Data Architecture

Tekskills; Pune District; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekskills is seeking a senior Data Architecture Lead to define and drive data modelling and architecture across cloud-based platforms. You will shape governance, security and master data strategies while guiding a team of data engineers and analysts.

Extensive collaboration with stakeholders and clients is required to translate complex requirements into scalable data models and actionable architecture patterns.

Qualifications

• X years of experience in data architecture and modelling leadership.
• Translate customer requirements into data models and flows.
• Mentor and guide data architecture teams to deliver scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define data architecture framework including modelling, security, governance and master data.
• Design reference architectures and patterns aligning with industry standards.
• Model data using ER, Dimensional and Data Vault techniques.
• Ensure data privacy controls per GDPR/CCPA regulations.
• Lead data pipelines, virtualization, and cloud-based architectures with stakeholders.

Skills

Data architecture

Data modelling

Data governance

Cloud data security

ETL/ELT

Stakeholder engagement

Mentoring

Non-relational databases

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science/Software/Data Science/AI/ML

Tools

Erwin

ER/Studio

SQL Modeler

Job description

Key Skills: Bachelor's/Masters degree in a relevant field (e.g. Computer Science, Software engineering, Data Science, AI/ML).

• 7+ years of experience Developing, deploying, and monitoring end to end data and analytics solutions with extensive knowledge of evaluation metrics and best practices.
• 7+ years Data Warehouse/Data Lake Architecture and Development.
• 5+ years Data Modeling & Architecture with experience in implementing at least one market leading banking and financial services data model i.e. from Oracle, Teradata, IBM
• Experience on data modelling tools such as Erwin, ER Studio, SQL modeler is preferred
• Experience in ETL/ELT, data Pipelines, Data Quality, blueprints development.
• Non-Relational Database experience (Document DB, Graph DB, etc.)
• Understanding of data structures, data modeling and data architecture
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with ambiguity.
• Able to provide direction/support to data modelling team members.
• Strong architectural knowledge for data analytics systems patterns and their pros and cons.
• Strong knowledge of data quality, metadata management, security frameworks / tools implemented for data on cloud architecture
• Skillful resource to understand customer needs and provide target solutions, which is scalable, reliable, and highly available.

Experience required

Experience leading a data architecture and modelling team

• Extensive experience with client engagement & aligning others to your ideas/solutions
• Ability to clarify/translate customer requirements into data models and flows
• Ability to mentor other data architecture and modelling team members
• Ability to present to groups of mixed technical ability
• Participate in & facilitate interviews to grow team
• Performs other duties as assigned

Candidate Persona Agile Leadership Collaborate and strong team player Solve problems and analyzes issues Drive for results. Display high integrity and honesty Communicate Powerfully and Prolifically

Key responsibilities

You will be responsible for

• Defining the data architecture framework covering data modelling, security, virtualization, governance, reference and master data, data visualization
• Defining reference architecture and patterns that others can follow to create and improve data systems aligning with industry standards
• Designing data models leveraging ER, Dimensional and Data vault modelling technique.
• Designing data security and controls to address customer’s data privacy needs inline to current regulations such as GDPR, CCPA etc.
• Designing technical solutions leveraging data virtualization techniques and tools such as Denodo etc.
• Collaborating and coordinating with multiple departments, senior stakeholders including C level, partners, and external vendors
• Designing architecture solutions that are in line with business objectives
• Providing technical leadership, oversight, and direction to project / execution team
• Building effective relationships with customers, CoE, partners and vendors
• You will be responsible for verifying requirements, Data solution architecture & design assurance, developing a delivery plan, providing thought leadership for all data solutions, including designing and development that meet and exceed customer expectations.
• Analysing and translating business needs into long-term solution data models
• Developing best practices for data modeling to ensure consistency within the data landscape
• To be successful in this role, you will be experienced with the Cloud-based data Solution Architectures, Software Development Life Cycle (including both Agile & Waterfall), Data Engineering and ETL tools/platforms, and data modelling practices.
• Be a close partner & collaborate with data engineers, developers, DevOps Engineers, Data scientists, and technical leads to build data pipelines, develop feedback loops to improve data quality, data ingestion, data streaming, workflows, data transformation jobs automation.