Senior Data Architect – Pre-Sales

Programmers.io; Jaipur; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Programmers.io in India is seeking a Senior Data Architect with strong Pre-Sales and data modernization experience to engage with customers, define solutions, and shape proposals. The role leads large modernization programs from strategy through execution.

You will work closely with Sales to understand challenges, translate them into target architectures, and develop RFPs, SOWs, and presentations for senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 14–18 years of experience in Data Architecture / Data Engineering / Data Consulting / Solution Architecture.
• Strong Pre-Sales / Solution Consulting in customer-facing roles.
• Experience in large-scale Data Modernization programs from strategy to execution.
• Ability to discover customer needs and translate them into data strategy and target architecture.
• Proven ability to craft RFP/RFI responses, proposals, SOWs and estimates.
• Collaborate with Sales to qualify, shape and close opportunities.
• Expertise in Data Architecture, Warehousing, Data Lakes/Lakehouses, ETL/ELT and Data Integration.
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric and Azure Data Services.
• Proficiency with Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks, Azure SQL, OneLake/Data Factory/Dataflows Gen2.
• Knowledge of Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata, Lineage and Security.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers to understand business challenges and shape data solutions.
• Define data architectures and lead proposal/SOW development.
• Develop responses to RFPs/RFIs and assist in close of opportunities.
• Collaborate with Sales to qualify and shape opportunities and deals.
• Lead large-scale data modernization programs from strategy through execution.

Skills

Data architecture

Pre-Sales

Data modernization

Solution consulting

RFP/RFI responses

SOWs & proposals

Sales collaboration

Data governance

Data quality

Azure data services

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Data Factory

Azure Synapse

Databricks

Azure SQL

OneLake

Data lakes

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Azure Synapse

Databricks

Azure SQL

OneLake

Power BI

Tableau

Qlik

dbt

Python

Spark

Scala

Job description

Role Summary

Looking for a Senior Data Architect with strong Pre-Sales + Data Modernization experience who can engage with customers, understand business/technology challenges, define solutions, develop proposals/SOWs, and work closely with Sales to shape and close opportunities. The candidate should have experience leading large-scale Data Modernization programs from strategy and assessment through architecture and execution.

Must Have

• 14–18 years of experience in Data Architecture / Data Engineering / Data Consulting / Solution Architecture.
• Strong Pre-Sales / Solution Consulting experience in a customer-facing role.
• Proven experience in large-scale Data Modernization / Data Transformation programs from strategy to architecture to implementation/execution.
• Ability to conduct customer discovery, understand business/technology challenges and identify gaps.
• Ability to translate customer challenges into data strategy, target architecture and technology solutions.
• Strong experience creating RFP/RFI responses, technical proposals, SOWs, effort estimates and solution presentations.
• Experience working closely with Sales/Business Development to qualify, shape and close opportunities/deals.
• Strong expertise in Data Architecture, Data Warehousing, Data Lakes/Lakehouses, ETL/ELT and Data Integration.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Fabric and Azure Data Services.
• Experience with Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks, Azure SQL, OneLake/Data Factory/Dataflows Gen2.
• Strong understanding of Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata, Lineage and Security.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage senior customer stakeholders and executives.

Good to Have

• Experience in legacy-to-cloud data modernization/migration programs.
• Experience across AWS / GCP in addition to Azure.
• Experience with Power BI / Tableau / Qlik.
• Knowledge of dbt, ER/Studio, Python, Spark or Scala.
• Experience developing reference architectures, accelerators and reusable solution frameworks.
• Consulting / System Integration / IT Services industry experience.
• Experience with solution estimation, delivery models and commercial/deal shaping.