Data Architect

Presidio India / PIND; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Presidio India is seeking an Architect for Data Practice to lead design, architecture, and implementation of scalable cloud data platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP. The role demands strong consulting and stakeholder management, and a willingness to explore emerging technologies.

You will partner with analysts, data engineers, and IT teams to deliver trusted data solutions, champion data governance, and guide migrations from on-premises to cloud lakehouse architectures, balancing performance,

Qualifications

• Experience designing scalable data architectures across cloud platforms.
• Proven ability to lead data platform modernization projects.
• Strong data governance, security, and compliance knowledge.
• Familiarity with lakehouse architectures and ETL/ELT design.
• Excellent collaboration and advisory skills with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, architecture and implementation of scalable cloud data platforms.
• Guide data workshops and translate business outcomes into technical solutions.
• Act as a trusted advisor to customers and project teams.
• Architect patterns for Big Data across data modeling, integration and storage.
• Drive migration from on-prem to cloud data platforms (lakehouse/modern DW).
• Evaluate technology choices and ensure cost, security, and performance balance.
• Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and IT for successful delivery.
• Document architectures and promote standards across teams.

Skills

Data Modeling

Data Integration

Data Warehouse & Lakehouse

Cloud Data Platform

Databricks

Snowflake

Relational DB

NoSQL DB

Data Security

Performance Tuning

Stakeholder Engagement

Tech Strategy

Documentation

ETL/ELT

Cloud Certifications

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

SQL Server

Oracle

MySQL

DynamoDB

CosmosDB

DocumentDB

Job description

Chennai, India
Chennai, INDIA
IndiQube Alpine
Level 7 & 8 Door No.51, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Block No.4
Chennai, TN 600032, IND

Chennai, India
Chennai, INDIA
IndiQube Alpine
Level 7 & 8 Door No.51, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Block No.4
Chennai, TN 600032, IND

Coimbatore, India
1st Floor, Tower C, India Land Tech Park Pvt Ltd
KGISL Infrastructures Pvt Ltd
Coimbatore, TN 641035, IND

Coimbatore, India
1st Floor, Tower C, India Land Tech Park Pvt Ltd
KGISL Infrastructures Pvt Ltd
Coimbatore, TN 641035, IND

Presidio, Where Teamwork and Innovation Shape the Future

At Presidio, we're at the forefront of a global technology revolution, transforming industries through cutting-edge digital solutions and next-generation AI. We empower businesses - and their internal customers - to achieve more through innovation, automation, and intelligent insights.

The Role

The Architect for Data Practice will lead the design, architecture and implementation of scalable, secure, cost-effective cloud solution across major hyperscaler’s like AWS, Azure and GCP etc., This role is required the dynamic of professional who is willing to explore emerging technologies, programming languages with strong consulting and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities Include:

• Ability to understand the business requirements and to decompose for further analysis


• Proven track record in architecting performant and highly-scalable Data Platform


• Ability to understand customer’s business outcomes and to guide the customer through a Data workshop


• The aptitude and attitude needed to be a Trusted Advisor to the customer


• Understanding of various architectural patterns in Big Data


• Ability to operate in an agile environment


• Ability to actively seek out optimization approaches for Data Platform


• Ability to understand and articulate a problem


• Proven track record on Presales engagements

Required Skills and Professional Experience:

• Data Modeling: Design and develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models that define data storage, processing, and access patterns. Ensure models support current and future business needs and align with data governance standards.


• Data Integration: Architect solutions to integrate data from diverse sources, enabling unified and consistent data access across the organization. Ensure seamless data flow between systems including legacy and modern platforms.


• Data Warehouse and Data Lake Architecture: Design scalable, efficient, and secure data warehouse and data lake/lakehouse architectures that support analytics and reporting requirements. Implement best practices in dimensional and normalized modeling for data warehouses.


• Cloud Data Platform Modernization: Lead migration and modernization efforts from legacy on-premises databases (e.g., Informix) to cloud-native or hybrid cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Develop detailed migration plans ensuring data integrity, security, and minimal downtime.


• Proficiency in Databricks/Snowflake: Utilize Databricks or Snowflake for building modern data platforms, including data processing, storage, and analytics. Optimize performance and scalability of these platforms.


• Relational and Non-Relational Database Expertise: Manage and optimize relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, CosmosDB, DocumentDB) as part of the data architecture.


• Data Security and Governance: Establish and enforce data governanc frameworks, data quality standards, and security policies to ensure compliance and protect sensitive information.


• Performance Optimization: Monitor and tune database and data platfor performance to meet business SLAs and optimize costs, including scaling and replication strategies in cloud environments.


• Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with business analysts data engineers, data scientists, and IT teams to align data architecture with organizational goals and ensure smooth implementation.


• Technology Selection and Strategy: Evaluate and select appropriate technologies and tools for data storage, processing, and analytics that align with business needs and future scalability.


• Documentation and Continuous Improvement: Maintain architecture design documents, update standards, and stay current with emerging data technologies to continuously improve data solutions.


• Experience with Lakehouse Architectures: Knowledge of combining data lake flexibility with data warehouse performance in lakehouse solutions to support diverse analytics workloads.


• ETL/ELT Design and Automation: Design and implement efficient extract transform-load processes and automation for data ingestion and processing pipelines.


• Cloud Certifications: Certifications in AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform that validate cloud architecture skills and best practices.

Preferred Skills and Professional Experience:

• Cost-Benefit Analysis and ROI Assessment: Ability to assess financial and operational impacts of data platform choices and migrations to optimize investment.


• Leadership and Project Management: Lead teams and projects involving multiple stakeholders, manage deadlines, and facilitate testing and deployment phases.


• Data Visualization and Reporting: Support creation of dashboards and reports that provide actionable insights from data architectures.


• Security Implementation: Hands‑on experience with implementing advanced security measures such as threat‑driven security settings, SSL certificates, and access controls.


• Support for Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Environments: Design architectures that function seamlessly across multiple cloud providers and on-premises systems.

Your future at Presidio

Joining Presidio means stepping into a culture of trailblazers - thinkers, builders, and collaborators - who push the boundaries of what's possible. With our expertise AI‑driven analytics, cloud solutions, cybersecurity, and next‑gen infrastructure, we enable businesses to stay ahead in an ever‑evolving digital world.

Here, your impact is real. Whether you're harnessing the power of Generative AI, architecting resilient digital ecosystems, or driving data‑driven transformation, you'll be part of a team that is shaping the future.

Ready to innovate? Let's redefine what's next-together.

About Presidio

Presidiois committed to hiring the most qualified candidates to join our amazing culture. We aim to attract and hire top talent from all backgrounds, including underrepresented and marginalized communities. We encourage women, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans to apply for open roles at Presidio. Diversity of skills and thought is a key component to our business success.

At Presidio, speed and quality meet technology and innovation. Presidio is a trusted ally for organizations across industries with a decades-long history of building traditional IT foundations and deep expertise in AI and automation, security, networking, digital transformation, and cloud computing. Presidio fills gaps, removes hurdles, optimizes costs, and reduces risk. Presidio's expert technical team develops custom applications, provides managed services, and enables actionable data insights and builds forward‑thinking solutions that drive strategic outcomes for clients globally. For more information visit

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