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Sibitalent Corp

Lead Data Platform Architect

Sibitalent Corp, Melville, New York, us, 11775

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Base pay range $70.00/hr - $80.00/hr

Sr. Technical Recruiter at Sibitalent Corp We are growing our data platform team and are seeking an experienced Data Platform Architect with deep cloud data platform expertise to drive the overall architecture and design of a modern, scalable data platform. This role is responsible for defining and advancing data platform architecture to support a data‑driven organization, ensuring solutions are efficient, reusable, and aligned with long‑term business and technology objectives.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Lead technical assessments of the current data platform and define the architectural roadmap forward

Collaborate on strategic direction and prioritize data platform architecture to support business and technical objectives

Partner with enterprise and solution architects to ensure consistent standards and best practices across the data platform

Architect and design end‑to‑end data platform solutions on cloud infrastructure, emphasizing scalability, performance, and reusable design patterns

Architect batch, real‑time, and unstructured ingestion frameworks with scale and reliability

Enable semantic interoperability of data across multiple sources and structures

Implement automation for lineage, orchestration, and data flows to streamline platform operations

Design and maintain metadata management frameworks to support current and future tools

Continually enhance automation and CI/CD frameworks across the data platform

Architect solutions with security‑by‑design principles

Monitor industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously improve the data platform architecture

Provide technical leadership and guidance to data platform engineers executing against the roadmap

Own and maintain data platform architecture documentation

Support a wide range of data platform use cases, including data engineering, business intelligence, real‑time analytics, visualization, AI/ML, and service integrations

Collaborate with third‑party vendors and partners on data platform integrations

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field required

Minimum of 10 years of experience designing high‑availability data platform architectures

Minimum of 8 years of experience implementing modern cloud‑based data platforms

Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform services, including BigQuery, Google Cloud Storage, and Cloud Composer

Minimum of 5 years of experience designing data lake architectures

Deep expertise across modern data platform, database, and streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, Spark)

Experience with source control and CI/CD pipelines

Experience operationalizing AI/ML models preferred

Experience working with unstructured data preferred

Experience operating within Agile delivery models

Minimum of 3 years of experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred)

REQUIRED TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE (ADDED):

Hands‑on experience designing and operating data platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Strong experience with Databricks for large‑scale data processing and analytics

Experience integrating data from IoT devices and machine monitoring systems is highly preferred

Familiarity with industrial, sensor‑based, or operational technology (OT) data pipelines is a plus

SKILLS:

Strong cross‑functional communication and collaboration skills

Excellent organizational, time management, verbal, and written communication skills

Expertise across modern data platform technologies and best practices (BigQuery, Kafka, Hadoop, Spark)

Strong understanding of semantic layers and data interoperability (e.g., LookML, dbt)

Proven ability to design reusable, automated data platform patterns

Demonstrated leadership in distributed or remote environments

Track record of delivering data platform solutions at enterprise scale

Ability to write testable code and promote solutions into production environments

Experience with Google Cloud Composer or Apache Airflow preferred

Ability to quickly understand complex business systems and data flows

Strong analytical judgment and decision‑making capabilities

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

Ability to travel up to 10 percent as required

This role may require access to regulated or controlled information

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Information Technology

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