Clark Construction Group · 18 hours ago
Senior Data Platform Architect
McLean, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expClark Construction Group is seeking a Senior Data Platform Architect to lead the architecture and management of their enterprise data infrastructure. The role involves architecting a Unified Data Foundation and overseeing data ecosystems to support advanced analytics and AI needs for over 5000 users.
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Responsibilities
Serve as the senior technical lead for the platform, establishing the standards for how the platform is architected, managed, data is moved, stored, and secured
Design the 'Unified Core' of our data creating the logic and common connectors that allow data from various sources to be combined into a single, reliable source of truth for enterprise usage
Architect and maintain mission-critical data flows between disparate enterprise systems, and democratize data consumption to enable self-serve analytics
Implement cross-platform governance and security, ensuring seamless data movement and 'Zero-Copy' sharing across data storage and Data Lakehouse - For example - Connectivity between Snowflake Iceberg tables and Microsoft OneLake, integration of SAP Business Data Cloud with Snowflake and Databricks
You will develop and maintain long-term roadmaps and drive healthy operating stats for data platforms for security, performance and availability. Advise and execute on continuous innovation that will include feature augmentation and selection of new technologies
Establish and scale corporate data catalog, ensuring 100% metadata coverage and establishing clear data stewardship roles to improve enterprise data discoverability and trust
Lead high-priority infrastructure initiatives and upgrades, such as Snowflake upgrades and performance tuning to ensure a resilient, 24/7 production environment
Partner with business ensure the underlying data architecture perfectly supports advanced visualization and machine learning deployments
Qualification
Required
7–10+ years in data engineering, enterprise integration, or platform architecture
Hands-on experience working in a hybrid environment that leverages Snowflake or Databricks for its powerful cloud data warehousing, AWS Infrastructure, Microsoft Fabric (OneLake) for unified data mesh capabilities, and Talend, Matillion, Mulesoft (or similar ETL/ELT tools) for complex enterprise integration
You are equally comfortable discussing API integration patterns as you are writing complex scripts (eg - python, lambda functions and SQL). You enjoy the 'plumbing' and architecture more than the dashboarding
Deep, hands-on expertise in Data Lakehouse technologies like Snowflake, Databricks and ELT/ETL technologies such as Mulesoft, Talend, Matillion, Informatica Cloud services is essential. You should be able to lead an upgrade or migration independently
You have a proven track record of solving scaled problems and building platforms that support 1,000+ users
Preferred
Demonstrated experience in supporting the adoption of AI/ML or other emerging capabilities
Expertise in Business Intelligence (BI) tools such as Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, or Looker
Experience architecting, implementing, and managing highly scalable cloud-based platforms (e.g., Azure Synapse/Fabric, AWS Redshift/S3/PostGres, Google Cloud BigQuery/Storage) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner: Validated foundational knowledge of AWS Cloud infrastructure, security, and compliance, with a strong grasp of core services including Amazon EC2, S3, RDS, and Lambda to support business-driven cloud initiatives
Experience in a Project-Based Industry (i.e. Construction, Engineering, or Consulting) is a plus, but not required
Company
Clark Construction Group
Clark Construction Group is builder service with latest ideas that satisfies the customers, with quality.
1001-5000 employees
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Dave Trolian
Division President & CEO
John O'Keefe
CEO, Atkinson Construction
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