Senior Data Architect and Engineer

Job overview

The Senior Data Architect and Engineer role is hybrid in Chicago, IL. Compensation is $165,000–$220,000 per year. The role supports data, analytics, machine learning, and AI solutions across manufacturing, supply chain, commercial, finance, and other business functions. This senior hands-on position defines scalable enterprise data architecture and delivers production systems. It builds integrations and reusable engineering practices, establishes standards for data quality and governance, and partners with business and manufacturing teams to modernize systems and deliver business value.

What you'll do

• Design scalable architectures for enterprise data, analytics, machine learning, and AI while working hands-on with Python, SQL, pipelines, APIs, and applications
• build integrations across ERP, manufacturing, operational, commercial, finance, and other enterprise systems
• establish reusable engineering and MLOps patterns for CI/CD, testing, deployment, monitoring, observability, and AI-enabled workflows
• set standards for data modeling, quality, security, governance, integration, and platform architecture
• partner with business and manufacturing teams
• mentor data professionals
• modernize legacy systems
• travel periodically to operational locations as needed.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior data architect

data engineering

chicago il

gulf coast automation group

python

sql

machine learning

generative ai

mlops

enterprise architecture

$165k–$220k/year

hybrid

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Eight or more years of relevant experience; Python and SQL; experience with Snowflake, dbt, FastAPI, Azure, Terraform, Databricks, MLOps, Generative AI, or manufacturing and operational data preferred. Role is described as hybrid in Chicago.

About the employer

Gulf Coast Automation Group is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.