Data Architect V

Arcadis; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking a Senior Data Architect to lead the enterprise data architecture strategy. This role requires over 10 years of experience in cloud data platforms and the ability to influence senior stakeholders effectively.

The successful candidate will govern data standards, ensure compliance with security requirements, and partner with various teams to enhance data capabilities across the organization.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in designing enterprise-scale data architectures.
• Proven ability to lead architectural decisions across multiple organizational boundaries.
• Deep experience with modern cloud data platforms and data engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to architect data management solutions.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and security requirements.
• Guide teams on technical solutions aligning with business priorities.

Skills

Enterprise-scale data architecture design

Cloud data platforms

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Vendor evaluation

Job description

Role description

Act as the senior steward of the enterprise data architecture, defining and governing the target-state data ecosystem to enable scalable, secure, and business-aligned data platforms and products across the organisation.

Role accountabilities

• Collaborates with tech owners, leads, product owners, and the respective business stakeholders in architecting and implementing data management and data governance solutions.
• Proactively engages with key stakeholders to receive feedback, gauge satisfaction with team services, and address issues or concerns.
• Collaborates with the data engineering and data services team to advise the team on technical solutions to address business priorities and corporate strategy.
• Define and govern enterprise data architecture patterns covering data ingestion, storage, processing, analytics, and consumption.
• Provide hands‑on architectural oversight for complex, large-scale data platform initiatives, including design reviews and solution assurance.
• Establish and evolve standards for data modelling, metadata management, data quality, security, and interoperability.
• Ensure architectures are cloud-first, scalable, resilient, and compliant with regulatory and information security requirements.
• Guide the selection and evolution of data technologies and tooling in line with the enterprise roadmap.
• Be accountable for architectural integrity, coherence, and technical debt management across the data platform landscape.
• Ensure delivery teams adhere to agreed data architecture standards, principles, and reference architectures.
• Own resolution of complex architectural risks, issues, and dependencies impacting data platforms and products.
• Partner with data engineering, platform, and product teams to deliver scalable and reusable data capabilities.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture and security teams to ensure alignment with broader technology strategy.
• Contribute to architecture communities of practice and continuous improvement of standards and ways of working.
• Support change management, communication, and adoption of data platform capabilities across the organisation.
• Support budget discipline and investment prioritisation in collaboration with the Director of Data Platforms & Data Engineering

Qualifications & Experience

• 10+ years experience designing and governing enterprise-scale data architectures within complex, multinational environments.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead architectural decisions across organisational boundaries.
• Deep experience with modern cloud data platforms, data engineering practices, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Strong understanding of data governance, security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated capability in vendor evaluation, technology selection, and strategic roadmap development

EEO Statement

Arcadis is an equal‑opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace and valuing diversity in all forms.