Data Architect

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Azure Data Architect designing enterprise-scale Azure, Snowflake, and dbt data platforms for EXL. Defining architecture standards, modernization strategies, and analytics solutions.

Responsibilities:

  • Design and implement scalable, secure, and high-performing data architectures on Microsoft Azure
  • Architect end-to-end data platforms leveraging Azure services, Snowflake, and dbt
  • Define enterprise data models, integration patterns, architecture standards, and reusable frameworks
  • Lead data migration and modernization initiatives from legacy platforms to Azure and Snowflake
  • Design and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines and orchestration frameworks using Azure Data Factory and dbt
  • Establish best practices for data governance, security, metadata management, lineage, and data quality
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders, solution architects, and engineering teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions
  • Drive architecture reviews, performance optimization, technology roadmap planning, and design governance
  • Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentoring to data engineering teams

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field
  • 8+ years of experience in data engineering, data warehousing, data platforms, or data architecture
  • Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure data services and cloud-native data architecture
  • Hands-on experience with Azure Data Factory for data integration, pipeline development, and orchestration
  • Strong experience architecting, implementing, and optimizing Snowflake data warehouse solutions
  • Expertise in dbt for data transformation, modeling, testing, documentation, and deployment
  • Strong proficiency in SQL, Python, and enterprise data modeling, including dimensional and normalized approaches
  • Experience designing modern data lakes, data warehouses, and cloud-based analytics platforms
  • Strong understanding of data governance, security, lineage, quality, and performance tuning
  • Experience with CI/CD, Azure DevOps, version control, and deployment automation
  • Excellent stakeholder management, communication, solution design, and technical leadership skills
  • Experience with Azure Databricks and Spark/PySpark
  • Knowledge of Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 and Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Exposure to Power BI and enterprise analytics platforms
  • Experience in BFSI or Insurance domain is an advantage
  • Azure and/or Snowflake certifications are preferred

Benefits:

  • Benefits information provided at https://www.exlservice.com/us-careers-and-benefits
  • Work from home