3 days ago
Plano, TX, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$130k - $160k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement enterprise data solutions spanning Bronze, Silver, and Gold data layers, canonical data models, and modern data architecture patterns.
- Integrate AI-enabled capabilities, data products, automation frameworks, and agent-based solutions into enterprise data platforms.
- Own technical delivery of transformation initiatives against business outcomes, performance targets, and operational metrics.
- Establish data governance, lineage, quality, and operational practices across data products and platform capabilities.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, architecture reviews, solution design, and delivery governance for engineering teams.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, analytics, or related technology disciplines.
- 3+ years of experience as a Staff Architect, Solution Architect, Lead Data Architect, or comparable technical leadership role.
- Hands-on production experience designing and implementing Databricks Lakehouse solutions.
- Experience building and supporting enterprise data pipelines, data platforms, and large-scale modern data architectures.
- Strong expertise in data modeling, Data Vault methodologies, canonical data models, dimensional modeling, and source-to-target mapping.
- Experience integrating AI, Generative AI, or agentic solutions into enterprise data ecosystems.
- Strong experience developing and deploying ETL/ELT solutions using PySpark and cloud-based data engineering technologies.
- Experience implementing CI/CD processes, automated testing, and quality assurance for enterprise data pipelines.
- Demonstrated ownership of technical delivery commitments with measurable business and operational outcomes.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and technical leadership skills.
- Preferred experience with Delta Lake, Delta Live Tables, Unity Catalog, Mosaic AI, Databricks SQL, enterprise AI platforms, agent orchestration, intelligent automation, ICEDQ, Great Expectations, ERP transformations, SAP S/4HANA migrations, legacy platform decommissioning, Power BI, Tableau, Qlik Sense, FinOps, cloud cost optimization, governance, data lineage, and operational excellence frameworks.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Paid holidays and paid time off.
- 401(k) plan and contributions.
- Long-term and short-term disability coverage.
- Paid parental leave.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Onsite work is required at a Cognizant or client office in Plano, TX.
Tech Stack
Databricks
Categories
Forward Deployed
About Cognizant
Cognizant is a public IT services and consulting firm that designs, builds, and runs enterprise technology, including digital engineering, cloud modernization, data/AI, and managed services. It sells consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing on multi-year engagements to large enterprises in healthcare, banking, retail, communications, and manufacturing. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, Cognizant is NASDAQ-listed (CTSH) and a Fortune 500 company.