Principal Data Architect

Job Description – Principal Data Architect

Client Location: Bangalore

Work Mode: Remote

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Opportunity

Our client is a rapidly growing analytics and digital transformation consulting organization helping global enterprises solve complex business challenges through data, cloud, AI/ML, and advanced analytics.

Role Overview

Lead enterprise-scale data architecture initiatives, define cloud data strategy, and deliver scalable analytics solutions across business domains.

Key Responsibilities

· Define enterprise data architecture strategy and roadmap.

· Design scalable cloud-native data platforms on GCP and Azure.

· Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models.

· Drive Data Mesh, Data Fabric, governance, and analytics initiatives.

· Mentor engineering and analytics teams.

· Partner with stakeholders to translate business requirements into solutions.

· Support AI/ML, advanced analytics, and modern data platform initiatives.

Required Skills

· GCP: BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, Pub/Sub, Cloud Composer, Data Fusion

· Microsoft Azure Data Platform Services

· Data Modeling: Relational, Star, Snowflake, Data Vault

· Data Mesh, Data Fabric, Data Products

· Data Governance, Metadata Management, Data Quality

· Python, SQL, Spark, Bash

· Terraform, GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, CI/CD

· AI/GenAI, Vertex AI

· Kafka, Event-Driven Architecture

· Cloud Security: IAM, VPC, VPN, GKE

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline. Cloud certifications on GCP/Azure are preferred.

Why Join?

· 100% Remote Work

· Work on global enterprise transformation programs

· Lead cloud, analytics, and AI initiatives

· High visibility and leadership exposure



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