Cloud Data Architect (Full-time Remote, NC Based)
Alliance Health•Durham, NC
•$116,011 - $147,914•Remote
About The Position
The Cloud Data Architect is responsible for the design and implementation of scalable enterprise-wide data architecture. Responsibilities include optimizing data performance and accessibility, and ensuring data quality, integrity, and security. This position is full-time remote. Selected candidate must reside in North Carolina and be willing to travel to the home office (Morrisville, NC) for onsite team meetings as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
- At least five (5) years of experience working as a Cloud Data Architect with direct involvement and responsibilities for architecting an enterprise-scale data Lakehouse or data warehouse on a Microsoft Azure cloud platform, preferably in a healthcare setting.
- Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional (or comparable)
- Architecting enterprise-scale Medallion data platforms on Microsoft Azure
- Databricks Development and Administration
- Data modeling: dimensional (Kimball), star/snowflake, and SCDs
- Enterprise governance frameworks for data quality, lineage, and metadata
- PySpark and SQL skills for scalable batch and streaming pipelines
- Azure Data Services: ADLS Gen2, Data Factory, Synapse
- DevOps, Git and CI/CD best practices
- Architectural artifacts & documentation (e.g., technical specs, data models, policies, procedures, architecture diagrams)
- Agile methodology and tools
- HIPAA/HITECH compliance in cloud architectures
- Technical leadership skills
- Communication and organizational skills
- Ability to work independently and in a team setting
- Experience working with healthcare datasets
Nice To Haves
- Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) (or comparable)
Responsibilities
- Lead adoption of modern data architecture patterns and cloud-native solutions
- Develop enterprise data management strategies including data lake/warehouse implementations, data movement, and data services
- Enforce data quality, security, and consistency standards across enterprise data platforms
- Establish data access patterns (serving layers, semantic models, APIs) to optimize downstream analytics and reporting
- Participate in business analysis activities to elicit data product requirements
- Define future-state data architecture roadmaps aligned to organizational strategy and modernization initiatives
- Define reference architectures, coding standards, and reusable patterns for data engineering teams
- Review and approve solution designs to ensure adherence to enterprise data architecture standards
- Provide technical mentorship and design guidance to engineers and analysts
- Participate in data governance council and provide input on data standards and policies to ensure data quality, security, and compliance
- Collaborate with security and compliance teams to implement data classification, encryption, access controls, and audit logging
- Ensure data architectures comply with HIPAA, and organizational data privacy standards
- Capture end-user requirements and align technical solutions to strategic business objectives
- Translate business needs into scalable, secure, and well-governed data architecture solutions
- Provide architectural expertise and leadership guidance to data engineering teams
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Long Term Disability
- Generous retirement savings plan
- Flexible work schedules including hybrid/remote options
- Paid time off including vacation, sick leave, holiday, management leave
- Dress flexibility
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
