Senior Cloud & Data Platform Architect

Scale Army

Role Overview

The Senior Cloud & Data Platform Architect will lead the design, architecture, and implementation of the organization s data infrastructure. This role is responsible for owning the end-to-end data platform, integrating marketing, systems, and behavioral data to enable real-time analytics, advanced targeting, reporting, and data-driven decision-making. This is a hands-on, senior role with full ownership of technical design, execution, and architectural direction.

Key Responsibilities Data Architecture & Infrastructure

• Architect and implement the organization s data infrastructure, including databases, pipelines, and analytics platforms.

• Design and build scalable data models that ensure accuracy, performance, and alignment with business needs.

• Develop and own data warehousing solutions to support advanced analytics such as LTV, attribution, ROI, churn, and forecasting.

• Lead the integration of marketing, CRM, and operational data to create a unified view of customer behavior.

• Establish best practices for data modeling, identity resolution, and event tracking.

Cloud & DevOps Ownership

• Take full ownership of AWS infrastructure, including VPC, EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, IAM, and CloudWatch.

• Ensure system resilience, security, scalability, and cost efficiency.

• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform or CloudFormation.

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data workflows.

• Optimize database performance through schema design, indexing, and tuning.

• Oversee serverless architectures and ETL/ELT pipelines.

Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Define and enforce data standards to ensure consistency, scalability, and compliance.

• Mentor and guide teams on best practices in data management, analytics, and cloud operations.

• Translate business and revenue objectives into technical data solutions.

• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to prioritize high-impact initiatives.

Qualifications Experience

• 5+ years of experience in data architecture, cloud engineering, or DevOps, with a strong focus on AWS and database design.

• Proven experience building large-scale data platforms from the ground up.

• Hands-on experience with modern data architectures, including data lakes, warehouses, and event-driven systems.

Skills

• Deep expertise in AWS services including VPC, EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, IAM, and CloudWatch.

• Strong SQL skills, performance tuning, and data warehousing expertise.

• Experience with ETL/ELT tools such as dbt, Airflow, or AWS Glue.

• Familiarity with analytics and BI tools such as PowerBI and Fabric.

• Ability to lead technical discussions, make architectural recommendations, and drive alignment.

• Strong communication skills, able to explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Strategic, proactive, and pragmatic mindset with a hands-on execution approach.

What Success Looks Like

• A scalable, secure, and high-performance data infrastructure supporting real-time analytics and growth.

• Clear ownership of the full data lifecycle, from architecture through execution and documentation.

• Actionable insights delivered consistently to business teams.

• Strong operational excellence with minimal technical debt and reliable cloud systems.

Opportunity

This is a high-impact opportunity for a senior architect to shape the future of data at a growing organization. You ll have autonomy to define the technical vision, own critical systems, and see your work drive measurable business outcomes through scalable, modern data infrastructure.