#EG Data Analytics Platform Architect

NCS; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

NCS is seeking an experienced Cloud Data Platform Solution Architect to design and deploy a modern, secure cloud data platform on AWS. You will integrate Talend, Denodo, RStudio Workbench, CKAN, Keycloak, Tyk, and API Gateways to enable scalable analytics and AI workloads.

The role requires translating user stories and security requirements into platform plans, with strong collaboration across DevOps, data engineering, and business teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 12+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or solution architecture roles.
• Experience designing and deploying Talend Big Data Management, Talend Data Catalog, Denodo, RStudio Workbench, CKAN, Keycloak, Tyk and AWS services (S3, Redshift).
• Strong understanding of big data ecosystem and modern data lake/data warehouse architectures.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead the end-to-end setup of a cloud-based data platform on AWS, integrating multiple tools and services.
• Deploy and configure Talend, Denodo, RStudio Workbench, and API gateways for secure data access.
• Define and document platform architecture, integration patterns, and operational procedures.
• Ensure security, compliance, and scalability across all platform components.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, DevOps, data engineering, and business teams to align capabilities with needs.

Skills

Data architecture

Data engineering

Solution architecture

Communication

Stakeholder management

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Talend Big Data Management

Talend Data Catalog

RStudio Workbench

Posit Package Manager

Denodo

Keycloak

CKAN

Tyk

AWS API Gateway

S3/Redshift

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

NCS is a leading AI Tech Services company. With a 15,000-strong team across the Asia Pacific, NCS scales its platforms and capabilities to provide clients with greater agility and AI expertise across a range of Industries. Embracing a strong ecosystem of global partners, NCS transforms technology services delivery combining AI with digital resilience to drive real business impact. NCS is a subsidiary of the Singtel Group.

Job Description

NCS is seeking an experienced Cloud Data Platform Solution Architect to lead the design, setup, and implementation of a modern, secure, and scalable cloud data platform. This platform will be built on AWS and will integrate Talend Big Data Management, Talend Data Catalog, RStudio Workbench, Posit Package Manager, Denodo, Keycloak, CKAN, Tyk, and AWS API Gateway.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience in building data platforms from the ground up, with strong expertise in data integration, metadata management, data virtualization, access control, API management, and secure cloud deployment.

The successful candidate will work closely with the cloud infrastructure stakeholders, scrum master, project managers, technical teams to establish an enterprise data platform to sustain analytics and AI initiatives.

The role requires the ability to translate user stories, technical and security requirements into platform infrastructure plans, and oversee the establishment of the government cloud platform to power self-service analytics or AI projects. To support this, you may also need to have a good understanding of Government Commercial Cloud (GCC) and GCC+

What will you do?

• Design and lead the end-to-end setup of a cloud-based data platform architecture on AWS, integrating multiple tools and services.
• Deploy and configure
  • Talend Big Data Management for scalable data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration.
  • Talend Data Catalog for enterprise data governance and metadata management
  • Denodo for data virtualization
  • RStudio Workbench and Posit Package Manager to support secure, collaborative data science workflows.
  • Tyk API Gateway and AWS API Gateway for a robust data API layer to ensure secure and scalable data access.
  • CKAN for data publishing and discovery
  • Keycloak for identity and access management, providing SSO, RBAC, and secure authentication across platform components
  • AWS services including S3 Redshift and Sagemaker to support the storage, transformation, and querying of data
• Define and document platform architecture, integration patterns, and operational procedures.
• Ensure security, compliance, and scalability across all components of the platform.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, DevOps (ie SHIPS/HAT), data engineering, and business teams to align platform capabilities with organizational needs
• Possess good communications skills to understand our customers' core business objectives and build end-to-end data centric solutions to address them
• Good critical thinking and problem-solving abilities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 12+ years(min) of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or solution architecture roles.
• Proven experience designing and deploying solutions with
  • Talend Big Data Management (ETL pipelines, orchestration)
  • Talend Data Catalog (metadata, governance, lineage)
  • RStudio Workbench & Posit Package Manager (collaborative analytics environment setup)
  • Denodo (data virtualization, semantic modeling)
  • Keycloak (SSO, OAuth2, RBAC, identity federation)
  • CKAN (open data portals, dataset publishing)
  • Tyk and AWS API Gateway (API design, security, throttling, policies)
  • AWS services – especially S3, Glue, Redshift
  • Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Strong understanding of big data ecosystem and modern data lake/data warehouse architectures.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  

Nice to have:

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Experience with deploying solutions in GCC and GCC+.

Additional Information

Why Join NCS

Lead high-impact AImanagement consultingprograms for major enterprises and public sector clients.

Shape enterprise strategies and governance frameworks that drive real transformation.

Work with a talented, multidisciplinary team in a collaborative environment.

Competitive compensation and strong professional development support.

We are driven by our AEIOU beliefs—Adventure, Excellence, Integrity, Ownership, and Unity—and we seek individuals who embody these values in both their professional and personal lives. We are committed to our Impact: Valuing our clients, Growing our people, and Creating our future.

Together, we make the extraordinary happen.

Learn more about us at ncs.co and visit our LinkedIn career site.