Job Title: Data Fabric Architect Job Location: Warren, NJ Employment Type: Contract Job Overview We are hiring a Data Fabric Architect to lead enterprise-wide data architecture strategy enabling unified data access across hybrid and multi-cloud ecosystems. This role is responsible for designing scalable, secure, metadata-driven architectures supporting analytics, AI platforms, and real-time decision systems. The architect will define standards for data virtualization, governance, interoperability, lineage, semantic modeling, and orchestration frameworks. Key Responsibilities
Design enterprise-scale Data Fabric architecture frameworks
Define metadata-driven integration strategies
Establish standards for data governance and lineage tracking
Architect hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud data integration solutions
Enable AI-ready data platforms supporting GenAI workloads
Lead lakehouse modernization initiatives
Implement semantic data layers for enterprise analytics
Define reusable ingestion and transformation patterns
Support platform scalability and performance optimization
Collaborate with cloud architects and AI engineering teams
Required Skills & Qualifications
10+ years of experience in enterprise data architecture
5+ years designing large-scale distributed data platforms
Strong experience designing enterprise Data Fabric solutions
Expertise with:
Azure Fabric / Databricks / Snowflake / Synapse
Data virtualization technologies
Metadata-driven architectures
Experience designing data governance frameworks
Knowledge of enterprise integration patterns
Experience supporting AI / ML data platforms
Strong stakeholder communication skills
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline