Senior AWS Data Architect - Enterprise Platform Leader

NorthBay - Pakistan; Karachi Division; Hybrid; PKR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

NorthBay - Pakistan is seeking a seasoned Data Architect with 12+ years to define and lead enterprise data architecture on AWS. You will shape platform strategy, governance frameworks, and standards, and partner with senior stakeholders to drive data-enabled business outcomes.

Responsibilities include designing scalable batch and real-time data platforms on AWS, modern data lake/warehouse/lakehouse architectures, and robust ETL/ELT approaches using Glue, EMR, Lambda and Airflow.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in Data Engineering/Data Architecture.
• Extensive experience designing enterprise-scale data platforms on AWS.
• Strong expertise in: AWS Glue, Amazon EMR (Spark), AWS Lambda, Airflow, Redshift, S3, DynamoDB, DataZone, CloudWatch.
• Advanced SQL and Python.
• Experience governance, metadata management, data security frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Define and own enterprise-wide data architecture strategy and roadmap.
• Architect scalable, secure, high-performance batch and real-time data platforms on AWS.
• Design modern data lake, data warehouse, and lakehouse architectures.
• Define ETL/ELT architecture using AWS Glue, EMR (Spark), Lambda, and orchestration frameworks.
• Architect data warehousing solutions using Amazon Redshift.
• Establish data modeling standards (Dimensional, Data Vault, Hybrid).
• Define governance, cataloging, lineage, and access control frameworks using AWS DataZone.
• Lead architecture governance forums and conduct design reviews.
• Establish best practices for scalability, performance tuning, disaster recovery, and cost optimization.
• Define security architecture aligned with enterprise compliance standards.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to Data Engineers and Technical Leads.
• Partner with business, analytics, and executive stakeholders to align data architecture with organizational goals.
• Drive innovation and evaluation of emerging data technologies.

Skills

Data Architecture

AWS

Leadership

SQL

Python

ETL/ELT

Data Modeling

Governance

Spark

Airflow

Tools

AWS Glue

Amazon EMR (Spark)

AWS Lambda

Apache Airflow (MWAA)

Amazon Redshift

Amazon S3

Amazon DynamoDB

AWS DataZone

Amazon CloudWatch

Job description

NorthBay - Pakistan is seeking a seasoned Data Architect with 12+ years to define and lead enterprise data architecture on AWS. You will shape platform strategy, governance frameworks, and standards, and partner with senior stakeholders to drive data-enabled business outcomes.

Responsibilities include designing scalable batch and real-time data platforms on AWS, modern data lake/warehouse/lakehouse architectures, and robust ETL/ELT approaches using Glue, EMR, Lambda and Airflow.