Solution Architect Data Platforms

RSM US LLP • Minneapolis, MN

1d • $147,000 - $260,700

About The Position

The Solution Architect - Data Platforms owns the current and target-state architecture for RSM's analytical and data platform ecosystem, servicing both our internal and client-facing business units. This role evolves the core data platform stack, partners with the Solution Architect - Data Solutions Architect on canonical models and inbound contracts and represents platform architecture in ARB and steering committee reviews.

Requirements

• 8+ years of data/platform architecture experience, including at least 4 years designing enterprise-scale lakehouse or modern data warehouse platforms.
• Deep hands-on expertise with one or more modern platform stacks (e.g., Microsoft Fabric, Databricks).
• Strong understanding of medallion architecture, Data Mesh, and Data Vault 2.0 concepts and when each pattern applies.
• Experience with data governance tooling (Microsoft Purview or comparable) for cataloging, lineage, and classification.
• Familiarity with orchestration engines (e.g., ADF, Airflow) and streaming/change-data-capture approaches.
• Knowledge of data platform security architecture (RBAC, row/column-level security, data residency).
• Experience operating in regulated environments and adhering to SOC 2 / SOX control requirements.
• Strong communication skills; ability to present architecture options and trade-offs to steering committees and leadership.
• Prior experience partnering with integration and data modeling architects on canonical models and contracts.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise data platform architecture, including lakehouse/medallion (bronze/silver/gold) layering for the analytical platform serving Assurance, Consulting, Tax, and cross-LOB portfolios.
• Evaluate and recommend platform technologies for storage, compute, and orchestration (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, Azure Synapse/Fabric, ADLS), producing architecture decision records for steering committee review.
• Design ingestion, ELT/ETL, and orchestration patterns spanning batch, micro-batch, and workloads.
• Adhere to data governance and catalog architecture, partnering with data stewardship on lineage, classification, and data quality using Microsoft Purview.
• Establish reference architecture and platform standards, including access controls, data residency, SOC 2 / SOX compliance, and IRS 7216 requirements.
• Partner with the Solution Architect - Data Solutions Architect to align canonical data models, conformed dimensions, and integration contracts feeding the platform.
• Guide build-vs-buy decisions and platform proof-of-concepts, comparing target architecture options (e.g., Medallion vs. Kimball, Inmon, Data Vault 2.0, Data Mesh) and documenting trade-offs.
• Lead capacity and cost architecture for compute and storage, including FinOps considerations across cloud consumption.
• Maintain platform documentation: reference architecture, data flow diagrams, architecture decision records.
• Sponsor ARB submissions for platform-related initiatives and ensure adherence to enterprise architecture governance.

Benefits

• Flexibility in your schedule

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior