Senior Data Architect (AWS Data Platforms)

Job Title: Senior Data Architect – AWS
Location: Dubai, UAE (Onsite)
Experience Required: 12+ Years
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Mode: Onsite

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.

• 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

  
  

• 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

  
  

• 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

  
  

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

  
  

• AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty

  
  

• Experience with enterprise data governance frameworks