Data Architect || Hybrid at Raritan, NJ || Contract

<>Data Architect || Hybrid at Raritan, NJ || Contract

3 days onsite per week

Skills Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field.
• 15+ years in data engineering, data platforms or cloud engineering, including 7+ years leading platform engineering teams and experience leading managers.
• Proven delivery of enterprise lakehouse platforms on Databricks and AWS (e.g., S3, Glue, MSK, IAM, Lake Formation), including Unity Catalog.
• Hands-on depth in Spark, SQL, Python, streaming, orchestration (e.g., Airflow, Databricks Workflows) and data modeling, with the ability to review designs and code.
• Experience running production AI/ML platforms, including model serving, RAG/retrieval, LLMOps/MLOps and evaluation.
• Strong DevSecOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform) and SRE practices, including FinOps.
• Track record of consolidating or migrating legacy platforms at scale with measurable cost and reliability gains.
• Experience leading distributed and offshore teams, and managing platform budgets and vendors.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with and influence VP and C-level stakeholders.

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• Experience in medical device, life sciences or another regulated industry (GxP, CSV/CSA, 21 CFR Part 11, data privacy).
• Experience with semantic layers, data products and data marketplaces.
• Experience with agentic AI platforms (e.g., Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, MCP).
• Databricks, AWS or Kubernetes certifications.

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