Lead, Solutions Architect - Data Analytics Engineering
Under Armour, Inc. · Columbia, SC
$125,000–$165,000from the description
Jul 23, 2026
Columbia, SC
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior technical leadership role focused on designing and governing enterprise-scale data and analytics platforms, primarily built around Snowflake and dbt. Day-to-day work spans architecting ELT pipelines, enforcing data modeling and CI/CD standards, overseeing production reliability, and mentoring engineering teams. The role also involves cross-functional program leadership and applying automation and generative AI to improve engineering workflows. Suited to a seasoned data or analytics engineer with deep hands-on platform expertise.
Senior level · 7+ years · Baltimore, MD · Full-time
Advertised as Staff, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 8 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 10 people in the Baltimore, MD area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 7–15
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $135,863 (middle half $104,590–$179,359). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The posting is tagged '#REMOTE #HYBRID' but the body explicitly requires the candidate to reside within commuting distance of the Baltimore, MD HQ with periodic on-site attendance — treated as non-remote.
The degree requirement lists 'Bachelor's or Master's' but does not hard-gate on either; equivalent experience is implied by the 7+ years experience gate and the 'or related technical field' framing — degree requirement left as None.
Elementum appears only in the qualifications narrative as an example automation platform ('such as Elementum'), making it a preferred/contextual signal rather than a hard gate.
Generative AI is mentioned both in responsibilities and qualifications but framed as 'ability to leverage responsibly' — treated as preferred.
The role title says 'Lead' which maps most naturally to Staff advertised seniority; however, the actual scope (mentoring junior engineers, owning components, cross-functional influence) is consistent with a Senior individual contributor rather than a true Staff/multi-team technical director — seniority set to Senior.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role is primarily data platform architecture and ELT/dbt engineering (15-1243 Database Architects), but the strong CI/CD, Python automation, and software delivery emphasis creates a plausible case for 15-1252 Software Developers.
dbt certifications and SAP ERP domain knowledge are listed under 'Preferred' and are not extracted as separate skills since SAP ERP is domain knowledge (not a concrete tool gate) and dbt certification is a credential rather than a technology skill.
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