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Data Architect

Recfront
Princeton, NJ Full Time
POSTED ON 4/24/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/20/2026

Role: Data Architect


About Our Client

Our client is a global enterprise building and operationalizing advanced data and AI solutions for large organizations across industries. They work at the intersection of data engineering, analytics, and artificial intelligence, enabling enterprises to convert complex data ecosystems into structured, AI-ready assets that drive measurable outcomes.

With a global delivery footprint across 30 countries and a large team of data and technology professionals, they serve enterprise clients across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, delivering capabilities in data engineering, cloud transformation, analytics, and AI enablement.


Job Overview

As a Data Architect, you will design scalable, high-performance data ecosystems that transform raw data into AI-ready structures.

You will define enterprise data models and architecture frameworks supporting advanced analytics, predictive modeling, and Generative AI use cases. The role requires strong technical leadership to bridge business needs with engineering execution.


Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Design

  • Define end-to-end data architecture aligned with analytics and AI strategy
  • Design conceptual, logical, and physical data models for enterprise-scale systems
  • Optimize data structures for analytics, reporting, and AI workloads

Data Platform Design

  • Build Lakehouse architecture using Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers
  • Ensure data quality, lineage, and transformation governance

Governance & Standards

  • Define data standards including metadata, security, and MDM
  • Support enterprise data governance and compliance needs

AI Enablement

  • Collaborate with Data Science teams on LLM-ready data structures
  • Support Vector databases and RAG-based architecture designs

Stakeholder Management

  • Work with engineers, analysts, and business teams
  • Translate business requirements into scalable technical designs


Technical Expertise

Experience

  • 8 years in Data Architecture or Senior Data Engineering roles

Data Modeling

  • 3NF, Dimensional Modeling (Star/Snowflake), Data Vault 2.0

Reverse Engineering

  • Experience modernizing legacy data systems

Tools

  • ER/Studio, Erwin Data Modeler, Lucidchart

Cloud & Big Data

  • Azure (Fabric/Synapse), AWS (Redshift/Glue), Snowflake
  • Spark and Delta Lake experience

Data Systems

  • Strong SQL (PostgreSQL, SQL Server)
  • NoSQL databases
  • Exposure to Vector databases (Pinecone, Milvus)

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