Data Architect – AWS, Data Migration & Lakehouse

Job Title: Data Architect AWS Data Migration & Lakehouse
Location: Dubai UAE (100% Onsite)
Experience Required: 1416 Years
Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced Data Architect with 1416 years of expertise to design build and govern enterprise-scale AWS data platforms. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on architectural experience across AWS data services batch and event-driven processing frameworks orchestration and data governance. You will lead data architecture strategy mentor engineering teams and ensure scalable secure and high-performing data solutions.

Note: This role is onsite in Dubai UAE and candidates currently outside the UAE must be willing to relocate .

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

• 1416 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 and willingness to work onsite in Dubai UAE (relocation required if outside UAE)

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
• AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty
• Experience with enterprise data governance frameworks

Required Experience:

Senior Manager

Key Skills
Fund Management,Drafting,End User Support,Infrastructure,Airlines,Catia
Department / Functional Area: Data Engineering
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1