Hiring: Lead Application & Data Architect Company: Wolters Kluwer Location: Houston, TX Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 02:30:56 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : AI, Azure, CI/CD, Data Lake, Data Mesh, Data Warehouse, ELT, ETL, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure as Code, Machine Learning, PySpark, SQL, SQL Server, Spark, Stakeholder Management, T-SQL, Vault About the job Experience: •Hybrid cloud and on-premises architectures •Data products and data mesh concepts Required Skills: •Define enterprise data architecture strategy, design scalable and governable platforms, establish standards and best practices, provide architectural leadership for Microsoft Fabric adoption, support modernization initiatives, and enable AI-ready data foundations. •Develop and maintain the enterprise data architecture roadmap. •Establish target-state architectures for analytics, reporting, AI, and operational workloads. •Lead Microsoft Fabric architecture and governance including OneLake, Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, Fabric Data Factory, semantic models, and security. •Define standards for dimensional modeling, Data Vault, fact and dimension design, and slowly changing dimensions. •Establish ETL/ELT architecture standards across Azure Data Factory, Fabric Data Factory, SSIS, and Pentaho. •Create governance frameworks for data quality, lineage, metadata, security, privacy, and compliance. •Define AI-ready data architecture patterns and support AI, machine learning, and generative AI initiatives. Qualifications: •Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field. •8+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, data warehousing, or analytics. •3+ years in a senior architecture or technical leadership role. •AI and machine learning platform experience Compensation: •$107,500 - $188,400 / year •Competitive benefits and rewards package •This role is eligible for Bonus Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!