Senior Data Architect

VLink, founded in 2006, is a leading global provider of software engineering services with next-gen technologies and best-in-class talent. Our Headquarters are in the U.S, and we have offices in 7+ countries from North America-Europe to APAC, with expansion plans in the Middle East. With over 1,000 employees working globally, VLink has helped SMBs, and large enterprises achieve their business goals, and gained the trust of Fortune-250 companies.

VLink is Great Place to Work Certified and has been a consistent winner as Best Places to Work in CT. Trust, collaboration, and accountability are the three elements that are at the core of VLink's work culture. We value our professionals, providing comprehensive benefits and the opportunity for growth.

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Data Architect to provide strategic and hands on expertise in enterprise data architecture, data modeling, data warehousing, and analytics design. The role will partner closely with Enterprise Architecture, Business Intelligence and Data Platform teams, application owners, database administrators, and business stakeholders to establish scalable enterprise data models and architecture standards that strengthen enterprise reporting and analytics capabilities.

The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling, dimensional modeling, SQL Server, semantic models, data integration, and governance, along with experience supporting modern cloud based analytics platforms. The consultant will also provide architectural guidance as the organization evaluates its future analytics platform while continuing to operate its existing Azure Synapse Analytics environment. You'll be part of a collaborative team delivering innovative analytics solutions that help organizations modernize operations and make smarter, data driven decisions.

You'll have the opportunity to work on enterprise scale ERP and business intelligence initiatives, collaborate with experienced professionals, and leverage the latest Microsoft technologies to create impactful reporting solutions. If you're passionate about turning complex data into meaningful insights and want to help clients solve real business challenges through modern analytics, we'd love to hear from you.

• Design and maintain enterprise conceptual, logical, and physical data models, establishing canonical business entities, enterprise data domains, naming conventions, and reusable modeling standards.
• Architect scalable enterprise data solutions supporting business intelligence, reporting, analytics, data warehousing, and institutional decision making requirements.
• Design and optimize dimensional data models, including star and snowflake schemas, semantic structures, and reusable analytical models for enterprise reporting.
• Evaluate existing data structures, warehouse models, and analytics architectures; identify gaps and recommend improvements for scalability, maintainability, performance, consistency, and reuse.
• Partner with Business Intelligence, Data Platform, Enterprise Architecture, application, and DBA teams to resolve complex data design challenges and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
• Define and recommend scalable ETL/ELT and enterprise data integration patterns, including integrations across ERP systems, enterprise applications, data platforms, and analytics solutions.
• Establish and promote data governance, metadata management, architecture documentation, reference architectures, and data modeling standards while contributing…