Lead Data Architect - Data Lake Architectures

HYBRID ROLES – LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY – REMOTE OPTION NOT AVAILABLE Looking for a Lead Data Engineer / Architect with proven experience in building scalable cloud data platforms and knows how to organize raw and curated data for downstream analytics. This person should be both technical and strategic, someone who can design standards, solve complex data challenges, and partner with business and engineering teams. Hybrid Roles in Irving, TX Duration: 12+ months with possibility of longer term extensions Pay Rate: $70/hr - $75/hr on W2 Due to Client requirement, NO C2C, H1B, TN VISA, CPT OR OPT Must be able to work directly on our W2 with no 3rd party involved! If interested, please email your resume to grace.johnson@motionrecruitment.com Experience must be verifiable. No vendor resumes please!! MUST HAVE: 5+ years of Software Engineering experience, Proven experience designing and implementing data lake architectures (e.g., Bronze/Silver/Gold or layered models). Strong knowledge of Cloud Storage (GCS) design, including bucket layout, naming conventions, lifecycle and retention policies, and access controls. Hands-on experience with columnar data formats (Parquet, Avro, ORC) and compression techniques. Expertise in partitioning strategies, backfills, and large-scale data organization. Ability to design curated data models optimized for analytics and BI consumption/reporting.