Senior Data Solutions Architect - Hybrid

MSP • Plano, TX

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Genesis10 is seeking a Senior Data Solutions Architect for a hybrid position with a Global Financial Institution in Plano, TX. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity. The Senior Data Solutions Architect will be part of the Enterprise Data Platforms Advanced Analytics team, focusing on driving enterprise-wide capacity management, resource optimization, and data platform insights. This role involves building analytics solutions within the Enterprise Data Warehouse and enterprise data lake ecosystem, contributing to a single source of truth for capacity data, developing scalable data models, automating reporting, and enabling data-driven decision-making. The work arrangement is hybrid, initially requiring 4 days onsite and 1 day remote for the first 6 months, then transitioning to 3 days onsite and 2 days remote.

Requirements

• Lead-level professional with a strong sense of ownership and a results-oriented mindset
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and delivering analytics solutions across enterprise data lakes, large-scale Hadoop platforms, and cloud or hybrid data ecosystems
• Deep knowledge of HDFS, HBase, Ozone, MinIO, and Data Services leveraging HDFS CLI commands and FSImage analysis
• Familiarity with object storage architectures, including bucket-based storage models and S3-compatible platforms
• Proficiency in analyzing CPU, memory, and workload utilization across Hadoop platforms using YARN, Hive, and Impala query metrics
• Experienced using Cloudera Manager, Pepperdata, and/or Acceldata Pulse for Hadoop platform monitoring
• Proven hands-on experience developing API-driven ETL pipelines using cURL, PySpark, Python, and shell scripting with Autosys scheduling
• Skilled in designing data models to capture and analyze storage, compute, and resource utilization metrics
• Ability to translate complex data into actionable insights for senior leadership and executive audiences
• Proficiency in Excel automation using VBA, Power Query, and scripting
• Familiarity with visualization tools such as Tableau, PowerBI or similar tools
• Experience working with advanced visualization such as Prometheus and Grafana
• Passion for automation, process simplification, and a continuous improvement mindset
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Drive enterprise-wide capacity management, resource optimization, and data platform insights
• Build analytics solutions within the Enterprise Data Warehouse and enterprise data lake ecosystem
• Contribute to building a single source of truth for capacity data
• Develop scalable data models and automate reporting
• Enable data-driven decision-making for storage, compute, onboarding demand, and platform hygiene initiatives
• Lead proof-of-concept (POC) efforts for emerging technologies, evaluate business value, and recommend scalable implementation strategies

Benefits

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

What This Job Offers

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