Senior Data Architect (AWS Data Platforms)

About This Role

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