Senior Architect - Engineering

Principal Global Services; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Principal Global Services in India seeks a Senior Architect - Engineering Data Science & Analytics (T7) to define and govern enterprise-wide architectures for Data, Analytics, AI/ML solutions. You will drive cloud-based analytics, data platforms, and governance, partnering with data scientists and engineers to deliver scalable, secure data-driven solutions.

You will mentor teams, lead architecture reviews, and shape roadmaps while ensuring SDLC alignment and security compliance across programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in relevant field and 13–15 years of technology experience.
• Proven track record designing and implementing enterprise-scale Data & Analytics solutions.
• Strong leadership, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and governance experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern end-to-end solution architecture for Data, Analytics, AI/ML, and Data Platform initiatives.
• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, high-performance architectures.
• Develop architecture blueprints, reference architectures, roadmaps, and design artifacts.
• Lead architecture reviews, governance, evaluations, and PoCs.
• Design data platforms, data lakes, warehouses, and cloud-based analytics solutions.
• Provide architectural leadership for Data Science, ML, and MLOps platforms.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Data Architecture

MLOps

Snowflake Architecture

AWS Cloud Services

Data Modeling

Data Governance

Executive Communication

Technical Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering / Data Science

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

Snowflake

AWS

Job description

What You'll Do

Role Description:

The Senior Architect - Engineering Data Science & Analytics (T7) is responsible for defining and governing enterprise-wide Data, Analytics, and AI/ML solution architectures aligned with business and technology strategies.

This role drives the architecture vision for data platforms, analytics products, and cloud-based solutions while ensuring scalability, security, reliability, and performance.

The incumbent partners with business collaborators, data scientists, engineering teams, product owners, and enterprise architects to deliver innovative, data-driven solutions by bringing to bear modern cloud and analytics technologies.

The role also provides technical leadership, mentors teams, and drives architecture standard methodologies across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Have solid working understanding on Data governance concepts including data quality, data ownership/stewardship, data security and data compliance
• Architecture involvement in complete data life cycle
• Define and govern end-to-end solution architecture for Data, Analytics, AI/ML, and Data Platform initiatives.
• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, and high-performance architecture solutions.
• Develop architecture blueprints, reference architectures, roadmaps, and solution design artifacts.
• Lead architecture reviews, design governance, technology evaluations, and PoCs.
• Design enterprise data platforms, data lakes, data warehouses, and cloud-based analytics solutions.
• Establish data architecture standards, data models, integration patterns, governance, and data quality frameworks.
• Provide architectural leadership for Data Science, Machine Learning, and MLOps platforms.
• Partner with Data Scientists, Engineering teams, and business collaborators to deliver advanced analytics and technology-based solutions.
• Drive adoption of Snowflake, AWS, modern data products, and analytics technologies.
• Mentor architects and technical teams, promoting architecture guidelines and technical perfection.
• Identify architectural risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies to ensure successful delivery.
• Collaborate with business, product, and delivery teams to define technology roadmaps and transformation initiatives.
• Present architecture recommendations to senior leadership and governance forums.
• Ensure alignment with SDLC, security, compliance, and architecture governance standards.
• Support estimation, planning, technical decision-making, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Who You Are

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Science, or related field.
• 13-15 years of overall experience in technology with significant experience in Solution Architecture, Data Architecture, and Analytics platforms.
• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale Data & Analytics solutions.
• Experience leading multi-functional teams and large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of Agile, SAFe, DevOps, and modern software delivery methodologies.

Must Have Skills:

• Solution Architecture / Enterprise Architecture
• Data Architecture & Analytics Architecture
• Data Science & Machine Learning Platforms
• Snowflake Architecture and Data Cloud
• AWS Cloud Services & Cloud Architecture
• Data Warehousing, Data Lakes, and Lakehouse Architectures
• Data Modeling, Data Integration, and Data Governance
• MLOps and AI/ML Solution Design
• Business Intelligence Tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker or equivalent)
• Architecture Governance and Design Reviews
• Partner Management and Executive Communication
• Technical Leadership, Mentoring, and Team Development
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and solutioning skills

Other:

• • Ability to influence architecture decisions across multiple programs and teams.
  • Strong customer-centric approach with excellent communication and presentation skills.
  • Experience in conducting architecture assessments, POCs, and reference implementations.
  • Ability to balance business, technology, security, scalability, and operational considerations.
  • Awareness of emerging trends in Data, Analytics, AI/ML, Cloud, and Modern Data Platforms.
  • Dedicated to investigation with a passion for innovation and continuous learning.
  • Strong decision-making, conflict resolution, and collaborator engagement capabilities.
  • Experience working in global, matrixed, and enterprise environments preferred.