Solutions Architect

GDT - General Datatech; Birmingham (AL); Remote; USD 122,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

GDT - General Datatech is seeking a Solutions Architect to own the end-to-end design of a cross-plat­form data platform, while staying hands-on. This remote, full-time role involves travel to Birmingham, AL.

You will lead ingestion, storage, modeling, governance, and AI-enabled tooling for a multi-site business. Ideal candidates have 8+ years in data/ platform architecture with strong SQL Server, Azure Data Factory, and Kubernetes experience, plus production-grade Python or Go skills and

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data engineering, software engineering, or platform architecture.
• Hands-on with SQL Server, T-SQL, SSAS, and Azure Data Factory.
• Production experience with ClickHouse or similar columnar engine.
• Proficient in Python or Go for backend development.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and Kubernetes.
• Fluent in AI-assisted engineering and responsible AI practices.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into durable designs.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end data platform architecture: ingestion to governance.
• Set direction for analytical layer on SQL Server, SSAS, ClickHouse; integrate with Azure Data Factory, APIs, NATS, CDC.
• Design and operate event-driven workloads on Kubernetes using Go and Python.
• Advance AI-driven development with agents and tooling to improve quality and speed.
• Define data contracts, schemas, and quality SLAs for teams.
• Embed PII/PHI handling, access control, and auditability in the platform.
• Mentor engineers, lead design reviews, align work with executive intent.

Skills

Data architecture

Azure Data Factory

SQL Server / T-SQL

SSAS

Python

Go

Kubernetes

AI tooling / LLMs

Stakeholder leadership

Tools

ClickHouse

Snowflake

BigQuery

Databricks

REST APIs

NATS

CDC

Job description

REMOTE, with travel as needed to Birmingham, AL

Full-Time/Direct Hire

Salary around $135,000/yr, depending on experience

SUMMARY

Our client is scaling toward 1,000 locations and 20,000+ teammates, and the data behind that growth runs across hundreds of clinical, financial, HR, and marketing systems. Our client is hiring a Solutions Architect to own the end-to-end design of a platform that ties it all together — and to stay hands-on while doing it.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own the target-state architecture for the data platform end-to-end — ingestion, storage, modeling, serving, and governance.
• Set the direction for our analytical layer on SQL Server, SSAS, and ClickHouse, and for our integration fabric across Azure Data Factory, REST APIs, NATS, and CDC.
• Design and operate event-driven, service-oriented workloads on Kubernetes in Go and Python.
• Make AI-driven development a core focus of the team: build and adopt agentic tooling (code-aware agents, retrieval over our own schemas and lineage) so engineers ship faster, with better tests and documentation, and so routine work gets automated rather than repeated.
• Define the data contracts, schema standards, and quality SLAs that engineering and analytics teams build against.
• Embed PII/PHI handling, access control, and auditability into the platform
• Mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and translate executive intent into delivery roadmaps.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• 8+ years across data engineering, software engineering, or platform architecture
• Deep hands‑on experience with T‑SQL, SQL Server at scale, SSAS, and Azure Data Factory.
• Production experience with ClickHouse (or a comparable columnar engine such as Snowflake, BigQuery, or Databricks).
• Strong production‑grade skills in Python, Go, or a comparable backend language — and the discipline to write the code, not just the diagrams.
• Comfort designing event‑driven systems (REST, NATS or Kafka, CDC) and operating workloads on Kubernetes.
• Genuine fluency with AI‑assisted engineering — coding agents, LLM tooling, retrieval, evals — and a point of view on how to do it responsibly inside a regulated, multi‑site business.
• A track record of partnering with executives and turning ambiguous business problems into durable technical designs.

NICE TO HAVE

• Veterinary, healthcare, or multi‑site retail/services experience, particularly with Practice Information Management Systems (PIMS).