Senior Data Architect, APAC

EPAM Systems; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems Malaysia is seeking an experienced Enterprise Data Architect to lead target-state architecture for a regional cloud data platform, aligning APAC with the Snowflake program. You will define per-country data lake strategies, establish governance, and collaborate with global and regional teams to unblock decisions that accelerate delivery.

This role requires clear communication with technical and business stakeholders across diverse jurisdictions and a focus on data residency and

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading enterprise data architecture for multi-country cloud data platform programs.
• Hands-on Snowflake architecture experience or ability to architect Snowflake-based platforms.
• Deep knowledge of lakehouse patterns, ELT, integration architectures and consumption design (BI, analytics, APIs).
• Experience designing for data residency and privacy constraints across APAC jurisdictions.
• Insurance or financial services data landscape knowledge including policy, claims, finance or regulatory reporting.
• Ability to explain and defend architecture decisions to technical and business stakeholders.
• Clear communication across global and regional teams.

Responsibilities

• Define target-state architecture across regional platform, country data lakes and integration layer.
• Align APAC architecture with the Snowflake program using decision records.
• Define per-country data lake strategy based on maturity, systems and regulatory requirements.
• Establish architecture governance including principles, standards and reference patterns.
• Define domain architecture for priority domains including boundaries, ownership and interoperability.
• Support solution reviews, tooling assessments and architecture inputs to sequencing and business cases.
• Partner with program and country teams to unblock architecture decisions affecting delivery.

Skills

Snowflake

Data Architecture

Multi-country

APAC

Governance

Stakeholder communications

BI APIs

Job description

Responsibilities

• Define target-state architecture across regional platform, country data lakes, integration and consumption layer


• Align APAC architecture with the global Snowflake program using clear decision records


• Define per-country data lake strategy based on maturity, systems and regulatory requirements


• Establish architecture governance including principles, standards, reference patterns and decision log


• Define domain architecture for priority domains including boundaries, ownership and interoperability


• Support solution reviews, tooling assessments and architecture inputs to sequencing and business cases


• Partner with program and country teams to unblock architecture decisions that affect delivery

Requirements

• Proven experience leading enterprise data architecture for multi-country cloud data platform programs


• Hands-on Snowflake architecture experience or strong ability to architect for Snowflake-based platforms


• Deep knowledge of lakehouse patterns, ELT, integration architectures and consumption design (BI, analytics, APIs)


• Experience designing for data residency and privacy constraints across APAC jurisdictions


• Insurance or financial services data landscape knowledge including policy, claims, finance or regulatory reporting


• Ability to explain and defend architecture decisions to technical and business stakeholders


• Clear communication across global and regional teams

Nice to have

• Experience integrating heterogeneous estates including acquired systems


• Familiarity with metadata, data quality and governance tooling


• Cloud platform certifications for Snowflake or Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure