Dicetek LLC
Data Architect – AWS Data Platform
Abu Dhabi, UAEPosted today
- Salary
- AED 35k–60k a month· Michael Page
- Job type
- Full time
- Level
- Senior
- Field
- Data & Analytics
- Work mode
- On site
About the role
Years of Experience * Minimum 5 yrs Required Skills * • Strong experience designing enterprise-scale data platforms and data solutions. • Strong knowledge of modern AWS data architecture, including: • Amazon S3 • AWS Glue • AWS Lake Formation • Amazon Athena • Amazon Redshift • Amazon RDS / Aurora • Strong understanding of data lake, lakehouse and data warehouse architectures. • Strong knowledge of: • Data modelling • ETL / ELT architecture • Data ingestion patterns • Data integration • Metadata and lineage • Data quality • Master and reference data concepts • Experience designing Bronze, Silver and Gold data-layer architectures or similar medallion patterns. • Strong understanding of batch, streaming and event-driven data architectures. • Experience designing solutions integrating: • Relational databases • APIs • Files / object storage • Enterprise applications • Streaming/event sources • Strong understanding of cloud security principles including: • IAM • Encryption • Data access controls • Cross-account integration • Network/security considerations • Understanding of open table formats such as Apache Iceberg. • Good knowledge of engineering technologies including Python, PySpark and SQL, sufficient to provide technical direction and design assurance. • Experience reviewing engineering designs and providing architectural guidance through implementation. • Strong stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to communicate complex architecture decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences. Required Experience / Knowledge Areas * • Strong experience in Data Architecture, Enterprise Data Platforms and Cloud Data Solutions. • Demonstrable experience designing data solutions in complex enterprise environments. • Strong experience with AWS-based Data Platforms. • Experience within Banking or Financial Services strongly preferred. • Good understanding of data governance, information security and regulatory requirements within a controlled enterprise environment. • Experience taking solutions from initial business requirements through architecture, engineering, implementation and production. • Experience working with multidisciplinary teams including Data Engineers, Platform Engineers, Security, Infrastructure, Enterprise Architects and business stakeholders.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 yrs
- Strong experience designing enterprise-scale data platforms and data solutions.
- Strong knowledge of modern AWS data architecture, including: Amazon S3, AWS Glue, AWS Lake Formation, Amazon Athena, Amazon Redshift, Amazon RDS / Aurora
- Strong understanding of data lake, lakehouse and data warehouse architectures.
- Strong knowledge of: Data modelling, ETL / ELT architecture, Data ingestion patterns, Data integration, Metadata and lineage, Data quality, Master and reference data concepts
- Experience designing Bronze, Silver and Gold data-layer architectures or similar medallion patterns.
- Strong understanding of batch, streaming and event-driven data architectures.
- Experience designing solutions integrating: Relational databases, APIs, Files / object storage, Enterprise applications, Streaming/event sources
- Strong understanding of cloud security principles including: IAM, Encryption, Data access controls, Cross-account integration, Network/security considerations
- Understanding of open table formats such as Apache Iceberg.
- Good knowledge of engineering technologies including Python, PySpark and SQL, sufficient to provide technical direction and design assurance.
- Experience reviewing engineering designs and providing architectural guidance through implementation.
- Strong stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to communicate complex architecture decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Required Experience / Knowledge Areas:
- Strong experience in Data Architecture, Enterprise Data Platforms and Cloud Data Solutions.
- Demonstrable experience designing data solutions in complex enterprise environments.
- Strong experience with AWS-based Data Platforms.
- Experience within Banking or Financial Services strongly preferred.
- Good understanding of data governance, information security and regulatory requirements within a controlled enterprise environment.
- Experience taking solutions from initial business requirements through architecture, engineering, implementation and production.
- Experience working with multidisciplinary teams including Data Engineers, Platform Engineers, Security, Infrastructure, Enterprise Architects and business stakeholders.
Skills
- AWS data architecture
- Amazon S3
- AWS Glue
- AWS Lake Formation
- Amazon Athena
- Amazon Redshift
- Amazon RDS
- Aurora
- data modelling
- ETL
- ELT
- data ingestion
- data integration
- metadata and lineage
- data quality
- master data
- reference data
- Bronze/Silver/Gold data-layer
- data lake
- data warehouse
- Apache Iceberg
- Python
- PySpark
- SQL
- cloud security
- IAM
- encryption
- data access controls
- cross-account integration
- network security
- stakeholder management
- architecture design
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