Architect - Strategy and Governance

• Own end-to-end architecture and scope for your projects, leading teams to design and deliver Azure solutions that meet agreed goals for value, security, scalability, reliability, performance, and cost
• Serve as the technical lead and subject matter expert on your engagements, guiding consultants and engineers so implementation stays aligned with the architecture and standards
• Apply sound engineering practices—clear interfaces, modular design, and testability—to produce reliable, maintainable solutions in your primary domain
• Provide architectural guidance throughout implementation, including design and pull-request reviews, shaping cloud patterns and guardrails and offering practical options to unblock teams
• Use AI tools to accelerate code, tests, documentation, and similar tasks, and share effective practices so they become repeatable gains for teams and clients
• Oversee and implement at least one of: Microsoft Fabric, Power BI (workspace governance, multi-tenant strategy, semantic model and report ownership), Microsoft Purview (catalog, lineage, classification, glossary), Profisee (MDM domains, hierarchies, survivorship, workflows), Unity Catalog (permissions, data product governance)
• Lead discovery and requirements sessions for your workstreams, clarifying scope, dependencies, and risks, and shaping a prioritized backlog with clear acceptance criteria tied to business outcomes
• Explain complex technical topics in simple, direct language for both technical and non-technical audiences, and consistently connect technical decisions back to client goals
• Build trust with managers and product owners, influencing priorities and roadmaps in ways that support the client’s long-term interests
• Enable teams to deliver with stable velocity and low defect rates by providing clear architecture, interfaces, and automation across build, test, and deployment, and by designing for incremental delivery with a clear Definition of Done
• Align multiple teams on shared outcomes, contracts, and integration points, ensuring dependencies are identified early, owned, and tracked through delivery
• Support effective Agile practices by ensuring the architecture and backlog structure enable incremental delivery, a clear Definition of Done, and data-informed course corrections based on telemetry and feedback
• Mentor others through pairing, design reviews, and clear feedback that strengthens design skills, technical judgment, and confidence, with a particular focus on senior engineers and technical leads
• Provide architectural oversight across teams or workstreams, modeling pragmatic decision-making and teaching others when to keep designs simple and when to introduce new patterns or technologies
• Support hiring and growth by participating in technical interviews, calibration discussions, and crossproject mentorship
• Contribute to business development by identifying opportunities across all our capabilities (beyond own specialty) and communicating them to the sales director
• Partner with sales and account leaders on pursuits by defining the cloud vision, contributing architectural viewpoints, and participating in client workshops, demos, and roadmap discussions
• Produce solution options, high-level designs, and estimates in your domains, clearly documenting assumptions, dependencies, and risks and explaining how proposed approaches drive business value and reduce risk
• Create and maintain reusable assets—such as runbooks, workshops, starter repositories, and templates—that make it easier for engineers to deliver consistent solutions
• Champion modern frameworks, patterns, tools, and AI-assisted practices that improve quality, speed, or reliability in a secure and responsible way
• Actively participate in enablement efforts that support a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing

• 6+ years of experience delivering solutions in a primary domain such as application development, cloud platform engineering, DevOps, or data and analytics
• 3+ years of experience in solution architecture and leading development or engineering teams
• Proven experience leading hybrid and remote teams and maintaining alignment, quality, and predictable delivery across time zones
• Expertise in at least one major public cloud platform, with Azure strongly preferred
• Deep understanding of core concepts, languages, frameworks, and design patterns in your primary domain, with the ability to apply them to build robust, maintainable systems
• Experience using AI-augmented development and integrating AI or machine learning capabilities into solutions through APIs, libraries, or cloud-based AI services
• 7+ years of experience in data governance, data management, or 5+ in large consulting firm
• 2+ years with Azure technologies
• Proven experience delivering governance programs
• Strong understanding of data platform and analytics ecosystems
• Experience with 2 or more Data Management areas: Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence, Data Science and ML, Master Data Management, Data Governance, and Data Quality Management
• Experience working in Agile or Scrum environments, including backlog refinement and iteration planning
• Familiarity with key cloud services for your domain, such as messaging, compute, data, security, networking, and integration
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with clear written and verbal communication
• Demonstrated interest in continuous learning and adoption of new cloud technologies
• Ability to be hands-on with implementation while also designing and communicating complex cloud architectures

Experience in consulting or professional services is a plus

• Flexible work location with a virtual first approach to work
• 401(K) with match up to 50% of your 6% contributions of eligible pay
• Generous PTO providing a minimum of 15 days in addition to 9 paid company holidays and 2 floating personal days
• Two medical plan options to allow you the choice to elect what works best for you
• Option for vision and dental coverage
• 100% employer paid coverage for life and disability insurance
• Paid leave for birth parents and non-birth parents
• Option for Healthcare FSA, HSA, and Dependent Care FSA
• $67.00 monthly tech and home office allowance
• Utilization and/or discretionary bonus eligibility based on role
• Employee Assistance Program to help with everyday challenges