architecting data fabric solutions (data virtualization, active metadata, knowledge graphs).
• 5+ years of experience with cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Synapse, BigQuery).
• 4+ years of experience with data integration/ETL/ELT and metadata & lineage tooling.
• 3+ years of experience with API and streaming architectures.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years' work experience). If Associate's Degree, equivalent 6-year work experience.

Responsibilities

• Architect enterprise data fabric delivering unified access to distributed data across on-prem and multi-cloud.
• Integrate the connected data layer with data virtualization, active metadata, knowledge graphs, cataloging, and automated data integration.
• Define reference architectures, integration patterns, and governance for enterprise-scale use.
• Enable data products and self-service through the fabric with real-time delivery.
• Apply data mesh and data product paradigms along with cloud data platforms and streaming architectures.
• Advise client architects and leaders to shape data modernization solutions.

Skills

Data architecture

Data fabric

Cloud data platforms

Data integration/ETL/ELT

APIs & streaming

Reference architectures

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Azure Synapse

BigQuery

Data virtualization

Active metadata

Knowledge graphs

Cataloging

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Senior Data Architect to design enterprise data fabric solutions across on-prem and multi-cloud environments, unifying access and enabling analytics and AI. You will integrate data virtualization, active metadata, knowledge graphs, cataloging, and automated data integration into a connected data layer.

You will define reference architectures, governance patterns, and empower data products with self-service and real-time delivery, applying data mesh and cloud data platforms