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Data Architect (Contractual)
Wishtree Technologies
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Section · 01
About this role
1. Enterprise Data Architecture
Required Technical Skills Must-Have
Good to Have
Leadership & Behavioral Competencies
- Define and maintain the enterprise data architecture strategy, principles, standards, and reference architectures .
- Design scalable Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) architectures supporting analytics, reporting, AI/ML, and enterprise applications.
- Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data architectures and data models .
- Define data architecture patterns covering data ingestion, integration, storage, processing, serving, analytics, and consumption .
- Establish standards for data modeling, data integration, data storage, data lifecycle, and data interoperability.
- Ensure architecture decisions align with enterprise technology strategy and business objectives.
- Conduct architecture assessments and identify opportunities for modernization and optimization.
- Architect and govern cloud-based data platforms using technologies such as:
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Databricks
- Define architecture patterns for data lakes, data warehouses, lakehouses, and modern data platforms .
- Evaluate cloud data services and recommend appropriate technologies based on scalability, performance, cost, security, and business requirements.
- Ensure cloud data platforms are designed for high availability, scalability, resilience, performance, and cost optimization .
- Establish standards for cloud data platform deployment and operationalization.
- Define, implement, and enforce enterprise-wide Data Governance frameworks, policies, standards, and operating models .
- Establish governance processes for data ownership, stewardship, classification, access, usage, retention, and lifecycle management.
- Define and enforce data architecture and governance standards across projects and implementation partners.
- Establish processes for managing critical data assets and business-critical datasets.
- Ensure governance practices align with organizational security, privacy, regulatory, and compliance requirements.
- Define enterprise strategies for Metadata Management, Data Cataloging, and Data Lineage .
- Establish standards for technical, business, and operational metadata.
- Ensure end-to-end visibility of data lineage across source systems, data platforms, transformations, and consumption layers.
- Support implementation and adoption of enterprise data catalog and metadata management solutions.
- Improve data discoverability, traceability, and understanding across the organization.
- Define enterprise Data Quality frameworks, standards, KPIs, and processes .
- Establish data quality rules covering accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, uniqueness, and validity.
- Implement mechanisms for continuous monitoring and reporting of data quality.
- Work with business data owners and technology teams to identify and resolve critical data quality issues.
- Ensure data quality requirements are incorporated into data platform and integration designs.
- Lead and conduct architecture reviews for data platform and transformation initiatives.
- Review solution designs, technical architecture documents, data models, integration designs, and technology selections.
- Validate proposed solutions against enterprise architecture, security, governance, performance, and scalability standards.
- Identify architectural risks, dependencies, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
- Provide architecture guidance and technical direction to engineering teams and implementation partners.
- Ensure deviations from enterprise standards are properly assessed, documented, and approved.
- Provide data architecture leadership for large-scale Enterprise Transformation, Data Modernization, Analytics, AI/ML, and ERP modernization programs .
- Translate business requirements into scalable enterprise data architecture solutions.
- Work with business and technology leadership to define target-state architecture and transformation roadmaps.
- Support migration from legacy data platforms to modern cloud-based architectures.
- Ensure data architecture supports future AI, GenAI, analytics, and digital transformation initiatives.
- Ensure enterprise data architectures adhere to security, privacy, regulatory, and compliance requirements .
- Define appropriate approaches for data access control, encryption, data classification, and secure data sharing.
- Work closely with security and risk teams to address data-related security requirements.
- Identify and mitigate architecture and data governance risks.
- Ensure sensitive and critical data is appropriately protected throughout its lifecycle.
- Collaborate with business leaders, enterprise architects, data engineering teams, security teams, IT teams, and implementation partners .
- Facilitate architecture workshops and design discussions with senior stakeholders.
- Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Provide technical leadership and direction to internal teams and external implementation partners.
- Drive alignment between business objectives, technology strategy, and data architecture.
- Manage architecture-related dependencies, risks, and escalations across enterprise programs.
- Strong experience in Enterprise Data Architecture .
- Strong knowledge of Data Modeling - conceptual, logical, and physical.
- Experience designing and governing Enterprise Data Platforms .
- Strong experience with one or more cloud data platforms:
- Azure
- GCP
- Databricks
- Strong understanding of Data Governance frameworks and operating models .
- Experience with Data Quality frameworks and management .
- Strong knowledge of Metadata Management, Data Catalog, and Data Lineage .
- Strong understanding of Data Lake, Data Warehouse, and Lakehouse architectures .
- Experience with enterprise-scale data integration and ETL/ELT architectures .
- Strong understanding of Cloud Architecture, Data Security, and Compliance .
- Experience leading architecture reviews and solution design governance .
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience with Azure Data Factory / Synapse / Microsoft Fabric .
- Experience with Databricks Lakehouse architecture .
- Experience with GCP BigQuery / Dataflow / Dataproc .
- Experience with enterprise Data Catalog / Metadata tools such as Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Alation, or equivalent .
- Knowledge of Master Data Management (MDM) .
- Experience with Data Mesh / Data Fabric concepts.
- Knowledge of API-led integration and event-driven architectures .
- Exposure to AI/ML and Generative AI data architectures .
- Experience with large-scale ERP modernization or cloud migration programs .
- Strong architecture leadership and decision-making ability.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to influence architecture decisions across multiple teams and business functions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work effectively with senior leadership, architects, engineering teams, vendors, and system integrators .
- Ability to manage multiple enterprise initiatives and competing priorities.
- Strong understanding of business requirements and ability to translate them into technology solutions.
- Comfortable working in complex, global, and transformation-driven environments.
Required Skills
Architecture Architect AWS Data Lake data factory Data Architect GCP Azure microsoft fabric databricks lakehouse
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About Wishtree Technologies
Wishtree Technologies
IT Services & Consulting
105
employees
2010
16 years old
Pune, Maharashtra
India
₹7.1L PA avg
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