Senior Data Architect - Cloud-Native Platforms & Governance

LPL Financial; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 156,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

LPL Financial is seeking a Principal Data Architect to define and lead the enterprise data architecture strategy for cloud-native data platforms and systems of record. The role partners with Product, Engineering, Security, Operations, and Enterprise Architecture to establish standards, modernization roadmaps, and technology strategies while providing technical leadership across multiple initiatives.

The candidate will drive data strategy, modern data platforms, data governance, and secure,

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Data Architecture

AWS Cloud

Data Lakes/Warehouses

Data Mesh/Data Products

Security Architectures

Tools

Apache Iceberg

Delta Lake

Data Zone

Glue Data Catalog

Athena

Redshift

Job description

LPL Financial is seeking a Principal Data Architect to define and lead the enterprise data architecture strategy for cloud-native data platforms and systems of record. The role partners with Product, Engineering, Security, Operations, and Enterprise Architecture to establish standards, modernization roadmaps, and technology strategies while providing technical leadership across multiple initiatives.

The candidate will drive data strategy, modern data platforms, data governance, and secure,