Sr. Data Solutions Architect; Azure Expertise

Senior Data Solutions Architect (Azure expertise)

Location: Hybrid / Worcester, MA - 1 day per week on-site

This is a 6 month contract to perm opportunity. Candidates must be a U.S. Citizen and/or Green Card holder to be considered - no Visa sponsorship will be offered. Candidates MUST live local to Worcester, MA to be considered.

Conversion salary once taken perm:

• 6-8 years of experience- $105,000 plus 10% IC Bonus
• 8+ years of experience- $124,000 pus 15% IC Bonus

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a high-level Data Architect to serve as the primary blueprint designer for our enterprise-grade data ecosystems. This isn  just about managing a database; it’s about bridging the gap between legacy foundations and a high-performance cloud future. You will own the technical roadmap for how information flows, ensuring our data assets are secure, scalable, and strategically aligned with business growth.

• Strategic Design:
  Lead the creation of conceptual and physical data models that support everything from real-time transactional systems to complex analytics warehouses.
• Pipeline Leadership:
  Act as the technical authority for ETL/ELT frameworks, guiding the development of robust integration patterns across modern cloud and traditional platforms.
• Governance & Integrity:
  Build the "rules of the road" for data quality. You’ll define the standards for metadata, lineage, and validation to ensure our reporting is beyond reproach.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  
  Serve as the translator between business stakeholders and engineering teams, turning high-level KPIs into functional technical components.
• Modeling Mastery:
  Create and optimize curated datasets and semantic layers that empower our BI teams and support self-service reporting.

• Cloud Architecture Expert:
  Deep, hands-on experience designing data solutions within a major cloud ecosystem (specific experience with integrated cloud factory and synapse-level tools is highly valued).
• Data Modeling Veteran:
  Proven ability to author complex source-to-target mappings and manage sophisticated database schemas.
• Technical Polyglot:
  Proficiency in SQL and Python for data profiling, reconciliation, and automated validation.
• Hybrid Legacy
  
  Experience:
  
  Comfort navigating the transition between on-premise "heritage" systems and cutting-edge cloud-native environments.
• Communication Pro:
  Ability to lead architecture reviews, identify risks, and articulate complex technical debt to non-technical leaders.