Intetics Inc., a leading American technology company specializing in custom software application development, distributed professional teams creation, software product quality assessment, and “all-things-digital” solutions, is looking for a Senior Data Architect to join its innovative team.
About the Role
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Data Architect with demonstrated ownership of enterprise-scale Azure Data Platform architectures. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, modernizing, and optimizing complex data environments, while defining clear architectural direction and delivering implementation-ready solutions.
This role requires a combination of strategic thinking and hands-on expertise across Azure Data Platform technologies, Databricks, data warehousing, and modern data architecture practices.
Responsibilities
- Design and own enterprise-scale data platform architectures on Azure.
- Assess existing data environments and identify opportunities to improve scalability, performance, maintainability, and data quality.
- Define and implement modern data platform architectures using Azure services and Databricks.
- Design reusable and metadata-driven data ingestion frameworks.
- Architect and optimize structured and unstructured data processing solutions.
- Design and maintain scalable data models and analytical platforms.
- Define both tactical improvements and long-term target-state architectures.
- Create architecture documentation, technical specifications, and implementation guidelines.
- Collaborate with engineering teams, stakeholders, and business users to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
- Establish best practices for data governance, architecture standards, data quality, and platform reliability.
- Support engineering teams during implementation and architecture adoption.
Must Have
- Proven experience as a Data Architect with end-to-end architecture ownership.
- Strong hands-on experience with the Azure Data Platform.
- Minimum 4 years of recent Azure experience.
- Strong expertise with: Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory (ADF),Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS),Azure SQL / SQL Server, Azure Cosmos DB, Databricks
- Strong experience with: Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, ETL/ELT architectures, Data Modeling, Incremental Processing, Cloud Data Platforms
- Advanced SQL and Python skills.
- Experience designing and implementing large-scale cloud data solutions.
- Strong experience working with both structured and unstructured data.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Azure Synapse Expertise
The successful candidate should demonstrate deep knowledge of:
- Synapse Pipelines
- Spark Pools
- Serverless SQL
- Dedicated SQL Pools
- Workload optimization and architecture design
- Data lake integration patterns
- Large-scale analytical platforms
Hands-on experience with:
- Data modeling, Partition key strategy, Indexing, Scalability design, Throughput and RU optimization, Cost optimization, Consistency models, Change Feed, Distributed database architectures
What We're Looking For
- Strong architecture ownership and decision-making experience.
- Experience modernizing and improving existing data platforms.
- Ability to quickly assess complex environments and provide actionable recommendations.
- Experience designing reusable and scalable ingestion frameworks.
- Deep understanding of structured and unstructured data processing.
- Strong data modeling experience for enterprise analytics platforms.
- Ability to balance short-term business needs with long-term architectural vision.
- Technology-neutral mindset when selecting tools and services based on requirements, scalability, performance, and cost.
- Experience producing implementation-ready architecture deliverables.
- Lakehouse architecture experience.
- Experience with AI-driven analytics solutions.
- Data governance and compliance experience.
- Experience supporting enterprise reporting and analytics environments.
- Knowledge of modern cloud-native architecture patterns.
- Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure SQL / SQL Server, Azure Cosmos DB, Databricks, Python, SQL, ETL/ELT, Data Warehousing, Data Modeling
What We Offer
- Challenging enterprise-scale projects.
- Opportunity to drive architecture decisions and platform modernization initiatives.
- Collaboration with international teams.
- Long-term cooperation and professional growth opportunities.
- Innovative and supportive work environment.
Skills Required
- Proven experience as a Data Architect with end-to-end architecture ownership
- Minimum 4 years of recent Azure experience
- Strong hands-on experience with the Azure Data Platform
- Expertise with Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure SQL or SQL Server, Azure Cosmos DB, and Databricks
- Strong experience with data engineering, data warehousing, ETL/ELT architectures, data modeling, incremental processing, and cloud data platforms
- Advanced SQL and Python skills
- Experience designing and implementing large-scale cloud data solutions
- Strong experience working with structured and unstructured data
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Deep knowledge of Synapse Pipelines, Spark Pools, Serverless SQL, Dedicated SQL Pools, workload optimization, architecture design, data lake integration patterns, and large-scale analytical platforms
- Hands-on Azure Cosmos DB experience with data modeling, partition key strategy, indexing, scalability, throughput and RU optimization, cost optimization, consistency models, Change Feed, and distributed database architectures
- Lakehouse architecture experience
- Experience with AI-driven analytics solutions
- Data governance and compliance experience
- Experience supporting enterprise reporting and analytics environments
- Knowledge of modern cloud-native architecture patterns
What We Do
Intetics Inc. is a leading American technology company providing custom software application development, distributed professional teams creation, software product quality assessment, and “all-things-digital” solutions built with SMAC, RPA, AI/ML, IoT, blockchain, and GIS/UAV/LBS technologies. Based on proprietary pioneering business models of Offshore Dedicated Team® and Remote In-Sourcing®, an advanced Technical Debt Reduction Platform (TETRA™) and measurable SLAs for software engineering, Intetics helps innovative organizations capitalize on global talent with our in-depth engineering expertise based on our Predictive Software Engineering framework. Intetics core strength lays in design of software products in conditions of incomplete specifications. We have extensive industry expertise in Education, Healthcare, Logistics, Life Sciences, Finance, Insurance, Communications, and custom ERP, CRM, Intelligent Automation and Geospatial solutions. Our advanced software engineering background and outstanding quality management platform, along with an unparalleled methodology for talent acquisition, team building and talent retention, guarantee that our clients receive exceptional results for their projects. At Intetics, our outcomes do not just meet clients expectations, they have been exceeding them for a quarter of a century. Intetics operates from multiple offices in the USA, Europe and Latin America, hiring the best talent available worldwide. Intetics is ISO 9001 (quality) and ISO 27001 (security) certified and a Microsoft Gold, Amazon, and UiPath Silver partner. The company’s innovation and growth achievements are reflected in winning prestigious titles and awards, including Inc5000, Software 500, CRN 100, American Business, Deloitte Fast 50, European IT Excellence, Best European BPO, Stevie People’s Choice, Clutch and ACQ5 Awards, IAOP Global Outsourcing 100 and Fortune Innovative 300 lists.
