The Principal Consultant, Data Architect role at IBM Consulting focuses on owning end-to-end solution architecture for enterprise data and AI platforms, primarily utilizing Snowflake. This position requires a senior technical authority to guide engagement teams and advise client executives on platform strategy and AI readiness. The role emphasizes collaboration across multiple engagements and the development of innovative solutions in a consulting environment. The successful candidate will mentor architects and engineers while driving technical direction and quality assurance.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent field.
• 10+ years in data engineering, warehousing, or solution architecture.
• 4+ years owning end-to-end architecture on enterprise data platform engagements.
• 5+ years hands-on experience with Snowflake.
• Experience with enterprise data modeling across various approaches.

• Own end-to-end target-state architecture for enterprise data and AI platforms across concurrent engagements.
• Define account topology, environment strategy, security and governance model, and cost and performance architecture.
• Author and maintain reference architectures, decision records, and reusable patterns for data governance.
• Serve as senior technical authority to client executives and lead architecture assessments.
• Mentor engagement architects, data engineers, and analytics engineers to grow the practice's architecture bench.

• IBM offers competitive compensation, healthcare coverage, retirement programs, paid parental leave, tuition assistance, wellness programs, flexible work options, and extensive learning and certification resources.