Engagement Lead / Principal Architect (Remote)

We're Hiring: Engagement Lead / Principal Architect

New York, NY · Hybrid

W2

Experience: 10+ yrs

Skills: Azure, SQL Server, Databricks

We're seeking a senior Principal Data Architecture Engagement Lead to lead a strategic data-transformation and target-state architecture engagement for a major banking client. This role combines engagement leadership, enterprise data architecture, governance and executive stakeholder management. The successful candidate will be accountable for establishing the delivery framework, managing r…

Roles & Responsibilities:

Secure read-only access to SQL Server system metadata and stand up the approved analysis workspace and repository within the first two weeks; this gate governs the whole plan.

Agree the RACI, standards, templates and working cadence with Mizuho, and lock the fortnightly delivery-leadership review and the escalation path into the architecture board.

Map stakeholders and secure a single named coordination point per business domain (a stated dependency of the proposal, and the primary schedule risk).

Own the risk, issue and dependency log; escalate stakeholder-availability slippage early rather than absorbing it into float.

Chair the DACI forum for contested and multi-domain items