Data Platform Architect – AI Enablement

Position Summary
Smart City Networks is seeking a Data Platform Architect AI Enablement to design and build the companys
modern data foundation and enable scalable AI-driven analytics across venues and events.
This is a foundational hands-on leadership role responsible for establishing Smart Citys analytical single source of
truth by unifying operational financial event and network data into a governed scalable platform.
This role will lay the groundwork for predictive analytics AI-enabled reporting and future data products that
support venue executives and internal teams. The ideal candidate combines strong data modeling and engineering
expertise with practical AI experience and enjoys building systems from the ground up in a growing organization.
This role reports to Vice President Engineering and is based at the Smart City Networks corporate office in Las
Vegas Nevada.

Key Responsibilities
Data Platform Ownership & Architecture
Design implement and evolve Smart Citys analytical data platform (shadow analytics layer)
Build and manage ingestion pipelines from CRM/ERP systems financial platforms network telemetry
logging systems and third-party APIs
Develop standardized data models and curated datasets that support cross-domain analytics
Establish consistent metric definitions across venues and events
Ensure data quality observability documentation and lineage
Design for scalability cost efficiency and long-term maintainability
AI Enablement & Advanced Analytics
Prepare structured governed datasets for predictive modeling and AI-driven use cases
Partner with internal stakeholders and external AI consultants to operationalize AI solutions
Support development of forecasting models related to attendance network demand exhibitor behavior
and venue performance
Ensure AI initiatives are built on reusable governed data foundations
Contribute to evaluation and integration of modern AI and analytics platforms
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Work closely with internal stakeholders and external AI consultants to operationalize AI solutions to
prioritize high-value use cases
Translate business questions into scalable data solutions
Support executive leadership with trusted consistent performance metrics
Reduce manual reporting reconciliation and ad-hoc data work across teams
Governance & Data Stewardship
Establish baseline data classification and governance practices
Implement access controls and role-based data usage patterns
Promote responsible AI and data usage practices
Support compliance privacy and security considerations as analytics capabilities expand

Required Qualifications
510 years of experience in data engineering analytics engineering or data platform roles
Strong SQL and data modeling expertise
Experience building and maintaining modern analytics stacks (cloud or hybrid)
Experience working with structured transactional systems and APIs
Familiarity with telemetry event or operational datasets
Experience preparing data for AI/ML workflows
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Comfortable operating in an evolving build-first environment
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with modern lakehouse or cloud analytics platforms (e.g. Databricks Snowflake BigQuery)
Exposure to AI productization or predictive modeling workflows
Knowledge of data governance privacy and security frameworks
Experience in venues events telecommunications hospitality or similar industries

What This Role Is
A foundational builder of Smart Citys AI-ready data platform
A hands-on leader who designs and implements solutions
A strategic partner to Product and Services
A driver of scalable governed analytics

What This Role Is Not
Not a pure reporting analyst
Not a traditional DBA
Not an AI-only experimentation role
Not a vendor-dependent oversight position

Growth Path
As Smart Citys data capabilities mature this role has the opportunity to:
Expand into a broader data leadership position
Mentor and grow a small data engineering and analytics team
Influence long-term AI and analytics strategy

Company Benefits

• Medical and Prescription Drug
• Paid Time Off
• Supplemental Accident Critical Illness and Hospital Care
• Dental
• Vision
• Basic Life/AD&D
• Voluntary Life
• Short-Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Retirement 401(K)
• Life Assistance Program (LAP)
• Wellness
• Tuition Reimbursement

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees employment with Smart City Networks will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check including a drug screen.

Smart City Networks is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race religion color national origin gender (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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