Senior Data Platform Architect — Cloud-Scale Analytics

Live Nation Worldwide, Inc.; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Free concert tickets

401(k) with company match

New parent programs

Tuition reimbursement

Volunteer time off

Stock reimbursement

Job summary

Live Nation Entertainment is seeking a Senior Solution Architect for the Core Data Services team to design, implement, and optimize end-to-end data warehouse and analytics solutions. You will translate requirements into robust technical designs for real-time, high-volume use cases.

You will work with data engineers, platform teams, and business stakeholders to define standards, build scalable data platforms, and guide best practices in ETL, data modeling, and API integration across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in data engineering or architecture roles, with strong expertise in data warehousing and distributed data systems.
• Proven experience building large-scale, high-throughput data pipelines using Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake, S3, and related technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design & Architecture: Define and implement modern data warehouse architecture and frameworks, covering data modeling, ETL pipelines, orchestration, storage, and access patterns.
• Build & Deliver: Develop scalable data solutions leveraging Databricks, AWS, and other modern tools to handle large-scale, high-frequency data workloads.
• Integration & APIs: Design and build APIs and data integration layers to enable interoperability across systems and real-time data access.
• Optimization & Reliability: Continuously improve performance, scalability, and cost efficiency across ETL processes, compute environments, and data delivery systems.
• Collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams—including Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, and Analytics—to align technical solutions with business outcomes.
• Data Governance & Standards: Champion best practices for data quality, lineage, metadata management, and compliance.
• Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Create architecture diagrams, technical documentation, and design templates to support reuse and consistency across the organization.

Skills

Python

SQL

ETL design

Data modeling

APIs

Cloud computing

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in CS/IS

Tools

Databricks

Spark

Delta Lake

S3

Snowflake

Redshift

BigQuery

Job description

Live Nation Entertainment is seeking a Senior Solution Architect for the Core Data Services team to design, implement, and optimize end-to-end data warehouse and analytics solutions. You will translate requirements into robust technical designs for real-time, high-volume use cases.

You will work with data engineers, platform teams, and business stakeholders to define standards, build scalable data platforms, and guide best practices in ETL, data modeling, and API integration across the