Senior Enterprise Data Architect & Cross-Domain Engineer

Thornton Tomasetti; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 259,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott in Madison, WI is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to lead cross-domain data initiatives and shape enterprise data architecture. You will stay hands-on with Databricks, Unity Catalog, and streaming/batch pipelines, ensuring HIPAA and regulatory compliance across healthcare data.

The role emphasizes architecture leadership without people management and collaboration with platform teams to drive scalable data solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in data science, CS, IS, math, or engineering.
• Expert-level software design experience and domain skills.
• Experience with Spark on Databricks and Python/SQL.
• ETL/ELT pipelines and data modeling with relational, dimensional, or NoSQL databases.
• Cloud data platforms (AWS, S3) and REST API development.
• Security, privacy, and regulatory requirements (HIPAA/GLBA) awareness.

Responsibilities

• Own cross-domain data architecture from ambiguity to production.
• Lead design and code reviews for complex, multi-team initiatives.
• Define enterprise data standards, reference architectures, and data contracts.
• Mentor engineers across domains and communicate tradeoffs to stakeholders.
• Ensure security, privacy, and regulatory compliance in data solutions.

Skills

Spark on Databricks

Python

Scala

SQL

Snowflake

ETL/ELT

Data modeling

Parquet/Delta Lake

AWS

REST API

Tableau

Jira/Confluence

CI/CD

Unity Catalog

Kafka

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, or Engineering

Tools

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Delta Lake

Kafka

GitLab CI/CD

Tableau

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Abbott in Madison, WI is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to lead cross-domain data initiatives and shape enterprise data architecture. You will stay hands-on with Databricks, Unity Catalog, and streaming/batch pipelines, ensuring HIPAA and regulatory compliance across healthcare data.

The role emphasizes architecture leadership without people management and collaboration with platform teams to drive scalable data solutions.