Full-Time

Architect

Data Governance Platforms

Updated on 9/4/2026

Deadline 9/14/26
3cloud

3cloud

1,001-5,000 employees

Azure consulting for cloud modernization

Compensation Overview

$117.5k - $176.3k/yr

No H1B Sponsorship

Remote in USA

Remote

Category
Data & Analytics (1)
Required Skills
Microsoft Azure
Agile
Machine Learning
Computer Networking
SCRUM
REST APIs
Data Governance

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Requirements
  • At least 7 years of experience in data governance or data management in a cloud environment.
  • Proven experience leading hybrid and remote teams and maintaining alignment, quality, and predictable delivery across time zones.
  • Expertise in at least one major public cloud platform, with Azure strongly preferred.
  • Deep understanding of core concepts, languages, frameworks, and design patterns in the primary domain, with the ability to apply them to build robust, maintainable systems.
  • Experience using AI-augmented development and integrating artificial intelligence or machine learning capabilities into solutions through application programming interfaces, libraries, or cloud-based artificial intelligence services.
  • At least 2 years of experience with Azure technologies.
  • Proven experience delivering governance programs.
  • Strong understanding of data platform and analytics ecosystems.
  • Experience in at least two data management areas: data warehousing and business intelligence, data science and machine learning, master data management, data governance, and data quality management.
  • Experience working in Agile or Scrum environments, including backlog refinement and iteration planning.
  • Familiarity with key cloud services for the domain, including messaging, compute, data, security, networking, and integration.
  • Ability to be hands-on with implementation while designing and communicating complex cloud architectures.
Responsibilities
  • Design and deliver secure, scalable, and maintainable systems on Azure that solve business problems.
  • Own end-to-end architecture and scope for projects, leading teams to design and deliver Azure solutions that meet goals for value, security, scalability, reliability, performance, and cost.
  • Serve as the technical lead and subject matter expert on engagements, guiding consultants and engineers so implementation remains aligned with architecture and standards.
  • Apply sound engineering practices, including clear interfaces, modular design, and testability, to produce reliable and maintainable solutions.
  • Provide architectural guidance throughout implementation, including design and pull-request reviews, shaping cloud patterns and guardrails, and offering practical options to unblock teams.
  • Use artificial intelligence tools to accelerate code, tests, documentation, and similar tasks, and share effective practices with teams and clients.
  • Lead discovery and requirements sessions, clarify scope, dependencies, and risks, and shape a prioritized backlog with clear acceptance criteria tied to business outcomes.
  • Explain complex technical topics in simple, direct language to technical and non-technical audiences and connect technical decisions to client goals.
  • Build trust with managers and product owners and influence priorities and roadmaps in support of clients' long-term interests.
  • Enable teams to deliver with stable velocity and low defect rates through clear architecture, interfaces, and automation across build, test, and deployment.
  • Align multiple teams on shared outcomes, contracts, and integration points, ensuring dependencies are identified early, owned, and tracked through delivery.
  • Support Agile practices by ensuring architecture and backlog structure enable incremental delivery, a clear Definition of Done, and data-informed course corrections based on telemetry and feedback.
  • Mentor others through pairing, design reviews, and clear feedback that strengthens design skills, technical judgment, and confidence, particularly for senior engineers and technical leads.
  • Provide architectural oversight across teams or workstreams, model pragmatic decision-making, and teach others when to keep designs simple or introduce new patterns or technologies.
  • Support hiring and growth by participating in technical interviews, calibration discussions, and cross-project mentorship.
  • Contribute to business development by identifying opportunities across the company's capabilities and communicating them to the sales director.
  • Partner with sales and account leaders on pursuits by defining the cloud vision, contributing architectural viewpoints, and participating in client workshops, demos, and roadmap discussions.
  • Produce solution options, high-level designs, and estimates, documenting assumptions, dependencies, and risks and explaining how proposed approaches drive business value and reduce risk.
  • Create and maintain reusable assets such as runbooks, workshops, starter repositories, and templates.
  • Champion modern frameworks, patterns, tools, and AI-assisted practices that improve quality, speed, or reliability securely and responsibly.
  • Participate in enablement efforts supporting collaboration, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in consulting or professional services.
  • Deep experience implementing Profisee, including SaaS and PaaS configurations, matching and survivorship, hierarchies, workflows, user interfaces, and inbound and outbound data integrations.
  • Deep experience implementing Microsoft Purview, including data map and scanning, Unified Catalog, glossary development, data quality, data lineage, classification, and access and ownership models.
  • Deep experience implementing Databricks Unity Catalog, including metastore design and rollout, workspaces across development, test, and production, migration from Hive Metastore, classification and tagging, and lineage.
  • Familiarity with common enterprise data governance roles, operations, and processes.
  • Business acumen and communication skills for requirements gathering at broad organizational levels.

3Cloud Solutions helps businesses optimize their Microsoft Azure usage with expert consulting and hands-on support. It partners closely with Microsoft as a top Azure partner, giving clients current guidance and access to Microsoft-aligned resources. Their services include practical best-practices, implementation support, and ongoing advisory to modernize cloud infrastructure, improve data analytics, and enable app innovation across industries such as manufacturing. In addition to consulting, 3Cloud offers educational resources like eBooks, video tutorials, and webinars, plus case studies that show how their work drives better business performance. The goal is to help clients modernize their cloud setups, increase operational efficiency, and achieve measurable outcomes through Azure-based solutions.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Venture Capital)

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Downers Grove, Illinois

Founded

2016

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Cognizant’s 2026 AI Builder strategy depends on 3Cloud’s Azure and data engineering.
  • 3Cloud’s Azure managed services and application modernization portfolio matches enterprise AI migration demand.
  • The combined firm now markets 21,000-plus Azure-certified specialists across Microsoft workloads.

What critics are saying

  • 3Cloud’s brand now disappears inside Cognizant, risking customer and employee attrition in 2026.
  • Accenture, Avanade, and Slalom attack the same Azure services deals with broader benches.
  • If Cognizant rationalizes overlapping Microsoft teams, 3Cloud’s standalone differentiation dies by 2027.

What makes 3cloud unique

  • 3Cloud won Microsoft’s 2025 Americas Channel U.S. Partner of the Year award.
  • Cognizant completed its January 2, 2026 acquisition, validating 3Cloud’s Azure specialization.
  • 3Cloud brings 1,000-plus Azure experts and 1,500-plus Microsoft certifications.

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Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Remote Work Options

401(k) Company Match

401(k) Retirement Plan

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Parental Leave

Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

Home Office Stipend

Mental Health Support

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

15%

1 year growth

15%

2 year growth

15%
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