Senior AWS Data Architect for Enterprise Data Platforms

NorthBay Solutions; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Senior Data Architect with over 12 years of experience to design and build enterprise-scale AWS data platforms. This onsite position in Dubai involves leading data architecture strategy and mentoring teams, focusing on batch processing and data governance. The ideal candidate will leverage extensive AWS skills and ensure high-performing data solutions. Strong architectural expertise with AWS services and excellent communication skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in Data Engineering and Data Architecture.
• Proven experience working as a Data Architect on large-scale AWS platforms.
• Strong experience designing enterprise data lakes and data warehouses.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and own end-to-end AWS data architecture for enterprise platforms.
• Lead data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration workflows.
• Implement data governance and metadata management using AWS DataZone.
• Partner with engineering, analytics, and business teams.

Skills

AWS Glue (ETL, Data Catalog)

Amazon EMR (Batch Processing)

AWS Lambda (Serverless Data Processing)

Amazon MWAA (Apache Airflow)

Amazon Redshift

Amazon DynamoDB

Amazon S3 (Data Lakes)

Amazon CloudWatch

SQL (Advanced)

AWS IAM, Security, Encryption, Networking

Data Modeling (Dimensional, Relational, Lakehouse)

Distributed Data Processing

Job description

A leading technology firm is seeking a Senior Data Architect with over 12 years of experience to design and build enterprise-scale AWS data platforms. This onsite position in Dubai involves leading data architecture strategy and mentoring teams, focusing on batch processing and data governance. The ideal candidate will leverage extensive AWS skills and ensure high-performing data solutions. Strong architectural expertise with AWS services and excellent communication skills are essential for success in this role.