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Data architecture consulting services

Build a data architecture designed for your business outcomes, with Pythian's data architecture consulting services. A well-designed architecture is the foundation of your entire data strategy, enabling you to unlock the full value of your information assets. Our expert consultants help you design, implement, and manage a modern data architecture that is scalable, secure, and optimized for performance. We create a strategic blueprint that aligns with your goals, ensuring you can harness your data to reduce costs, accelerate innovation, and make smarter, faster decisions.

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25+

Years of experience

For over two decades, we have been helping the world's leading organizations solve their most complex data challenges, giving us the deep expertise needed to design and implement a truly effective data architecture.

45+

Data technologies supported

Pythian supports over 45 technologies—from cloud platforms and data warehouses to data lakes and databases—ensuring we can design the optimal data architecture for your unique technology stack.

500+

Global customers

As a global service provider, we serve customers across the world—many who have been with us for decades, and trust us to design and manage the critical data architectures that run their business.

What's included in Pythian's data architecture consulting service?

A strategic blueprint for your data foundation

Our data architecture consulting is a comprehensive service designed to handle every stage of your journey. We do more than just design your data ecosystem; we create a strategic roadmap to ensure your architecture delivers sustained value, superior performance, and cost-effectiveness from day one.

Data architecture assessment

We begin by assessing your current data landscape, systems, and workflows to understand their connections and identify performance bottlenecks and risks. Our consultants then analyze your technical needs and business goals to create a strategic plan that ensures the project delivers measurable value.

Future-state architecture design

We analyze your environment to create a detailed architectural blueprint. The plan matches your business requirements to the right platforms and technologies—such as modern data warehouses, data lakes, or lakehouses—to create a new architecture designed to improve performance and lower your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Data modeling and integration

We design and implement robust data models that define how data is structured, stored, and accessed. Our team establishes scalable data integration and ETL/ELT processes to ensure a seamless flow of information across your organization, from source systems to analytics platforms.

Data governance and security

We help you establish a comprehensive data governance framework to ensure data quality, consistency, and compliance. Our consultants design and implement robust security controls from the start, ensuring your sensitive data is protected and that your business can meet strict regulatory requirements.

Wayfair modernizes its data architecture on Google Cloud

eCommerce leader Wayfair needed to move beyond its complex, monolithic database to support rapid growth. By migrating to a modern microservices architecture on Google Cloud, Wayfair now releases new features in a single day instead of years, has cut millions in costs, and improved browsing speed by 23%, all while reducing fraud by 30%.

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Business outcomes you can expect from our data architecture consulting service

Build a data foundation that drives growth

A modern data architecture is the foundational step for any business looking to become truly data-driven. We help you design a data ecosystem that reduces your TCO, improves performance, and simplifies workflows, allowing you to innovate faster and make more confident decisions.

Improve data-driven decision-making

Centralize your data and break down silos to create a single source of truth. A well-designed architecture makes data more accessible, reliable, and timely, empowering your teams to make faster, more accurate decisions.

Increase scalability and performance

We design your data architecture to handle growing data volumes and evolving business needs. Our consultants leverage modern cloud platforms to build an optimized ecosystem for faster data processing and improved query performance.

Reduce total cost of ownership

Moving to a modern data architecture reduces costs. We help you optimize your data storage, processing, and management, eliminating expensive hardware and switching to a flexible, pay-as-you-go model so you only pay for what you use.

Strengthen security and compliance

Design and implement your data environment with robust security controls and governance from the start. We ensure your data is protected and that your business can meet strict regulatory and compliance requirements like GDPR and CCPA.

Discovery and assessment

We begin by assessing your current data systems, infrastructure, and business processes to understand their connections and identify key challenges and opportunities.

Strategic design

We analyze your environment to create a detailed architectural blueprint and strategic roadmap. The plan matches your workloads to the right technologies and provides a new cloud-native architecture designed to improve performance and reduce costs.

Implementation and modernization

Our team manages the full implementation of your new data architecture. We build out the infrastructure, establish data pipelines, and migrate data using best practices to prevent disruption to your business.

Governance and management

Our support extends beyond implementation. We offer post-launch managed services to support your day-to-day operations, including continuous monitoring, performance optimization, and cost management.

Wayfair accelerates innovation with Google Cloud

Learn how Wayfair migrated its traditional, monolithic database to a modern microservices architecture on Google Cloud. The transformation accelerated feature deployment from years to just one day and improved database uptime to 99.9% for mission-critical services.

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University of Sussex enhances monitoring with Elastic Stack

Facing an unstable and resource-intensive monitoring system, the University of Sussex partnered with Pythian to redesign its data architecture. Migrating to a simplified Elastic Stack solution improved system reliability, enabled real-time alerting, and provided the ability to confidently investigate student submission claims.

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Openforce improves reporting with a modern data warehouse

Openforce enhanced its data-driven decision-making by implementing a new data warehouse architecture on AWS using Snowflake and AWS Glue. The new system provides timely, actionable insights, automates reporting, and has improved client satisfaction and retention.

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Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about data architecture consulting services

Data architecture consulting services are provided by an experienced partner like Pythian to help you design, build, and optimize the foundational structure of your data ecosystem. We use a proven process to create a strategic blueprint that aligns with your business goals, reduces costs, improves performance, and ensures your data is secure and governed.

You should hire a data architecture consultant to de-risk the complex design process and ensure your data ecosystem is optimized for scalability, performance, and cost-effectiveness from day one. Our consultants have deep expertise in modern data platforms and can help you select the right technologies and design a future-proof architecture that supports your business strategy.

Our data architecture consulting services cover the entire project lifecycle. We begin with a comprehensive assessment of your current environment, then create a detailed strategic design and implementation roadmap. We manage the deployment with minimal disruption and can offer post-launch managed services for ongoing support and optimization.

Yes. We specialize in modernizing legacy data architectures. Our consultants can help you migrate from on-premise systems to the cloud, consolidate disparate data sources into a unified data warehouse or lakehouse, and re-architect your data pipelines for improved efficiency and performance.

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