Senior M&A Data Architect

LPL Financial LLC; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 163,667 - 272,847; Full time

Job summary

LPL Financial LLC is seeking a Principal M&A Architect to lead the Enterprise Data Architecture for the Merger & Acquisition group. You will guide technology due diligence, integration strategy, target-state architecture, and business transformation across acquired entities.

You will direct cross-functional teams, define roadmaps, and ensure governance, data integration, and platform consolidation align with enterprise standards and modernization goals.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on design and implementation experience in enterprise architecture.
• 5+ years migrating legacy platforms to modern data platforms.
• 3+ years experience in application development, middleware, database management or operations, security, and integration.
• At least one cloud certification (AWS primary, Azure secondary).
• One industry-recognized tool/framework certification required.

Responsibilities

• Lead M&A architecture with technology due diligence, integration strategy, target-state architecture, and business transformation.
• Direct end-to-end technology assessments of applications, infrastructure, data platforms, cybersecurity, technical debt, and integration complexity.
• Define target-state architecture, integration roadmaps, and transition strategies for consolidating capabilities.
• Coordinate cross-functional architecture teams to align with enterprise standards and modernization goals.
• Lead application portfolio assessments and platform consolidation to reduce redundancies and costs.
• Design data integration strategies across acquired entities, harmonizing processes.
• Assess risks (technology, operational, cybersecurity, regulatory) and establish governance for compliance.
• Partner with C-suite and business leaders to align priorities with enterprise strategy.
• Drive post-acquisition modernization including cloud migration, API enablement, and data transformation.
• Define future operating models to support scalable growth and customer experience.
• Manage large-scale integration programs and multi-year roadmaps with measurable outcomes.

Skills

Data architecture

Cloud platforms

M&A architecture

APIs

Kafka

DevOps

Communication

SAFe / Agile

Education

AWS certification

Azure certification

Industry tool certification

Tools

SQL

NoSQL

Big Data

GraphDB

APIs

Kafka

Streaming

Job description

LPL Financial LLC is seeking a Principal M&A Architect to lead the Enterprise Data Architecture for the Merger & Acquisition group. You will guide technology due diligence, integration strategy, target-state architecture, and business transformation across acquired entities.

You will direct cross-functional teams, define roadmaps, and ensure governance, data integration, and platform consolidation align with enterprise standards and modernization goals.