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Senior Data Architect

Saxon Global
Cincinnati, OH Full Time
POSTED ON 1/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/6/2026

Senior Data Architect

Location: Regional (Midwest / Ohio preferred)

Employment: Direct Hire

Overview

We are seeking a Senior Data Architect to lead the design and implementation of modern data and AI platforms for enterprise clients. This role combines deep technical expertise with strategic consulting and advisory responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Design

  • Design enterprise data architectures including lakehouse, warehouse, streaming, and AI/ML patterns
  • Define reference architectures, metadata strategies, and governance models

Advisory & Consulting

  • Assess current-state data environments and design future-state architectures
  • Deliver architecture roadmaps and implementation blueprints aligned to business outcomes

Modern Data Platforms

  • Architect solutions across major cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)
  • Leverage modern tools for ingestion, transformation, storage, and orchestration

DataOps & MLOps

  • Design CI/CD, testing, and observability frameworks for data and ML pipelines
  • Promote data quality, lineage, and reproducibility

Leadership

  • Collaborate with client teams and internal consultants
  • Mentor junior architects and engineers

Required Qualifications

  • 10 years in data architecture, data engineering, or analytics
  • Deep expertise with at least one major cloud platform
  • Strong experience with lakehouse architectures and modern data platforms
  • Proficiency in SQL, Python, and data modeling
  • Strong client-facing and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • Cloud or data platform certifications
  • Experience designing AI-ready data architectures
  • Knowledge of data mesh or domain-driven design

Consulting or professional services background

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