Job Title: Senior Data Architect AWS
Location: Dubai, UAE (Onsite)
Experience Required: 12+ Years
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Mode: Onsite
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Data Architect with 12+ years of experience to design, build, and govern enterprise-scale AWS data platforms. The role is fully onsite in Dubai and requires strong hands-on architectural expertise across AWS data services, batch processing frameworks, orchestration, and data governance. The ideal candidate will lead data architecture strategy, mentor engineering teams, and ensure scalable, secure, and high-performing data solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and own end-to-end AWS data architecture for enterprise platforms
- Define data architecture standards, best practices, and reference models
- Architect batch and event-driven data pipelines using AWS native services
- Lead data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration workflows
- Design and implement solutions using AWS Glue, EMR, Lambda, and MWAA (Airflow)
- Architect data lakes and data warehouses using Amazon S3 and Amazon Redshift
- Design NoSQL data solutions using Amazon DynamoDB
- Implement data governance, metadata management, and access control using AWS DataZone
- Ensure monitoring, logging, and observability using Amazon CloudWatch
- Partner with engineering, analytics, and business teams to translate requirements into scalable data solutions
- Lead cloud migration and data modernization initiatives
- Ensure security, compliance, performance optimization, and cost efficiency
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and architecture reviews
Required Skills And Technologies
- AWS Glue (ETL, Data Catalog)
- Amazon EMR (Batch Processing)
- AWS Lambda (Serverless Data Processing)
- Amazon MWAA (Apache Airflow)
- Amazon EC2
- Amazon CloudWatch
- Amazon Redshift
- Amazon DynamoDB
- AWS DataZone
- Amazon S3 (Data Lakes)
- SQL (Advanced)
- Data Modeling (Dimensional, Relational, Lakehouse)
- AWS IAM, Security, Encryption, Networking
- Distributed Data Processing
Experience And Qualifications
- 12+ years of experience in Data Engineering and Data Architecture
- Proven experience working as a Data Architect on large-scale AWS platforms
- Strong experience designing enterprise data lakes and data warehouses
- Hands-on experience with batch data processing and orchestration frameworks
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work onsite in Dubai, UAE
Preferred Qualifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
- AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty
- Experience with enterprise data governance frameworks
