Cloud Data Architect & Strategy Leader

LPL Financial; New York (NY); On-site; USD 156,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

LPL Financial is seeking a visionary Principal Data Architect to define and lead our enterprise data architecture strategy for cloud-native platforms and systems of record. You will partner with product, engineering, security, operations, and enterprise architecture to set standards and modernization roadmaps.

This role drives scalable, secure, and trusted data solutions that enable growth and data-driven decision making, while providing technical leadership across multiple initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Data Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, or large-scale data platform engineering.
• Strong expertise in AWS cloud services and platform architecture.
• 5+ years experience with Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, Lakehouse architectures, and modern data platforms.
• 10+ years experience with domain-driven design, event-driven architecture, and enterprise integration patterns.
• 5+ years experience in enterprise security architectures including IAM, encryption, data protection, governance and observability.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive enterprise data architecture strategy, roadmaps, and target-state blueprints.
• Lead architectural initiatives with product and engineering teams to design scalable solutions.
• Establish standards, design principles, reference architectures, and best practices for enterprise data platforms.
• Translate business objectives into technology strategies and architecture roadmaps.
• Contribute to governance, technology standards, and modernization initiatives.

Skills

Data Architecture

Enterprise Architecture

AWS Cloud

Data Lakes

Lakehouse

Data Mesh

Data Governance

Security Architectures

IAM & Encryption

Job description

LPL Financial is seeking a visionary Principal Data Architect to define and lead our enterprise data architecture strategy for cloud-native platforms and systems of record. You will partner with product, engineering, security, operations, and enterprise architecture to set standards and modernization roadmaps.

This role drives scalable, secure, and trusted data solutions that enable growth and data-driven decision making, while providing technical leadership across multiple initiatives.