Senior Data Architect – 8 to 12Years

Confidential Client; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 5,000,000 - 8,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Client in Bengaluru, India, seeks a Senior Data Architect to lead enterprise-wide data architecture strategy and roadmaps. The role focuses on cloud platforms, data governance, and scalable data ecosystems to empower analytics, AI/ML, and BI.

You will collaborate with executives and cross-functional teams to set standards, policies, and practices while mentoring teams to ensure secure, highly available, and high-performance data platforms across the organization.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of experience in data architecture and strategy.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management experience.
• Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and data governance.
• Hands-on with modern data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide data architecture strategy and roadmap initiatives.
• Define and govern enterprise data standards, policies, and architectural best practices.
• Architect scalable data platforms for analytics, AI/ML, and BI.
• Drive cloud data transformation and modernization programs.
• Mentor data architects and engineers across projects.
• Ensure high availability, security, and performance of data platforms.
• Collaborate with executives and business teams on strategic data initiatives.
• Establish governance, security, lineage, and compliance frameworks.

Skills

Enterprise Data Architecture

Cloud Data Platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Data Governance & Metadata Management

Data Modeling

Data Lakehouse & DW

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

Data Integration

AI/ML data ecosystems

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Redshift

Synapse

BigQuery

Job description

Senior Data Architect

We are seeking a seasoned Senior Data Architect with 8-12 years of experience to lead our enterprise-wide data architecture strategy and roadmap initiatives. This role is based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, and requires full-time commitment. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cloud platforms, data integration, and enterprise data architecture, along with strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide data architecture strategy and roadmap initiatives.
• Define and govern enterprise data standards, policies, and architectural best practices.
• Architect scalable modern data platforms supporting analytics, AI/ML, and business intelligence.
• Drive cloud data transformation and enterprise modernization programs.
• Lead large-scale data integration, migration, and platform consolidation initiatives.
• Collaborate with executive leadership, business teams, and enterprise architects on strategic data initiatives.
• Establish enterprise data governance, security, lineage, and compliance frameworks.
• Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies for enterprise data ecosystems.
• Mentor data architects, engineers, and technical teams across projects.
• Ensure high availability, scalability, security, and performance of enterprise data platforms.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in Enterprise Data Architecture and Strategy.
• Strong expertise in Cloud Data Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Deep understanding of Data Governance, MDM, Data Quality, and Metadata Management.
• Experience with Data Lake, Lakehouse, and Enterprise Data Warehouse architectures.
• Expertise in Data Modeling and Enterprise Integration Architecture.
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, Synapse, or BigQuery.
• Strong knowledge of AI/ML data ecosystems and advanced analytics platforms.
• Experience leading large enterprise transformation programs.
• Strong stakeholder and leadership management skills.

Work Arrangements

• Full-time position based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
• Remote work options are undefined.