Principal Data Architect - Data Modernization (MarTech)

Job Description: Principal Data Architect - Data Modernization (MarTech) | Onsite, US | 15+ years Anblicks is seeking a Principal Data Architect to serve as the design authority across a portfolio of large-scale data platform modernization programs. This architect sets architecture standards, drives data modeling and solution strategy across cloud data platforms, and leads a central enablement function that converts delivery learnings into reusable accelerators and playbooks. This is a hands-on architecture leadership role for someone who has personally architected legacy-to-modern transformations at enterprise scale. Key Responsibilities - Own architecture standards, data modeling direction, and solution strategies across Snowflake, Databricks, and legacy conversion workstreams. - Chair design reviews across parallel delivery teams; ensure consistent, high-quality architecture decisions and safe migration and cutover designs. - Define validation and reconciliation strategies for large-scale data migrations, including parallel-run frameworks and tolerance models. - Direct an enablement team building accelerators, reusable frameworks, and delivery playbooks; drive adoption and measure reuse across programs. - Advise client architecture leadership; support architecture sign-off, risk assessment, and change management for platform transitions. - Champion AI-enabled engineering practices (code conversion, test generation, AI-assisted development) across delivery teams. Qualifications - 15+ years in data architecture and engineering, with enterprise-scale architecture leadership across cloud data platforms. - MarTech domain expertise is a must: identity resolution, customer data, audience segmentation, suppression, and campaign data flows. - Deep, hands-on experience architecting data platform modernization programs (legacy to modern cloud platforms), including AI-enabled and accelerator-driven delivery, migration planning, data validation and reconciliation strategies, parallel runs, and cutover execution. - Strong data modeling depth (dimensional, medallion/lakehouse) and modern transformation frameworks (dbt or equivalent). - Proven design authority across multiple concurrent teams; ability to both lead and execute. - Snowflake and/or Databricks architecture certifications preferred; accelerator or IP development leadership a plus.