HOUSTON DATA & AI RECRUITMENT
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Harnham is a global Data and AI Recruitment consultancy that have a dedicated team of consultants, to help clients in Houston to find the top Data & AI talent for their data jobs.
Our team are experts in the Data and AI field and have a deep understanding of the Houston AI and data science landscape. We also have an extensive database of both clients and candidates in the area so whether people come to us as job seekers or instead are looking to fill a data role we have the resources to get them exactly what they need.
We work with organizations of all sizes to help them find the best data and analytics, talent in the area. Our consultants are available to discuss clients' specific needs, as well as provide advice and industry insights based on our research, in order to make sure clients can make the best hiring decisions regarding data roles. Discover more by speaking to our Data & AI Recruiters in Houston today.
DATA & AI RECRUITMENT AND STAFFING
HOW WE DO IT
Just like the Data & AI professionals we place, Harnham use tried and tested models in our recruitment processes.
By gaining valuable market knowledge across a range of industries and regions, Harnham is able to provide a service which is second to none within our marketplace.
We have seen unprecedented growth in our specialist sector and always have a wide range of vacancies at both junior and senior level including AI jobs, Data Science jobs, Data Analyst jobs, and Big Data jobs, all available throughout the UK, France, United States, and the Netherlands. To find out more, contact our Data & AI recruiters in Houston todayÂ


WHAT SETS US APART FROM OTHER HOUSTON DATA & AI RECRUITMENT AGENCIES?
Harnham stands out from other Data & AI Recruitment agencies in Houston because of our focus on data-driven roles and our long-standing history of matching the right candidates to the right roles in the data industry.
Our Data & AI Recruiters in Houston are experts in the data analytics space. They use their extensive knowledge and experience to ensure that our clients in Houston are well-advised and thoroughly informed in order to make the best hiring decisions.
Additionally, we are able to provide our clients with industry insights based on our research. For example, we publish both a salary guide and a diversity guide based on the data industry every year, so we provide our clients with enough information to get the best experience when hiring for a Data or AI position.
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Data Center Architect
Dallas
$190000 - $250000
+ Data Management & Governance
PermanentDallas, Texas
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Are you an experienced Data Center Architect ready to drive critical infrastructure decisions at scale? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments where your designs power the core operations of a global organization? If you’re passionate about building secure, high-performance, and future-ready data centers, this opportunity is for you.
About the Company:
My client is a global leader in advanced manufacturing and technology, producing semiconductors that power the world’s most innovative products. With a deep commitment to precision, reliability, and operational excellence, the company’s IT organization plays a vital role in supporting mission-critical systems and enabling technological breakthroughs across industries. Infrastructure is at the core of everything the company builds, and the data center is where it all begins.
About the Role:
My client is seeking a Data Center Architect to design and guide the evolution of its enterprise-scale data center infrastructure. This role sits at the intersection of technology strategy and operations, with responsibility for everything from capacity planning and performance optimization to security and vendor management. You’ll lead the architecture and planning of physical and virtual infrastructure, ensuring the systems are built for scale, efficiency, and resilience.
Key Responsibilities:
- Infrastructure Design: Develop detailed physical and logical designs for data center components, server racks, networking, storage, power, and cooling.
- Capacity Planning: Analyze and forecast data center requirements to support current and future business needs.
- Performance Optimization: Ensure the data center operates at peak efficiency through system and process tuning.
- Security Implementation: Establish strong physical and cyber security measures to protect critical infrastructure.
- Vendor Management: Oversee vendor relationships related to equipment procurement, installation, and service.
- Project Management: Lead infrastructure projects, managing budgets, timelines, and cross-functional coordination.
- Technical Leadership: Mentor IT teams, provide architectural direction, and lead virtualization and automation initiatives.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with server, storage, and executive teams to align architecture with business strategy.
- Trend Monitoring: Stay ahead of emerging trends in data center technology, sustainability, and design.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in data center architecture within large enterprise environments.
- Strong technical knowledge of servers, storage, networking, cooling, and power systems.
- Proven ability to develop end-to-end data center designs and documentation.
- Skilled in performance tuning, virtualization, and automation across infrastructure layers.
- Experienced in managing complex projects and cross-functional initiatives.
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, able to interface with both technical teams and senior leadership.
- Leadership experience in guiding engineering or IT operations teams.
- Relevant certifications in data center technologies and architecture are preferred.
What the Company Offers:
- A high-impact role in a mission-critical function with global visibility.
- The opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and lead major infrastructure initiatives.
- A collaborative environment that values innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package.
- A chance to architect systems that directly support next-generation products and global operations.
If you’re a strategic thinker with the technical depth and leadership skills to shape enterprise-scale infrastructure, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.
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Director of Architecture and Governance
San Antonio
$160000 - $190000
+ Data Management & Governance
PermanentSan Antonio, Texas
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Director of Data Architecture & Governance
Location: San Antonio, TX (On-site)
Salary: $160,000 – $190,000 base
The Role
We’re hiring a Director of Data Architecture & Governance to build the foundation of enterprise data across a complex, multi-system environment. This is a highly strategic, hands-on leadership role. You’ll define the data architecture, implement governance standards, and ensure trusted, compliant data flows across core business systems-spanning finance, operations, HR, and more.
This is the right role for someone who’s led data strategy at scale and is ready to take ownership of a company-wide transformation.
What You’ll Do
- Architect and maintain enterprise data systems including data lakes, warehouses, and real-time pipelines
- Define and enforce data governance policies across business-critical systems (POS, HRIS, finance, supply chain, etc.)
- Standardize metadata, master data, lineage, and stewardship practices across the organization
- Select and implement tools for data cataloging, access control, and classification
- Partner with Legal, IT, HR, and Operations to ensure responsible and compliant data usage
- Lead data quality efforts including validation, cleansing, and auditing
- Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on data infrastructure, risk, and scalability
What We’re Looking For
- 8+ years of experience in data architecture, governance, or enterprise data management
- Proven ability to design scalable, cloud-based data systems (e.g., AWS, GCP, Snowflake)
- Experience with governance frameworks (e.g., DAMA, DMBOK) and compliance requirements (e.g., CCPA, PCI)
- Familiarity with ETL tools, metadata platforms, and data security standards
- Strong leadership, documentation, and cross-functional communication skills
- A systems thinker with a passion for building clean, scalable, business-ready data environments
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Director of Architecture and Data Governance
San Antonio
$150000 - $190000
+ Data Management & Governance
PermanentSan Antonio, Texas
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Director of Architecture & Data Governance
Onsite in San Antonio, Texas
$150,000 – $190,000 base
An established company entering a new era of innovation is seeking a Director of Architecture & Data Governance to lead the transformation of its data infrastructure and governance from the ground up. This is a high-impact role for a hands-on data leader eager to design and implement scalable frameworks that support enterprise-wide decision-making.
If you’re passionate about building modern data ecosystems where none currently exist, influencing enterprise architecture strategy, and ensuring trusted, secure, and well-governed data across the organization-this is your opportunity to own that vision.
What You’ll Own
- Define and implement the company’s enterprise-wide data architecture and governance strategy
- Design systems that support data lakes, data warehouses, real-time platforms, and emerging analytics tools
- Establish and operationalize governance standards: metadata management, lineage, access controls, quality, and compliance
- Lead data quality initiatives and implement scalable solutions for classification, cataloging, and stewardship
- Partner with cross-functional teams (IT, Operations, Legal, HR, and Executive Leadership) to guide responsible data use and shape data-driven culture
- Advise senior leaders on data risk, compliance, and strategic infrastructure planning
- Opportunity to grow and manage a team over time
What You Bring
- 6-8+ years in data architecture, data governance, or enterprise data management roles
- Experience building and operationalizing data infrastructure and governance frameworks from scratch
- Expertise in Azure or similar cloud-based data environments
- Strong knowledge of data management frameworks and compliance standards
- Familiarity with ETL tools, data cataloging platforms, metadata systems, and security protocols
- Exceptional cross-functional communication skills. You can prove your ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders with clarity and confidence
Preferred Experience
- Exposure to operations-heavy environments with data use cases spanning labor, HR, and supply chain
- Comfort with fast-paced, evolving technical environments and an openness to redefining the tech stack as needed
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Business Intelligence Manager
San Antonio
$120000 - $155000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentSan Antonio, Texas
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Business Intelligence Manager
Onsite in San Antonio, Texas
Open to those looking to relocate if you are in the United States
$120,000 – $155,000 base
A forward-looking company focused on modernizing its architecture and analytics capabilities is hiring a Business Intelligence Manager to take full ownership of its enterprise reporting function. This is an individual contributor role to start-with a pathway to leadership-as part of a broader effort to empower data-driven decision-making across the organization.
This is a rare opportunity to step into a greenfield environment and build impactful BI solutions that shape operational decisions, optimize performance, and fuel innovation.
What You’ll Do
- Build, manage, and maintain enterprise dashboards that surface key performance indicators (KPIs) across operational and corporate functions
- Take ownership of the self-service analytics environment, enabling teams to access and interpret critical data
- Create clear, actionable visualizations using tools like Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms
- Define and standardize KPIs, ensuring consistent reporting logic across departments
- Collaborate closely with Operations and expand support into areas like supply chain, labor, and more
- Train internal teams on how to use and interpret dashboards, improving data literacy and adoption
- Work cross-functionally with data engineering and analytics to ensure timely, accurate, and trusted reporting
What You Bring
- 5+ years of experience in BI, reporting, or data visualization roles
- Proficiency with SQL for data querying, transformation, and validation
- Hands-on experience with Power BI, Tableau, Looker, or equivalent tools
- A strong eye for data storytelling-you can translate metrics into meaning for both technical and non-technical users
- Proven ability to thrive in self-service and fast-paced environments
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
Growth & Structure
- Role begins as an individual contributor, with potential to grow into a technical leadership or team management role
- You’ll work closely with stakeholders in Operations initially, with an expanding footprint across the business as reporting needs evolve
This is a unique chance to own BI reporting end-to-end in an organization that places a high priority on speed, clarity, and innovation in its analytics journey.
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Director of Data Architecture and Governance
San Antonio
$180000 - $210000
+ Data Management & Governance
PermanentSan Antonio, Texas
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Title: Director of Data Architecture and Governance
Location: San Antonio, TX – Full-time, On-site (Relocation Required)
Company Background:
Our client is a major fast-food company experiencing rapid growth across the United States. They are transforming their data landscape to support data-driven decision making and need a skilled Director of Data Architecture and Governance to build their data foundation from the ground up.
Key Responsibilities:
We are seeking a Director of Data Architecture and Governance on behalf of our client to lead data quality, integrity, and compliance initiatives in a greenfield technical environment.
- Manage data quality and integrity across all organizational data sources and systems
- Own and implement comprehensive data governance processes and compliance frameworks
- Ensure data cleanliness and establish robust data quality monitoring and remediation processes
- Design and implement scalable data architecture solutions to support business growth
- Manage small teams of data professionals and provide technical leadership
- Focus on operations improvements, expanding to cover supply chain and human resources
- Scale data governance and architecture across the entire organization
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and business needs
- Establish data standards, policies, and procedures for enterprise-wide adoption
- Lead compliance efforts to ensure data handling meets regulatory and industry requirements
Requirements
Experience & Background:
- Minimum 8 years of data architecture and governance experience
- Proven experience managing small teams of data professionals
- Experience building data solutions in greenfield environments
- QSR (Quick Service Restaurant) or restaurant industry experience preferred but not required
Technical Skills:
- Strong expertise in Azure cloud platforms and services
- Broad technical knowledge across multiple frameworks and technologies
- Experience with data quality tools and data governance platforms
- Proficiency in data modeling, ETL processes, and data warehousing concepts
- Knowledge of compliance requirements and data privacy regulations
Additional Qualifications:
- Strong leadership and team management skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
- Proven track record of scaling data operations across multiple business functions
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Business Intelligence Manager
San Antonio
$130000 - $150000
+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights
PermanentSan Antonio, Texas
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Title: BI Manager
Location: San Antonio, TX – Full-time, On-site (Relocation Required)
Company Background:
Our client is a major fast-food company experiencing rapid growth across the United States. They are transforming their data landscape to support data-driven decision making and need a skilled BI Manager to lead their analytics capabilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain dashboards and reports primarily for operations teams
- Develop a self-service analytics environment
- Lead BI initiatives
- Coordinate closely with HR, finance, marketing, and other teams to deliver tailored analytics solutions
- Establish a self-service analytics environment for business users
- Identify and track key performance indicators (KPIs) aligned with business objectives
- Transform complex data into actionable insights and compelling stories for stakeholders
- Write complex SQL queries and develop Power BI visualizations
- Partner with IT teams to ensure data quality and accessibility
- Provide training and support on self-service analytics tools
Requirements
Experience & Background:
- Minimum 5 years of professional business intelligence experience
- Proven experience setting up self-service analytics environments
- Fast-food, restaurant, or retail industry experience is a plus
Technical Skills:
- Advanced proficiency in SQL for data analysis
- Strong expertise in Power BI for dashboard development
- Experience with data warehouse concepts and ETL processes
Additional Qualifications:
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills with data
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Willingness to relocate to San Antonio, TX area
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