Enterprise Cloud Data Platform Architect

AbbVie - North Chicago, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

North Chicago, IL

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Enterprise Cloud Data Platform Architect at AbbVie is responsible for designing and implementing scalable, secure, and highly available cloud architectures using AWS services. This role involves overseeing data architecture strategies, leading cloud migration projects, ensuring integration with existing systems, and enforcing security and compliance standards. The architect will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize performance and innovate cloud solutions that meet business needs.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, secure, and highly available cloud architectures using AWS services.
• Develop and oversee data architecture strategies, including data warehousing, data lakes, and real-time data processing.
• Lead and manage cloud migration projects, including assessment, planning, and execution of migrations to AWS.
• Ensure seamless integration of cloud solutions with on-premises systems and other cloud platforms.
• Implement and enforce cloud security best practices and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
• Monitor and optimize the performance of cloud-based systems and data solutions.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand their needs and provide effective solutions.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for cloud architectures, data models, and integration processes.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest AWS services and cloud technologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 7 years of experience, Master's degree with 6 years of AWS or similar experience, or PhD with 2 years of experience in designing and architecting complex solutions within highly regulated environments.
• Proven track record as an AWS Solution Architect or in a similar position.
• Experience in establishing technology standards for an organization.
• Familiarity with architecture frameworks, including design patterns and distributed applications, as well as the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
• Experience with Big Data platforms such as Cloudera (CDH/CDP) and AWS EMR.
• Proficiency with AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, Route 53, VPC, and IAM.
• Knowledge of programming technologies like Java, Python, Kafka, and Spark.
• Experience with data technologies such as SQL, NoSQL, Big Data, R, and GraphQL.
• Ability to build cloud-native data platforms that support data analytics, reporting, model development, and machine learning.
• Experience managing and enhancing cloud-native data lakes and data warehouse platforms.

Nice-to-haves

• Advocate and define cloud/data architecture vision from a strategic perspective.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Establish, maintain, and review architectural models with a focus on microservices in a cloud environment.
• Provide leadership in adherence to processes (i.e., design walk through and approval processes, Platform / System documentation, change management, SDLC, etc.).
• Drive scope definition, requirements analysis, functional and technical design, application build, product configuration, unit testing, and production deployment for cloud platform projects.
• DevOps/Platform background (AWS, Cloud Formation, Terraform, Kubernetes, Linux/Bash, Docker, CI/CD).

Benefits

• Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Short-term incentive programs
• Long-term incentive programs