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You will play a critical role in shaping data strategies, mentoring teams, and ensuring the delivery of scalable and efficient data systems. This role requires deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and strong leadership skills to drive innovation and business impact.\nResponsibilities\nStrategic Leadership: Collaborate with senior leadership and stakeholders to define data strategies and roadmaps aligned with business objectives.\nSolution Design: Architect robust, scalable, and secure data solutions, including data pipelines, warehouses, lakes, and analytics platforms.\nData Governance: Establish and enforce data governance frameworks, ensuring data quality, security, and compliance with industry standards and regulations.\nTeam Leadership: Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation. Lead technical teams in delivering high-quality projects on time and within scope.\nTechnology Evaluation: Stay ahead of emerging technologies and trends, evaluating and recommending tools, platforms, and frameworks to enhance data capabilities.\nCross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with business analysts, data scientists, and software engineers to integrate data solutions into broader business applications.\nPerformance Optimization: Continuously monitor and optimize data systems for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.\nClient Engagement: Act as a trusted advisor to clients, providing thought leadership and technical expertise in solving complex data challenges.\nDocumentation: Create and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, data models, and operational procedures.\nIncident Management: Lead troubleshooting efforts for critical data issues, ensuring timely resolution and root cause analysis.\nInnovation: Drive innovation by identifying opportunities to leverage AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics in data engineering solutions.\nQualifications\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.\nMinimum of 10 years of experience in data engineering or architecture, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.\nProven track record of architecting and delivering large-scale data solutions in cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).\nExpertise in data modeling, ETL processes, and data pipeline development.\nExtensive experience with modern data platforms: Databricks and/or Snowflake preferredExperience with data modeling and engineering in Databricks, including Delta Lake and advanced Spark-based transformations. \nExpertise in data modeling with Snowflake, including schema design, performance optimization, and leveraging Snowflake's unique capabilities (e.g., time travel, zero-copy cloning).\n\nProficiency in programming languages such as Python, SQL, Java, or Scala.\nExperience with big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Kafka).\nHands-on experience with cloud-native data services (e.g., AWS Redshift, Azure Synapse, Google BigQuery).\nStrong understanding of database technologies (e.g., relational, NoSQL, graph databases).\nFamiliarity with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).\nExceptional ability to lead and mentor technical teams.\nStrong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with diverse stakeholders.\nDemonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and deliver results under pressure.\nPreferred certifications such as Databricks Professional or Azure Data Engineer Associate\nAdvanced analytical skills to solve complex technical and business problems.\nAbility to translate technical concepts into business value for non-technical stakeholders.\nStrong organizational and project management skills.\nAbility to travel to client sites 30 to 50%\nHybrid role - 2x per week in office (can align to any WM office in the US)\nBased on pay transparency guidelines, the salary range for this role can vary based on your proximity to one of our West Monroe offices (see table below). Information on our competitive total rewards package, including our bonus structure and benefits is here. Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geography, experience, skills, education, and internal equity.\nEmployees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses. Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date. \nSeattle or Washington, D.C.\n$159,800—$188,000 USD\nLos Angeles\n$167,400—$196,900 USD\nNew York City or San Francisco\n$175,000—$205,900 USD\nA location not listed above\n$152,200—$179,000 USD\nOther consultancies talk at you. At West Monroe, we work with you.\nWe’re a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for our clients, delivering real-world solutions.\nThe combination of business and technology is not new, but how we bring them together is unique. We’re fluent in both. We know that technology alone is not the answer, but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come.\nAt West Monroe, we zero in on the heart of the opportunity, getting to results faster and preparing people for what’s next.\nYou’ll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. We’re right there in the room with you, co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe, collaboration isn’t a lofty promise, but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact.\nWest Monroe is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer \nWe believe in treating each employee and applicant for employment fairly and with dignity. We base our employment decisions on merit, experience, and potential, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state or local law. To learn more about diversity, equity and inclusion at West Monroe, visit www.westmonroe.com/inclusion.If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in our recruiting process, please inquire by sending an email to .\nPlease review our company disclosures regarding use of artificial intelligence during the hiring process. West Monroe uses the BrightHire platform to record live interviews so our team can capture notes more accurately, stay focused on the conversation, and continually improve our interview process. You can review our privacy notice for more information about this process and how recordings are used. If you have any questions, reach out .\nIf you are based in California, we encourage you to read West Monroe’s Notice at Collection for California residents, provided pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and linked here.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7433,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Annual bonuses","Continuous learning","Equity","Flexible time off","Life insurance","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["IT Consulting & Digital Transformation","Management Consulting"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-08-11T14:43:11Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 2","filings_12m":2,"filings_prev_12m":6,"green_card_filings_12m":0,"median_offered_wage_usd":177500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":47,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.791,"p_room":0.6,"age_days":76,"expected_fill_days":90,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:late","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-27T05:46:45Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":188000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/west-monroe-data-architect","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/west-monroe-data-architect.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-27T07:13:39Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":7673,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-28T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4820},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4820"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fwest-monroe-data-architect"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fwest-monroe-data-architect"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fwest-monroe-data-architect"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/west-monroe-data-architect\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fwest-monroe-data-architect"}]}