Technical Lead

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD.

Singapore

On-site

SGD 140,000 - 260,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Asia Pacific is seeking an experienced Technical Lead to steer the design, development, and delivery of a large-scale data platform hosted on GCC using AWS services. The role emphasizes end-to-end data architecture, ETL modernization, and governance for a public sector program in Singapore.

You will lead data platform architecture, governance, and integration with COTS and AWS-native services, collaborating with Public Sector teams and enterprise stakeholders to

Qualifications

8+ years in Data Engineering and Solution Architecture
5+ years of AWS Cloud experience
Prior delivery experience with Singapore Public Sector on GCC under WOG/IM8 frameworks
Experience with data governance, MDM, and enterprise data platforms

Responsibilities

Lead the technical design and implementation of enterprise data platforms on AWS GCC
Define target-state architecture for data ingestion, transformation, storage, governance and reporting
Drive cloud-native modernization initiatives and technology roadmap
Collaborate with enterprise architects, business stakeholders, Public Sector teams, and infrastructure teams
Design and implement large-scale data pipelines and ETL modernization

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Technical communication

Problem solving

Public sector experience

Tools

Talend Data Integration

Talend Data Catalog

AWS (Glue, Lambda, S3, Step Functions, EMR, Redshift, Athena, EventBridge)

Neo4j

API Gateway

Job description

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead to lead the design, development, and delivery of a large-scale data platform hosted on the Government Commercial Cloud (GCC) using AWS Cloud services. The candidate will be responsible for end-to-end data architecture, ETL modernization, master data management, governance, and reporting solutions for a public sector program.

The ideal candidate should possess strong public sector experience, deep knowledge of Public Sector frameworks, Government cloud governance requirements, and proven experience delivering enterprise-scale data solutions using AWS-native services and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products.

Key Responsibilities

Data Platform Leadership

Lead the technical design and implementation of enterprise data platforms on AWS GCC.
Define target-state architecture for data ingestion, transformation, storage, governance, and reporting.
Drive cloud-native modernization initiatives and technology roadmap.
Work closely with enterprise architects, business stakeholders, Public Sector teams, and infrastructure teams.

Data Engineering & ETL

Design and implement large-scale data pipelines using: AWS Glue / AWS Lambda / Amazon S3 / AWS Step Functions / AWS EMR / Amazon Redshift / Amazon Athena / Amazon Event Bridge
Lead Talend ETL development and migration strategy toward AWS-native services.
Experience working with Graph DB applications using Neo4j
Ensure data quality, reliability, scalability, and performance optimization.

Data Governance & Catalog

Implement enterprise data governance frameworks.
Manage metadata, lineage, and catalogue solutions.
Experience with Talend Data Catalog / AWS Glue Data Catalog / Data Governance frameworks / Data Stewardship processes

Master Data Management (MDM)

Lead administration and enhancement of TIBCO EBX MDM platform.
Define migration roadmap from TIBCO EBX to AWS-native MDM architecture.
Implement master data management, golden record management, hierarchy management, and data quality frameworks.
Collaborate with business data owners and governance councils.

Application Integration

Lead the design, development, and support of enterprise application integrations across government and external systems.
Design and implement API-first architectures following Public Sector and WOG integration standards.
Develop and manage secure integrations between data platforms, MDM systems, COTS products, and downstream applications.
Ensure scalability, performance, security, and monitoring of integration services.
Support real-time, near real-time, and batch integration patterns.

Required Skills & Experience

Cloud Technologies