Director - Data Architect (Microsoft Data & AI)

Overview

At TTEC Digital, we coach clients to ensure their employees feel valued, and fully supported, because an amazing customer experience is an employee first process. Our vision is the same, a place where employees know they can thrive.

We are seeking an experienced Director – Data Architect to provide architecture leadership across our Microsoft Data & AI practice. This role will translate client business and technology priorities into scalable, secure, governed, and AI-ready data architectures using Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure Databricks.

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Director - Data Architect (Microsoft Data & AI)

TTEC Digital, Austin, TX

Posted pay

$190K–$230K

a year

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Location: Austin, TX
Work type: Remote
Level: Director+, manager
Experience: 12+ years
Skills in the job text: Python
SQL
Azure
Spark
Databricks
Power BI
Posted: Sep 16, 2026
Last check: 7 h ago
Job type: Software engineering, ML / AI engineering

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Open tech jobs: 31
With posted pay: 32%
Median posted base: $165K–$175K

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What you need

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
12+ years of technology experience, including significant experience in enterprise data platforms, cloud, analytics, and architecture.
5+ years of architecture or senior technical leadership experience delivering large-scale enterprise data solutions.
Deep experience architecting Data & Analytics solutions on Microsoft Azure and defining target-state architectures and modernization roadmaps.
Strong experience with Microsoft Fabric and/or Azure Databricks, including OneLake, lakehouse architecture, Delta Lake, data engineering, semantic models, and analytics.
Strong understanding of Medallion Architecture, data products, semantic layers, batch/streaming architectures, APIs, and event-driven integration.
Strong technical foundation in SQL, Python, Spark, distributed processing, data modeling, integration patterns, and APIs.
Strong understanding of Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, Fabric Data Agents, Generative AI, RAG, vector search, and Agentic AI architectures.
Experience designing architectures supporting enterprise analytics, Power BI, AI/ML, Generative AI, and conversational access to enterprise data.
Strong knowledge of Microsoft Purview, Unity Catalog, data governance, security, privacy, metadata, lineage, and data quality.
Strong understanding of Azure security including Entra ID, RBAC, managed identities, Key Vault, VNets, and Private Link/private endpoints.
Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into architecture decisions, solution designs, and implementation roadmaps.
Experience with client discovery, presales solution architecture, estimation, technical presentations, and proposal development.
Strong executive communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage client leaders, Microsoft stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams.
Relevant Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, and/or Databricks certifications preferred.

Team Overview

For eleven years in a row our Microsoft practice has achieved Microsoft's Inner Circle Award designation and we have been recognized as 'Partner of the year for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Service', ‘Partner of the year for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Marketing’ and as a Partner of the year finalist for ‘Intelligent Sales & Marketing’. In addition to our ongoing Gold Partner status, our competencies range from software development and deployment of Dynamics 365, to Power Platform, Azure and Microsoft 365. In mid-2022, the team was also named as one of only a handful of launch partners for the Microsoft D365 Contact Center.

Our integrated team approach of experienced CX engineers, developers, data scientists, and solution architects, design, deploy and support complex and fully integrated digital solutions that are focused on creating an exceptional customer experience.

Director - Data Architect (Microsoft Data & AI)

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Director - Data Architect (Microsoft Data & AI)

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What you need

Data Architecture & Modernization

AI, Data Agents & Generative AI

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