Principal Data Architect Jobs (NOW HIRING)

<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Real people. Real service.</span></strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">At </span><a href="https://www.supplyhouse.com/"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">SupplyHouse.com</span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto">, we value every individual team member and cultivate a community where people come first. Led by our core values of </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">G</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">enerosity, </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">R</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">espect, </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">I</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">nnovation, </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">T</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">eamwork, and GRIT, we’re dedicated to maintaining a supportive work environment that celebrates diversity and empowers everyone to reach their full potential. As an industry-leading e-commerce company specializing in HVAC, plumbing, heating, and electrical supplies since 2004, we strive to foster growth while providing the best possible experience for our customers.</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto"><iframe style="display: table; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uInKvloCKd8?si=5rTgd7Pbm8_s3jhG" width="560" height="314"></iframe></span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">We are looking for a<strong> Principal Data Architect </strong></span><span data-contrast="auto">to join our IT Team. This individual will report into our Vice President of IT, and will be responsible for defining and driving our enterprise data architecture strategy while remaining hands-on in delivering scalable, reliable data products. This role operates at a company-wide scope, shaping long-term data platform direction, governance standards, and scalable architecture patterns that enable analytics, AI/ML, operational systems, and business intelligence. As a strategic individual contributor, the Principal Data Architect will partner with executive leadership, Engineering, Analytics, Security, and Product teams to ensure data is reliable, secure, governed, and positioned as a competitive advantage.</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">remote</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> position is open to individuals who live in, or are open to relocating to, the following states: </span><em><span data-contrast="auto">Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.</span></em></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This position requires travel to our headquarters in Melville, NY 3 times per year for internal meetings and team building activities. Additional travel may be required based on department and company needs. We reimburse reasonable and necessary travel expenses, and you’re also welcome to work on-site anytime beyond these visits – our doors are always open.</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Role Type: </span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">Full-Time, Exempt</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Location: </span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">Remote</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Schedule: </span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Base Salary: </span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">$</span>144,433<span data-contrast="auto"> – $</span>180,541<span data-contrast="auto"> per year</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Responsibilities:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}">&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Design, build, and maintain scalable ELT/ETL pipelines into BigQuery for core domains (orders, customers, products, inventory, fulfillment, procurement, marketing)</span></li> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Build orchestration patterns with strong operational rigor (retries, idempotency, backfills, SLAs/SLOs, incident response) to enable reliable delivery</span></li> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Implement data quality and testing frameworks (freshness checks, anomaly detection, unit/integration tests) and standardize monitoring/observability</span></li> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Standardize CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code patterns for data systems and guide teams on best practices for ingestion, transformation, and orchestration</span></li> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Lead modernization initiatives such as legacy warehouse to cloud lakehouse migrations and platform upgrades</span></li> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Create and own curated, analytics-ready datasets and models (dimensional/conformed, semantic-ready layers) that make reporting fast, consistent, and self-serve</span></li> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Establish and enforce standards for conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling</span></li> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Oversee domain-driven modeling and data product design through reusable patterns and reference implementations</span></li> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Establish data architecture standards including modeling conventions, schema evolution/versioning, incremental loading strategies, and warehouse performance patterns</span></li> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Define and evolve the enterprise data architecture vision aligned to business strategy, including canonical data models, domain boundaries, and integration patterns</span></li> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Lead architecture decisions for data warehousing, lakehouse, streaming, MDM, and operational data platforms</span></li> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Evaluate and select strategic data technologies and vendors</span></li> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Partner with Security and Legal to design privacy and compliance architectures (GDPR/CCPA/SOC2-aligned approaches) and establish enterprise governance frameworks</span></li> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Build governance fundamentals including documentation, lineage/metadata, access controls, and PII handling</span></li> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Act as the escalation point for data architecture decisions and mentor senior engineers/architects through reviews, templates, and best practices</span></li> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Partner with application engineering and analytics stakeholders to define data contracts and ensure reliable upstream/downstream integrations</span></li> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Translate business capabilities into scalable data platform solutions</span></li> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Optimize cost and performance across BigQuery workloads (query optimization, partition pruning, clustering strategies, and workload management where applicable)</span></li> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Drive adoption of emerging capabilities (real-time analytics, AI enablement, semantic layers, data mesh) and develop multi-year data roadmap and maturity models</span></li> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Operate at enterprise scope across multiple business domains</span></li> <li><span class="fieldValue font-semibold">Influence strategy beyond the immediate team and set technical direction that others follow</span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Requirements:</span></strong></p> <ul> <li><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}">Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, Information Systems,&nbsp;or a related field</span></li> <li><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157400525 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Style9"><span class="ContentControlBoundarySink SCXW207122855 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">​A minimum of 10</span><span class="FieldRange SCXW207122855 BCX0"><span class="TextRun SCXW207122855 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW207122855 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Style12" 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