Data Architect

Description

**Ciklum** is looking for a **Data Architect **to join our team full-time in Chennai / Pune.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

**About the role**:
As a Data Architect, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow. You will support our teams in the US in winning new business. Your primary responsibility will be to work with the Go to Market organization to generate and develop technical strategies and solutions for new and existing clients across all our digital services. You will play a key role in creating trusted partnerships, where Ciklum delivers large-scale innovation and digital platforms tailored to the unique needs of various businesses. The role can be located in Chennai or Pune, India.

Role identifier - GTM 50

**Technical Skills**:

- DBMS: Expert in both SQL and NoSQL databases
- Proficient in designing data models that align with business needs
- Hands-on experience in using modern ETL tools
- Experience with Data Lake, Hadoop, and Spark technologies
- Experience with public clouds like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Analyse and interpret complex data sets to inform decision-making
- Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and reliability
- Guide teams to troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues effectively

**Responsibilities**:

- Analyse and interpret complex data sets to make informed decisions
- Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and reliability
- Design and develop enterprise-level data architecture and solutions to meet business needs
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand data requirements and translate them into technical specifications
- Evaluate and select appropriate software or hardware tools to achieve desired data architecture
- Design data models, database schemas, and data integration workflows
- Develop and maintain data policies, procedures, and standards
- Optimize and tune data solutions for performance and scalability
- Guide teams to troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues effectively
- Ensure data solutions are secure, compliant, and adhere to best practices
- Setup CI/CD pipelines for data engineering workflows
- Expertise in designing and implementing complex data pipelines using tools like Apache Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, etc.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams throughout the project lifecycle
- Stay current with emerging technologies and trends in data architecture and management

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
- Proven experience (12+ years) as a Data Engineer, Data Architect, or similar role in a large-scale data environment
- Strong understanding of data security, compliance, and privacy considerations
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Experience in project management and agile methodologies is a plus
- Certifications such as Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) or Data / Big Data certifications from AWS/Azure/GCP are desirable

What's in it for you
- Care: your mental and physical health is our priority. We ensure comprehensive company-paid medical insurance, as well as financial and legal consultation
- Tailored education path: boost your skills and knowledge with our regular internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy licence, language courses and company-paid certifications
- Growth environment: share your experience and level up your expertise with a community of skilled professionals, locally and globally
- Flexibility: hybrid work mode at Chennai or Pune
- Opportunities: we value our specialists and always find the best options for them. Our Resourcing Team helps change a project if needed to help you grow, excel professionally and fulfil your potential
- Global impact: work on large-scale projects that redefine industries with international and fast-growing clients
- Welcoming environment: feel empowered with a friendly team, open-door policy, informal atmosphere within the company and regular team-building events

**About us**:
India is a strategic growth market for Ciklum.
Be a part of a big story created right now. Let’s grow our delivery center in India together Boost your skills and knowledge: create and innovate with like-minded professionals — all of that within a global company with a local spirit and start-up soul.
Supported by Recognize Partners and expanding globally, we will engineer the experiences of tomorrow

**Be bold, not bored**

Experiences of tomorrow. Engineered together

Interested already?