Strategic Cloud Data Architect & Platform Leader

LPL Financial; New York (NY); On-site; USD 156,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K matching

Health benefits

Employee stock options

Paid time off

Volunteer time off

Job summary

LPL Financial is seeking a visionary Principal Data Architect to define and lead the enterprise data architecture strategy for cloud-native platforms and systems of record. The role partners with Product, Engineering, Security, Operations, and Enterprise Architecture to establish standards and modernization roadmaps that enable scalable, secure, and trusted data solutions for business growth.

You will drive data strategy, design governance, and implement domain-oriented architectures while

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Data Architecture or Enterprise Architecture.
• 10+ years AWS cloud services and platform architecture.
• 5+ years in Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, Lakehouse architectures.
• 10+ years in domain-driven design and enterprise integration patterns.
• 5+ years in enterprise security architectures including IAM and data protection.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Data architecture

Enterprise architecture

AWS cloud

Data governance

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Apache Iceberg

Delta Lake

AWS Glue Data Catalog

Athena

Amazon S3

Job description

LPL Financial is seeking a visionary Principal Data Architect to define and lead the enterprise data architecture strategy for cloud-native platforms and systems of record. The role partners with Product, Engineering, Security, Operations, and Enterprise Architecture to establish standards and modernization roadmaps that enable scalable, secure, and trusted data solutions for business growth.

You will drive data strategy, design governance, and implement domain-oriented architectures while