Principal Data Architect at HCA Healthcare
Nashville, TN
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Jul 6, 2026
Nashville, TN
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior architecture role focused on designing and governing large-scale cloud data platforms in a healthcare setting. The work centers on building Lakehouse environments, unstructured data ingestion pipelines, AI/ML-enabled processing frameworks, and enterprise API standards on Google Cloud Platform, with significant responsibility for data security and regulatory compliance. Suits an experienced cloud data architect comfortable operating across clinical, business, and engineering stakeholders.
Senior level · 10+ years · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $124,407 (middle half $86,358–$144,377).
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Why we read it this way (9)
The posting is titled 'Principal Data Architect' but the actual scope — owning enterprise data architecture patterns, mentoring senior engineers, and setting technical direction — is consistent with a Senior-level individual contributor rather than a true org-wide Principal. The title is taken at face value for advertised seniority.
The 10+ years of IT experience is the binding overall experience gate; the 3+ years in Cloud Data/Information Architecture and 5+ years in Healthcare are listed as separate required/preferred qualifiers respectively.
Healthcare experience (5+ years) is listed as 'preferred' in the qualifications section and is not treated as a hard gate.
Master's degree is explicitly listed as preferred, not required; the hard gate is a Bachelor's or equivalent experience. Because the JD states 'or equivalent experience' for the Bachelor's, the degree requirement is set to Bachelors as the minimum formal degree named (the 'equivalent experience' escape applies to the Master's preference, not the Bachelor's gate).
GCP certifications (Professional Data Engineer, Professional Cloud Architect) are explicitly called out as 'a plus, but not required' and are marked preferred accordingly.
Delta Lake is listed alongside Apache Iceberg as an interchangeable Lakehouse format; it is captured in Iceberg's alternatives. Parquet, Avro, and JSON are listed as required data formats; JSON is omitted as a skill since it is a data format/syntax rather than a named technology platform.
No compensation range is stated in the posting.
Location is inferred as HCA Healthcare's headquarters in Nashville, TN; the posting does not explicitly state a work location or confirm remote eligibility.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): GCP Professional Data Engineer, GCP Professional Cloud Architect.
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