Sr. Data Architect

The Sr. Manager, Data Architect role manages and provides leadership in the architecture and engineering execution of enterprise data platforms and solutions. This position leads a team to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable data systems aligned with established enterprise standards. The role translates business requirements into executable technical designs, ensures adherence to governance and security requirements, and drives operational excellence across assigned data domains.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the implementation of end-to end-data architecture solutions across ingestion, storage, processing, analytics, and consumption layers in alignment with enterprise standards.
• Manage and oversee the engineering of robust data pipelines using modern frameworks and orchestration tools, ensuring performance, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Apply and maintain canonical data models, integration patterns, and architectural standards for assigned domains.
• Ensure data governance, quality, lineage, privacy, and access controls are embedded by design in collaboration with security and governance teams.
• Review and approve technical designs, code, and implementation approaches within delegated authority.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex technical or operational data issues, driving resolution and risk mitigation.
• Establish and monitor technical expectations and ensure consistent engineering quality across teams
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders including security, privacy and governance teams to ensure
• Lead, develop, and coach a high-performing team by setting clear expectations, providing feedback, and fostering a culture of engagement, growth, and accountability.
• Oversee workload planning, performance management, and team operations to align resources with business objectives while ensuring compliance with company policies and regulations.
• Flexibility to adapt and execute various additional assignments based on evolving needs.

Skills and Competencies:

• Proven leadership skills with the ability to manage individual contributors and first-level managers.
• Strong data architecture and data engineering expertise within defined enterprise frameworks.
• Advanced knowledge of cloud data platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Microsoft Fabric.
• Proficiency in data modeling, SQL, distributed processing, and modern data integration patterns.
• Working knowledge of data governance, security, privacy, and quality practices.
• Effective decision-making skills based on unit objectives and allocated resources.
• Advanced communication skills to convey technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong expertise in cloud data ecosystems (AWS, Azure, or Fabric).
• Advanced knowledge of:
  • Data warehousing and Lakehouse architectures
  • Distributed processing (e.g., Spark or equivalent)
  • Streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka or similar)
  • SQL and data modeling
• Strong understanding of data governance, metadata management, data quality, and security principles.
• Excellent architectural judgment and ability to balance short-term delivery with long-term scalability.
• Strategic thinker with strong systems-level perspective.
• Ability to be decisive and collaborative architectural leader.
• Ability to influence across organizational boundaries.

Experience:

• Typically, a minimum of 10 years related work experience in data architecture, or a related field is required.
• Demonstrated experience delivering and operating large-scale data platforms in cloud environments.
• Prior experience leading teams and managing technical delivery.
• Experienced with data warehousing/lakehouse architectures, streaming platforms, and distributed processing frameworks
• Hands-on coding experience in one or more languages (e.g., Python, SQL).
• Experience with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and DevOps practices.

Education:

• A degree in data architecture, computer science, information technology, or a related field or equivalent experience is required. 

Salary Range:

The salary pay range for this position is based on the employee’s primary work location and may be more or less depending upon skills, experience, and education.  These ranges may be modified in the future.  

Salary: $160,000 - $220,000

You can view which BC location applies to you here. If you have any questions, please speak with your Recruiter. 

Benefits and Other Compensation:  We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee health, performance, and success which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off and parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, performance-based bonus eligibility, employee referral bonuses, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance and long-term care insurance. Click here to see our full list of benefits.  

About Brown and Caldwell   

Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Brown and Caldwell is a full-service environmental engineering and construction firm with 50 offices and 2,100 professionals across North America and the Pacific. For 75 years, we have created leading-edge environmental solutions for municipalities, private industry, and government agencies. We strive to be the company of choice—to our clients, who benefit from our passion for delivering exceptional quality, and to our employees, present and future, who share our commitment to client service, collaboration, and innovation. Join us, and you will find a home where you can do your best work, reach new levels of expertise, and enjoy exceptional development opportunities. For more information, visit www.brownandcaldwell.com  

This position is subject to a pre-employment background check and a pre-employment drug test. 

Notice to Third Party Agencies: Brown and Caldwell does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement and approved engagement request with Brown and Caldwell, Brown and Caldwell reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.   

Brown and Caldwell is proud to be an EEO/AAP Employer.  Brown and Caldwell encourages protected veterans, individuals with disabilities, and applicants from all backgrounds to apply.  Brown and Caldwell ensures nondiscrimination in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act