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Sr. Consultant, Data Architect

IBM

IT

California, USA · Texas City, TX, USA

Posted on Apr 3, 2026

Introduction

At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, lets talk

Your role and responsibilities

As a Solution Data Architect within IBM Consulting's Data & AI practice, you will operate at the intersection of enterprise architecture, cloud data platform delivery, and client leadership. In this role, you will serve as the primary technical authority on large-scale, complex engagements - owning end-to-end architecture decisions, guiding a high-performing delivery team, and building trusted relationships with client stakeholders to drive measurable outcomes. This is a senior, client-facing role for an architect who is equally comfortable whiteboarding a platform strategy with an executive and diving deep into technical design with an engineering team.

· Serve as the primary technical point of contact for client stakeholders and executives; lead engagement planning, sprint ceremonies, and executive status reporting

· Proactively identify and communicate risks, blockers, and scope changes with proposed resolutions; partner with project managers and practice leadership on delivery health

· Own end-to-end Snowflake platform architecture including objects, governance models, and security at SnowPro Advanced: Architect depth

· Architect Bronze/Silver/Gold medallion data models optimized for Snowflake performance and downstream BI consumption

· Design and govern API strategy for exposing data products, including integrations with internal applications, external partners, and SaaS platforms via API-driven and event-based patterns on AWS (API Gateway, Lambda, EventBridge, SQS)

· Implement secure API authentication patterns including OAuth2 and token-based access; manage API lifecycle and cataloging aligned to enterprise standards

· Translate healthcare payer business requirements — spanning claims, member, provider, eligibility, and care management domains — into scalable data and integration architectures that comply with HIPAA, PHI/PII protection policies, and payer-specific regulatory standards

· Lead dbt model design including materialization strategy, macros, packages, snapshots, and testing; establish GitLab CI/CD pipelines and enforce coding and documentation standards

· Architect Snowflake–AWS integrations across S3, IAM, VPC, PrivateLink, and Glue; monitor pipeline SLAs and costs and lead root-cause analysis for incidents; support migration of legacy data feeds to modern cloud-based, event-driven architectures

· Manage and mentor data and analytics engineers; drive enablement on Snowflake, dbt, and GitLab best practices and contribute reusable accelerators to the broader practice

This role can be performed from anywhere in the US

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

8+ years in data engineering, data warehousing, or solution architecture roles
Client-facing consulting or professional services delivery experience with concurrent stakeholder and team management
3+ years hands-on Snowflake experience: warehouse management, clustering, RBAC, security model, Streams, Tasks, and Dynamic Tables
dbt Core or Cloud: materialization strategies, macros, packages, snapshots, and testing framework
GitLab CI/CD: pipeline configuration, merge request workflows, and dbt integration
AWS production experience: S3, Glue, IAM, VPC, PrivateLink, and Secrets Manager
SQL and Python proficiency for pipeline development and automation
Healthcare payer domain knowledge spanning claims, member, provider, eligibility, care/case management, and risk adjustment
Familiarity with HIPAA, PHI/PII data protection requirements, and secure healthcare data integration standards

Preferred technical and professional experience

Snowflake SnowPro Advanced: Architect certification
AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty or equivalent
Snowflake Cortex AI/ML functions and agentic data workflows
Snowflake Iceberg tables and external volume architecture
Terraform for Snowflake and AWS infrastructure-as-code
Event-driven integration patterns: EventBridge, Kinesis, SQS for operational and analytic data movement
Enterprise metadata, lineage, and data governance tooling
Experience designing secure healthcare APIs with strict PHI/PII access controls

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being

- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs

- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law

- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals

- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

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