New Charter Technologies · 1 month ago
Lead Data Platform Architect
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
7+ years expNew Charter Technologies is focused on building innovative technology solutions for small-to-medium sized businesses. The Lead Data Platform Architect is responsible for designing and implementing the data infrastructure needed to support business decision-making through reliable and scalable data architectures.
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Responsibilities
Design data and integration capabilities starting from business questions and decision needs, not tools or platforms
Partner with the SVP, Business Performance & Integration to define a pragmatic, outcome-based roadmap for data, integration, and automation
Ensure architectural decisions balance reliability, scalability, security, and business value
Align architecture strategy with the Steering Committee and the Office of the CISO
Design and implement the minimum viable data platform required to support enterprise and OpCo decision-making
Build and evolve ingestion, modeling, transformation, and orchestration pipelines (ELT/ETL) based on demonstrated business demand
Establish clear, consistent definitions for core metrics and datasets across operating companies
Implement governance, data quality standards, and schema discipline appropriate to platform maturity
Evolve the platform over time into a more robust data lake or warehouse when justified by volume, complexity, or analytical need
Partner with BI, analytics, and downstream consumers to ensure data is trusted, discoverable, and usable
Design and implement pragmatic API and integration frameworks (REST, GraphQL, webhooks, event-driven patterns) to support real business workflows
Own API lifecycle management including documentation, versioning, security, and performance
Evaluate and implement integration platforms (iPaaS, middleware) when they reduce friction and manual work — not by default
Leverage AI-enabled tools where appropriate to improve ingestion reliability, anomaly detection, and automation while maintaining strong governance
Work closely with IT, Business Performance, Finance, Sales, Service Delivery, and Product teams to translate operational needs into usable data
Provide architectural guidance during M&A, system migrations, and new platform rollouts with a focus on speed to clarity
Act as an escalation point for complex integration and data design decisions
Ensure all integrations and data flows adhere to security, compliance, and risk standards
Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure platform reliability and trust
Establish CI/CD, version control, and automated testing practices appropriate to platform maturity
Design systems that are maintainable by future teams — not dependent on tribal knowledge
Qualification
Required
7–10+ years in data engineering, system integration, or enterprise architecture roles
Strong hands-on experience designing and building data platforms that support analytics and decision-making
Experience with ELT/ETL, SQL, data modeling, and data governance
Practical experience evaluating and using data platforms such as Snowflake, Azure SQL, Databricks, or similar
Hands-on experience designing and integrating APIs and distributed systems
Strong cloud architecture experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Ability to balance technical rigor with business pragmatism
Proven ability to work cross-functionally and explain architectural tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders
Preferred
Experience in an MSP, technology services, or multi-business-unit environment
Experience with integration platforms (e.g., MuleSoft, Boomi, Zapier, Workato, or similar)
Familiarity with data security and compliance frameworks (SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR)
Experience supporting analytics, BI, or machine learning pipelines
Agile/Scrum leadership experience
Experience supporting BI, analytics, or data science teams
Comfort operating in low-maturity environments and building clarity from ambiguity
Company
New Charter Technologies
New Charter Technologies operates as a Managed Service Provider (MSP).
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Bryan Bodhaine
CFO
Peter Melby
Chief Revenue Officer
Recent News
2026-01-14
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