Banking Data Architecture Lead & Design Authority

Deeplight AI; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 720,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive Gold Level personal健康保险

Individual Visa Sponsorship

Professional development and certific?c

Subscription reimbursement

Monthly Employee Incentive program

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

Deeplight AI in Dubai seeks an authoritative Data Architecture Lead to govern enterprise data architecture across major banking engagements. You will define architecture strategy, maintain standards, and hold design sign-off authority to ensure architectural integrity.

You will lead governance, optimize data pipelines for real-time mobile banking experiences, and defend architectural choices to senior stakeholders while managing cross-project trade-offs and vendor interactions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of data architecture leadership.
• Experience delivering enterprise data solutions for banks/financial institutions.
• Strong stakeholder engagement with CTO/CDO/CIO level.
• Proven ability to define enterprise data strategy and reference models.

Responsibilities

• Act as Design Authority for enterprise data estate across banking engagements.
• Define and govern target data architecture and roadmaps.
• Lead Design Authority governance boards and approve designs.
• Architect high-throughput, low-latency data pipelines for real-time mobile banking.
• Review SteerCo packs and challenge off-target designs.
• Evaluate Change Requests for architectural justification and delays.

Skills

Data architecture

Retail Banking

Digital journeys & mobile apps

Executive communication

C-level presentation

Governance & cost awareness

Education

TOGAF Certified

AWS Certified Data Analytics / Solutions Architect - Professional

Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Databricks Certified Architect

Job description

Deeplight AI in Dubai seeks an authoritative Data Architecture Lead to govern enterprise data architecture across major banking engagements. You will define architecture strategy, maintain standards, and hold design sign-off authority to ensure architectural integrity.

You will lead governance, optimize data pipelines for real-time mobile banking experiences, and defend architectural choices to senior stakeholders while managing cross-project trade-offs and vendor interactions.