Senior Data Architect

Harvard Partners, LLP, Trusted Advisors to IT; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvard Partners, LLP, Trusted Advisors to IT, is seeking a Senior Data Architect to lead the solution architecture for a high-visibility enterprise data strategy program. This role involves designing a target-state data platform that integrates with cloud technologies such as AWS, including the use of Apache Iceberg and Trino.

The ideal candidate will possess over 10 years of senior data architecture experience, strong communication skills, and a deep understanding of data governance practices. Responsibilities include managing complex technical concepts and providing insight to business stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of senior data architecture experience on enterprise programs.
• Deep understanding of AWS-centric data platforms including S3 / S3 Tables and Athena.
• Hands-on experience with lakehouse technologies including Apache Iceberg and Trino.
• Expertise in data modeling using Erwin.
• Experience with data governance standards and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture for an enterprise data strategy program.
• Design a governed, AWS-centric data lakehouse incorporating various technologies.
• Conduct data virtualization to make on-prem Oracle data consumable by cloud sources.
• Ensure compliance with data governance and architecture standards.
• Enable the platform's AI layer utilizing Amazon tools and external solutions.

Skills

Senior data architecture experience

AWS-centric data platform

Apache Iceberg

PostgreSQL / cloud databases

Data governance & architecture governance

Strong communication skills

Tools

Alation

Dataiku

Databricks

Job description

As a Senior Data Architect, you will lead solution architecture for a high-visibility enterprise data strategy program, and will be responsible for designing the target-state data platform and explaining it clearly to business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Solution architecture for a strategic enterprise data program — current-state assessment through target-state design and roadmap.
• Designing a governed, AWS-centric data lakehouse: Apache Iceberg on Amazon S3 / S3 Tables, with Trino, Apache Spark, and Amazon Athena for query and compute.
• Data virtualization/federation (Denodo) to make on-prem Oracle data consumable by cloud sources.
• Conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling in erwin, to enterprise modeling standards.
• Working within data governance and architecture governance: data-as-a-product, raw/work/publish zone standards, cataloging in Alation.
• Enabling the platform's AI layer — Amazon Bedrock, Bedrock AgentCore, MCP servers — plus tools like Dataiku and potentially Databricks.

Qualifications

• Senior data architecture experience (10+ years as a guide) on enterprise programs.
• AWS-centric data platform depth: S3 / S3 Tables, Athena, AWS-native analytics.
• Hands-on lakehouse: Apache Iceberg, Trino, Apache Spark.
• PostgreSQL / cloud databases; experience consuming on-prem Oracle sources.
• Expert data modeling (conceptual/logical/physical) in Erwin.
• Data governance & architecture governance; modeling standards, zone standards, data-as-a-product / data mesh.
• Data catalog/governance tooling — Alation strongly preferred.
• Strong communicator who can explain complex technical concepts to business users and collaborate with other data teams such as actuaries. Comfortable being visible from director level through engineering.

Nice Qualifications to have

• GenAI / agentic solutions on Amazon Bedrock and Bedrock Agent.
• Core.MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers.
• Dataiku and/or Databricks.
• Financial services/insurance domain experience.