Senior Data Architect

Senior Data Solutions Architect / Enterprise Data Architect – Banking & Financial Services (BFS)

Location: Dallas, Texas or Princeton, NJ

Senior Data Architect accountable for designing cloud-native, regulatory-compliant BFS data platforms with deep expertise in risk, AML/KYC, payments, capital markets, and regulatory reporting
. This role combines technology leadership
, domain depth
, and pre‑sales/RFP solutioning to influence large modernization and transformation programs.

• Architect end-to-end platforms for risk analytics
  , AML anomaly detection
  , payments ISO 20022
  , trade/market data
  , and regulatory reporting using:
• Databricks (UC, DLT, Photon)
• Snowflake (Snowpark, Streams/Tasks)
• Kafka/Confluent
  , dbt
  , Airflow/ADF
• Define medallion data layers, CDC/streaming frameworks, data contracts, lineage, governance, and performance SLAs for BFS workloads.

• Lead technical solutioning
  , estimations, TCO models, and architecture narratives for BFS RFPs/RFIs.
• Build differentiators—AML accelerators, payment ingestion templates, regulatory lineage packs.
• Participate in customer orals, architecture walk‑throughs, and solution defense sessions.
• Partner with Client Partners/Account Leaders to drive farming + targeted hunting opportunities.
• 12–18+ years in data architecture; 5+ years BFS domain (risk, AML/KYC, payments, trading).
• Strong experience running architecture for BFS RFPs and pre‑sales cycles.
• Good Communication and Presentation skills.