Azure Data Engineer/architect (Mclean VA - In-person Interview MUST)

Role: Azure Data Architect/Engineer Location: McLean VA 22102 (100% Onsite) Contract Skills: Data Architect, ETL, SSIS/SSRS, SQL, Azure Role Summary: Data Architect /Engineer responsible for defining and governing Azure-based data architecture, supporting ETL modernization, analytics, and reporting, while working closely with Data Engineering, BI, and Data Science teams. Key Responsibilities • Collaborate with Solution & Enterprise Architects to translate business requirements into scalable data architecture designs. • Define end‑to‑end data architecture across ingestion, storage, processing, analytics, and reporting. • Provide architectural oversight for ETL/ELT solutions using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Informatica, SSIS. • Guide ETL automation, monitoring, and DevOps/DataOps best practices (implementation by engineers). • Define and govern analytics & reporting architecture using Power BI, SSRS, and enterprise data models. • Ensure data security, governance, and PHI compliance across platforms. • Partner with Analytics, Reporting, Data Science, and ML teams to enable downstream use cases. • Participate in Agile delivery and provide architecture input during planning and design phases. Required Skills • 12+ years in data engineering / data platform roles with architecture responsibility • Strong experience with Azure data technologies (ADF, ADLS, Synapse, Azure SQL) • Solid understanding of ETL/ELT, data modeling, and data warehousing • Experience with Power BI, exposure to SSIS / SSRS • Proficiency in SQL and architectural familiarity with Python • Healthcare (Payer / Provider) experience preferred Nice to Have • Exposure to AI/ML enablement (data preparation, ML-ready architectures) • Snowflake or lakehouse architecture experience