Data Solution Architect

FCCI Insurance Group • Sarasota, FL

1d • $134,276 - $206,786 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Data Solution Architect is a senior- or principal-level technical contributor responsible for architecting, designing, and hands-on developing enterprise data products and platform capabilities. The role uses Databricks, cloud-native technologies, and modern data engineering practices to define scalable architecture patterns, develop reusable frameworks, and deliver data solutions for analytics, AI/ML, and operational workloads.

The role combines strategic technical leadership with active development. It mentors junior engineers, leads design reviews, establishes engineering standards, and promotes best practices across data modeling, software engineering, CI/CD, testing, observability, and platform operations. The position is based in Sarasota and is eligible for a hybrid work schedule.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise data products, lakehouse solutions, and shared platform capabilities using Databricks and cloud-native technologies.
• Define and evolve data product architecture standards, engineering patterns, and reusable frameworks to improve scalability, maintainability, reliability, and delivery velocity across data, MDM, and business intelligence platforms.
• Design, develop, and maintain modern lakehouse architecture using Databricks, Delta Lake, PySpark, Databricks Workflows, Unity Catalog, Delta Sharing, and serverless compute capabilities.
• Participate hands-on in solution design, code development, proofs of concept, architecture reviews, and complex technical problem resolution.
• Establish and drive engineering best practices across data modeling, software development, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, performance optimization, and platform operations.
• Develop and maintain scalable, high-performance data architectures, pipelines, and models for analytics, reporting, AI/ML, and enterprise data product consumption.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to data engineers through design and code reviews, coaching, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Ensure data products and platform components meet enterprise standards for security, governance, reliability, resiliency, and operational supportability.
• Design and implement data governance, data quality, metadata management, and security controls using Unity Catalog and other platform-native capabilities.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and architectural approaches, recommending solutions that balance business value, operational simplicity, scalability, and long-term sustainability.
• Identify and mitigate architectural, operational, and technical risks, and create roadmaps for the ongoing evolution of enterprise data platforms and products.
• Partner with architects and platform engineers to establish reusable data product patterns and accelerate delivery of trusted, governed, and discoverable data assets.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Excellent benefits package

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed