Senior Data Architect

KS Talent Solutions

Employer Active

Posted on 5 Dec

Experience

8 - 13 Years

Job Location

United Arab Emirates - United Arab Emirates

Education

Bachelor of Science(Computers)

Nationality

Any Nationality

Gender

Not Mentioned

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

  • Design scalable, secure, and high-performance data architectures to support analytics and AI workloads.
  • Define data storage, processing, integration, and access patterns across structured and unstructured data.
  • Assess data volume, latency, bandwidth, and performance requirements.
  • Ensure data quality, integrity, governance, and compliance with regulatory and security standards.
  • Design architectures supporting enterprise reporting, advanced analytics, and AI/ML pipelines.
  • Plan for platform growth and evolving data and AI requirements.

AI & Advanced Analytics Enablement

  • Design data pipelines for machine learning, deep learning, and Generative AI use cases.
  • Enable feature engineering, model lifecycle workflows, and vector-based data usage.
  • Support real-time and batch data processing use cases.

Collaboration & Technical Leadership

  • Collaborate with data engineers, AI engineers, platform, and security teams.
  • Provide architectural guidance and technical leadership across data initiatives.
  • Stay current with emerging data, AI, and GenAI best practices.

Desired Candidate Profile

Required Skills & Experience

  • Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years in data architecture, design, or data engineering roles.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and SQL.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
  • Experience with real-time streaming (Kafka, Flink).
  • Strong understanding of open table formats (Parquet, Iceberg, Delta Lake).
  • Experience with vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate).
  • Familiarity with big data & analytics platforms (Spark, Hadoop, Snowflake, Redshift).
  • Experience with Kubernetes / OpenShift.
  • Understanding of data requirements for AI/ML pipelines.
  • Knowledge of security and identity systems (LDAP, AD, OAuth2, Kerberos).
  • Experience with data privacy regulations (GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA).
  • Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Preferred Skills

  • Certifications in Data Engineering and/or AI/ML.
  • Experience with Starburst / Trino, Dataiku, or Dell Data Lakehouse.
  • Experience preparing data for LLMs and Generative AI.
  • Familiarity with ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch) and MLOps tools (MLflow, Kubeflow).

Company Industry

  • IT - Software Services

Department / Functional Area

  • IT Software

Keywords

  • Senior Data Architect

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KS Talent Solutions

We are seeking an experienced Senior Data Architect to join our AI & Data team and play a key role in shaping enterprise-scale data platforms that support analytics, AI/ML, and Generative AI initiatives.

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