Lead Data Architect: Cloud Modernization for Home Lending

Synechron; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Global opportunities

Annual leave

Maternity/Paternity leave

Insurance plan

Retirement plans

Education policy

Commuter benefits

Training opportunities

Udemy for Business

Mentoring programs

Diverse culture

Job summary

Synechron seeks a highly experienced Solution Architect to lead the design and modernization of enterprise Home Lending data platforms in Charlotte, NC. You will define the target-state architecture and cloud strategy, focusing on data models, governance, and FR Y-14M reporting for regulated environments.

The role requires deep expertise in data architecture, GCP, mortgage banking, and large-scale data transformations within financial services.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of Data Architecture, Integration Architecture, or Solution Architecture experience.
• Experience leading cloud modernization and migration programs.
• Strong Banking and Financial Services domain experience.
• Hands-on experience supporting FR Y-14M reporting environments.
• Strong Home Lending and Mortgage domain knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the target-state architecture for Home Lending data platforms.
• Lead cloud modernization and migration initiatives to Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Design scalable, secure, and regulatory-compliant data and integration architectures.
• Develop enterprise data models for mortgage, customer, account, property, and collateral data.
• Architect modern data lake, warehouse, and lakehouse solutions using GCP services.
• Establish data governance, metadata management, lineage, and data quality frameworks.
• Design batch, CDC, event-driven, streaming, and API-based integration solutions.
• Lead modernization and rationalization of legacy platforms including Ab Initio, SAS, and Teradata.
• Ensure compliance with FR Y-14M reporting, regulatory traceability, and audit requirements.
• Define data controls, reconciliation frameworks, and operational governance standards.
• Provide architecture leadership and technical guidance across delivery teams.
• Create architecture standards, technical design documents, and migration roadmaps.

Skills

Data Architecture

Cloud Modernization

GCP

Mortgage Banking

FR Y-14M

BigQuery

Pub/Sub

Dataflow

Python

PySpark

SQL

Data Warehousing

Data Lake Architecture

ETL/ELT Modernization

Tools

Ab Initio

SAS

Teradata

Job description

Synechron seeks a highly experienced Solution Architect to lead the design and modernization of enterprise Home Lending data platforms in Charlotte, NC. You will define the target-state architecture and cloud strategy, focusing on data models, governance, and FR Y-14M reporting for regulated environments.

The role requires deep expertise in data architecture, GCP, mortgage banking, and large-scale data transformations within financial services.