Data Platform Architect - Information Technology - Analysts
Job in
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07390, USA
Listed on 2026-10-18
Listing for:
MassGenics, Inc.
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-18
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Job Jersey City , New Jersey Job Type: Contract Added - 09/21/26
Job Description A client of Innova Solutions is immediately hiring for a Data Platform Architect with Agentic Coding.Position type:
Full-time, Contract
Duration: 12 months (with high possibilities of extension)
Location:
Jersey City, NJ (Hybrid 3 days onsite 2 days remote)
As a Data Platform Architect , you will:
Required Qualifications:- 10+ years of experience in data platform architecture, data engineering, or distributed systems.
- Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale cloud migration initiatives involving hundreds of terabytes or petabytes of data.
- Strong experience with:
- Databricks
- AMPS, MQ, Hadoop, or experience with other enterprise messaging systems
- Large-scale data warehouse or lakehouse platforms
- Experience migrating data from platforms such as Vertica, Hadoop, Teradata, Oracle, Snowflake, or similar technologies.
- Strong software engineering background with expertise in:
- Java
- Python
- SQL (any flavor)
- Other object-oriented programming languages
- Strong understanding of data governance, security, compliance, and operational monitoring.
- Bachelor's Degree
Position type:
Full-time, Contract
Duration: 12 months (with high possibilities of extension)
Location:
Jersey City, NJ (Hybrid 3 days onsite 2 days remote)
As a Data Platform Architect , you will:
Required Qualifications:- 10+ years of experience in data platform architecture, data engineering, or distributed systems.
- Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale cloud migration initiatives involving hundreds of terabytes or petabytes of data.
- Strong experience with:
- Databricks
- Apache Spark
- Apache Kafka
- AMPS, MQ, Hadoop, or experience with other enterprise messaging systems
- AWS cloud services
- Large-scale data warehouse or lakehouse platforms
- Experience migrating data from platforms such as Vertica, Hadoop, Teradata, Oracle, Snowflake, or similar technologies.
- Strong software engineering background with expertise in:
- Java
- Python
- SQL (any flavor)
- Other object-oriented programming languages
- Experience designing highly available, scalable distributed systems.
- Strong understanding of data governance, security, compliance, and operational monitoring.
- Bachelor's Degree
- We are seeking a highly experienced Data Platform Architect to lead the strategic modernization of our enterprise data ecosystem. This role will be responsible for defining and executing the architecture for large-scale data platform transformations and utilizing cutting edge technologies both on-prem and in the cloud.
- The ideal candidate has successfully delivered similar data modernization programs at enterprise scale and possesses deep expertise in cloud architectures, distributed computing, data engineering best practices, and large-scale data migrations. This individual will collaborate across engineering, infrastructure, architecture, and business teams to establish the future-state data platform strategy.
- Define the target-state architecture for enterprise data platforms and cloud-native analytics solutions.
- Lead the migration of large-scale data environments from on-premises platforms to a cloud environment.
- Design scalable, resilient, and secure data architectures capable of supporting petabyte-scale workloads.
- Establish architectural standards, governance frameworks, and engineering best practices.
- Partner with infrastructure, security, and application teams to ensure alignment with enterprise cloud strategies.
- Evaluate and recommend technologies for data storage, processing, streaming, governance, and observability.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams implementing Spark, Kafka, Databricks, and cloud-native services.
- Drive performance optimization, cost management, and operational excellence across the data platform.
- Support executive stakeholders with migration roadmaps, risk assessments, and modernization strategies.
- Databricks certification(s)
- AWS Solutions Architect certification(s)
- Experience implementing lakehouse architectures.
- Experience designing streaming and real-time analytics platforms.
- Experience with in highly regulated financial services or enterprise environments.
- Master's Degree
The ideal candidate will have:
This position is only open to applicants who can be engaged on a W-2 basis.
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