Lead Data Architect

Lead Data ArchitectLocation: Chicago, IL (Hybrid – 2-3 days onsite)Company Overview: Glint Tech Solutions is a women-owned, global IT staffing and recruiting firm serving enterprise clients across the USA and Canada.Project Description: Modernization and development of an eCommerce platform for a leading enterprise retail client serving millions of omnichannel customers weekly. Work spans Customer, Loyalty, Search & Browse, Data Integration, and Cart domains, with current focus on brand onboarding, re-architecture, database migrations, and cloud-native Responsibilities:Design data architecture to support large-scale data processingIntegrate new solutions with existing enterprise architectureLead cross-functional teams and define technical/architectural strategyMandatory Skills:8+ years overall experience, minimum 1 year in a Lead/Architect role3+ years recent hands-on Azure Data Factory & Synapse experienceData modeling: conceptual, logical, physicalAzure Data Lake Storage, Synapse Analytics, Databricks, PySparkETL/ELT pipeline development and multi-source data integrationData warehousing patterns: star schema, Data Mesh, Lakehouse, Data VaultAdvanced SQL (querying, transformation, performance tuning)Metadata and governance integrationPython / Python ETL toolsShell scripting (Bash/Unix/Windows) preferredNice-to-Have Skills:ElasticsearchDocker, KubernetesAzure/Databricks certificationStrong stakeholder communication, mentoring, and delivery trackingCS/Data Science academic background