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Data Architect a new title on company job boards

Engineering · Emerging, unverified · not on Hacker News yet · 6 open roles at 4 companies · median $167k

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Designs how an organization's data is stored, modelled and governed, from lakehouse layers and pipelines to the standards that feed analytics and AI.

first seen Feb 2025, job board

Why it exists

Written by rule from our own data

First seen in our data in February 2025, in a company job-board posting from Artefact. Today 6 open roles use the title at 4 companies.

  1. PostingThe oldest Data Architect posting we holdArtefact, Feb 2025 · backs: first sighting
  2. PostingData Architect (DataOps) - SMEAccenture Federal Services, Oct 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title

Where it is posted

Sectors

No open postings yet.

Cities

  • Washington2
  • Bengaluru, India1

Countries and remote

  • United States4
  • India2
Remote option0%

Posted pay

Median $167k from 3 postings that state a base range (USD a year).

Who is hiring for it

Open postings on their own job boards, read 4d ago
#CompanyOpen roles
1Accenture Federal ServicesA company hiring most for Data Engineer and DevOps Engineer.3
266degreesA company hiring most for AI Engineer and Data Architect.1
3ArtefactA company hiring most for Data Scientist and Data Engineer.1
4Black Canyon ConsultingA company hiring most for Full Stack Engineer and Data Engineer.1

Open roles

Open role$110k to $224k

Data Architect (DataOps) - SME

Chantilly, VA

Accenture Federal ServicesPosting ↗
Open role

Data Architect

Bethesda, MD

Black Canyon ConsultingPosting ↗
Open role

Data Architect

Bengaluru

66degreesPosting ↗
Open role

Data Architect

Pune, Maharashtra, India

ArtefactPosting ↗
Open role$103k to $196k

Data Architect

Washington, DC

Accenture Federal ServicesPosting ↗
Open role$126k to $243k

Data Architect

Washington, DC

Accenture Federal ServicesPosting ↗
Role
Data Architect (DataOps) - SMEAccenture Federal ServicesChantilly, VA$110k to $224k
Data ArchitectBlack Canyon ConsultingBethesda, MD
Data Architect66degreesBengaluru
Data ArchitectArtefactPune, Maharashtra, India
Data ArchitectAccenture Federal ServicesWashington, DC$103k to $196k
Data ArchitectAccenture Federal ServicesWashington, DC$126k to $243k

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About this title

Designs how an organization's data is stored, modelled and governed, from lakehouse layers and pipelines to the standards that feed analytics and AI.

7 open postings titled "Data Architect" or close to it at 3 companies (job-board scan, 2026-09-28). One of the postings. Not checked by hand yet.

Median posted salary $167k from 3 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.