Senior Data Architect (AWS Data Platforms)

NorthBay Solutions; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

NorthBay Solutions in Dubai is seeking a Senior Data Architect with 12 years of experience to design, build and govern enterprise-scale AWS data platforms. The role is fully onsite in Dubai and requires hands-on architectural expertise across AWS data services, batch processing, orchestration and data governance.

You will lead data architecture strategy, mentor teams and ensure scalable, secure, high-performing data solutions.

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.
• Hands-on experience with batch data processing and orchestration frameworks.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work onsite in Dubai UAE.

Responsibilities

• Design and own end-to-end AWS data architecture for enterprise platforms.
• Define data architecture standards, best practices, and reference models.
• Architect batch and event-driven data pipelines using AWS native services.
• Lead data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration workflows.
• Design and implement solutions using AWS Glue, EMR, Lambda, and MWAA.
• Architect data lakes and data warehouses using S3 and Redshift.
• Design NoSQL data solutions using DynamoDB.
• Implement data governance metadata management and access control using AWS DataZone.
• Ensure monitoring, logging and observability using CloudWatch.
• Partner with engineering, analytics and business teams to translate requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Lead cloud migration and data modernization initiatives.
• Ensure security, compliance, performance optimization and cost efficiency.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship and architecture reviews.

Job description

Job Title: Senior Data Architect AWS
Location: Dubai UAE (Onsite)
Experience Required: 12 Years
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Mode: Onsite

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Data Architect with 12 years of experience to design build and govern enterprise-scale AWS data platforms. The role is fully onsite in Dubai and requires strong hands‑on architectural expertise across AWS data services batch processing frameworks orchestration and data governance. The ideal candidate will lead data architecture strategy mentor engineering teams and ensure scalable secure and high‑performing data solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and own end‑to‑end AWS data architecture for enterprise platforms
• Define data architecture standards best practices and reference models
• Architect batch and event‑driven data pipelines using AWS native services
• Lead data ingestion transformation and orchestration workflows
• Design and implement solutions using AWS Glue EMR Lambda and MWAA (Airflow)
• Architect data lakes and data warehouses using Amazon S3 and Amazon Redshift
• Design NoSQL data solutions using Amazon DynamoDB
• Implement data governance metadata management and access control using AWS DataZone
• Ensure monitoring logging and observability using Amazon CloudWatch
• Partner with engineering analytics and business teams to translate requirements into scalable data solutions
• Lead cloud migration and data modernization initiatives
• Ensure security compliance performance optimization and cost efficiency
• Provide technical leadership mentorship and architecture reviews

Required Skills and Technologies

• AWS Glue (ETL Data Catalog)
• Amazon EMR (Batch Processing)
• AWS Lambda (Serverless Data Processing)
• Amazon MWAA (Apache Airflow)
• Amazon EC2
• Amazon CloudWatch
• Amazon Redshift
• Amazon DynamoDB
• AWS DataZone
• Amazon S3 (Data Lakes)
• SQL (Advanced)
• Data Modeling (Dimensional Relational Lakehouse)
• AWS IAM Security Encryption Networking
• Distributed Data Processing

Experience and 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
• Hands‑on experience with batch data processing and orchestration frameworks
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work onsite in Dubai UAE

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
• AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty
• Experience with enterprise data governance frameworks

Required Experience

Senior IC