Senior Data Architect
Date: Jun 24, 2025
Location: Charlotte, NC, US, 28211
Company: Nucor
Job Details
Division: Nucor Business Technology
Location: Charlotte, NC, United States
Other Available Locations: N/A
Welcome to Nucor, where our unique culture sets us apart. Joining Nucor means becoming part of North America's largest steel and steel products manufacturer, offering unmatched career opportunities and stability. We are known for our innovative sustainability practices and are the continent's largest recycler. Our vibrant culture, built on personal connections and teamwork, empowers every team member with the freedom to innovate and contribute to our collective success. Experience a workplace where safety, efficiency, and meaningful personal connections define every day, enriching both our teammates and the communities we serve.
Nucor supports its teammates with top-tier benefits like Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability Insurance, 401K and Roth accounts, Profit sharing, Pay-for-performance bonuses, Paid parental leave, Tuition reimbursement, Stock program, Scholarships and more.
Basic Job Functions:
Nucor Business Technology (NBT) is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Senior Data Architect.
As NBT Senior Data Architect, this position will be a technical leader on the Data Integration Team.
This position is responsible for providing technical leadership in building world-class data integration solutions to support business needs.
- Define and model the data integration architecture needs across Nucor.
- Ensure that industry-accepted data architecture principles and standards are integrated and followed to meet technical and business goals.
- Maintain secure, high quality, reliable data delivery.
- Work closely with teams to collect and translate information requirements into data to develop data-centric solutions that meet current needs and are scalable to adopt future changes in technology. Leading this effort requires coordination and integration with various project teams across Nucor.
- Lead effort to manage and improve Nucor's Data Lakehouse architecture.
- Provide assistance and thought leadership for defining our Nucor Master and Reference Data Management strategy.
This is a full-time, permanent position with the Nucor Business Technology Team. Teammate location will be based in Charlotte NC.
A willingness to travel periodically and domestically is required to satisfy project or training demands.
Safety is the most important part of all jobs within Nucor; therefore, candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to initiate, lead, and uphold safety policies, practices, procedures, and housekeeping standards at all times.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in designing, building, and implementing modern data integration and data warehouse solutions.
- Experience in modern cloud data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, Fabric)
- Experience in Microsoft Azure
- Experience in Data Warehouses, Data Lakes, and/or Data Lakehouse at scale
- Extensive hands-on experience in implementing ETL/ELT solutions with data migration experience
- Experience with popular BI tools and self-service BI environments
- Experience in integration strategy including roadmap, architecture, and governance model
- Experience working within Agile Frameworks
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, or related discipline. An equivalent combination of experience and education will also be considered
- Exposure to data governance and master data management practices
- Experience in designing CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with metadata-driven integration and data pipeline architecture
Nucor is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – M/F/Disabled/Vets – and a drug – free workplace
Nearest Major Market: Charlotte