Overview
Title : Senior Data Architect
Years of Experience : 10+ years
Job Description
The Senior Data Architect will design, govern, and optimize the entire data ecosystem for advanced
analytics and AI workloads. This role ensures data is collected, stored, processed, and made
accessible in a secure, performant, and scalable manner. The candidate will drive architecture
design for structured/unstructured data, build data governance frameworks, and support the
evolution of modern data platforms across cloud environments.
Key responsibilities
· Architect enterprise data platforms using Azure/AWS/GCP and modern data
lake/data mesh patterns
· Design logical and physical data models, semantic layers, and metadata frameworks
· Establish data quality, lineage, governance, and security policies
· Guide the development of ETL/ELT pipelines using modern tools and streaming
frameworks
· Integrate AI and analytics solutions with operational data platforms
· Enable self-service BI and ML pipelines through Databricks, Synapse, or
Snowflake
· Lead architecture reviews, design sessions, and CoE reference architecture
development
Technical Skills
· Cloud Platforms: Azure Synapse, Databricks, Azure Data Lake, AWS Redshift
· Data Modeling: ERWin, dbt, Power Designer
· Storage & Processing: Delta Lake, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, Hadoop, Spark
· Integration: Azure Data Factory, Kafka, Event Grid, SSIS
· Metadata/Lineage: Purview, Collibra, Informatica
· BI Platforms: Power BI, Tableau, Looker
· Security & Compliance: RBAC, encryption at rest/in transit, NIST/FISMA
Qualification
· Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Data
Engineering
· Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer / Azure Solutions Architect
· Strong experience building cloud-native data architectures
· Demonstrated ability to create data blueprints aligned with business strategy and
compliance.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Expected Start Date: 12/07/2025
