Databricks Platform Migration Lead for Banking

MENRVA PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Bank is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead a Databricks platform migration in Singapore. You will own end-to-end architecture for migrating the legacy MDM onto Databricks, collaborating with enterprise architecture, data governance, security, and risk/compliance teams.

You will drive the architectural direction, defend design decisions to senior leadership, and lead platform engineering across multi-region deployments, ensuring scalable, compliant, and cost-conscious

Qualifications

• 15+ years in enterprise/solution architecture.
• Hands-on experience architecting Databricks platforms at scale.
• Experience migrating legacy MDM or data warehouse to modern cloud data platforms.
• Deep understanding of Databricks (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Delta Live Tables, Workflows) and Lakehouse architecture principles.
• Experience working within banking or other highly regulated financial services environments.
• Strong grasp of data governance, security, and compliance requirements in a global banking context.
• Excellent stakeholder communication - equally credible with engineers, architects, and executive leadership.

Responsibilities

• Design and own the target-state Databricks architecture (Lakehouse, Unity Catalog, Delta Lake) as the replacement for the legacy MDM platform
• Define the migration strategy and roadmap - phasing, data lineage, parallel-run, and cutover approach for critical banking data domains
• Establish governance, security, and data quality frameworks that meet regulatory requirements for a global financial institution
• Act as the architectural bridge between engineering teams, enterprise architecture, risk/compliance, and business stakeholders
• Define standards for scalability, cost governance, and multi-region resilience across the platform
• Mentor and guide delivery teams through the migration, ensuring architectural decisions are implemented as designed

Skills

Databricks architecture

Enterprise architecture

Data governance

Security/compliance

Stakeholder communication

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Tools

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Delta Lake

Delta Live Tables

Workflows

Job description

Global Bank is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead a Databricks platform migration in Singapore. You will own end-to-end architecture for migrating the legacy MDM onto Databricks, collaborating with enterprise architecture, data governance, security, and risk/compliance teams.

You will drive the architectural direction, defend design decisions to senior leadership, and lead platform engineering across multi-region deployments, ensuring scalable, compliant, and cost-conscious