Associate Data Architect Ii

12 - 18 Years
- 1 Opening
- Chennai, Kochi, Trivandrum

**Role description**:
**Experience Range**: 12+ Years
**Hiring Locations**: Chennai, Trivandrum, Kochi

**Role Description**:
**Responsibilities**:
**Data Architecture & Strategy**
- Design scalable, secure, and high-performance data architectures.
- Lead development of long-term data strategy and short-term tactical data solutions.
- Define and implement governance frameworks, metadata accuracy protocols, and regulatory compliance measures.

**Data Modeling & Optimization**
- Develop logical and physical data models across systems and platforms.
- Perform gap analysis and align architecture to business and technical goals.
- Define systems/subsystems that support program goals.

**Cloud & Infrastructure**
- Deploy and optimize data tools in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Collaborate with DevOps/Cloud teams to ensure performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency.

**Team Leadership & Mentoring**
- Lead and mentor a team of 15+ engineers.
- Facilitate onboarding, training, and skill-building.
- Drive solution architecture best practices.

**Stakeholder & Project Management**
- Collaborate with business owners, architects, and cross-functional teams.
- Define NFRs, evaluate trade-offs, and support project estimation and planning.
- Identify technical risks and develop mitigation strategies.

**Innovation & Thought Leadership**
- Participate in technical forums and share knowledge across teams.
- Explore new tools and frameworks, and contribute to IP/reusable components.
- Lead PoC development and beta testing of new service offerings.

**Operational Excellence**
- Automate and optimize data workflows.
- Document and track architectural decisions.
- Evaluate solutions through audits and performance metrics.

**Mandatory Skills**:

- 12+ years in IT with at least 3 years as a Data Architect.
- Expert-level in **SQL, T-SQL**, and relational database systems.
- 3+ years of hands-on **data modeling and database design**.
- Strong understanding of **ETL processes, data governance, and data integration frameworks**.
- Experience in **cloud platforms**: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Knowledge of **data warehouse**, **Hadoop**, **data analytics**, and transformation tools.
- **Certification** in Big Data/Architect track (AWS/Azure/GCP).

**Good to Have Skills**:

- Experience in the **Health Payer domain** (FACETS preferred).
- Knowledge of **Hadoop technologies** (Hive, Pig, MapReduce).
- Exposure to **data visualization**, **streaming**, and **NoSQL databases**.
- Proficiency in **Python, Java**, and tools like **PowerPoint, Visio**.
- Experience with **UNIX, Windows**, and backup/archival software.

**Soft Skills**:

- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Creativity in solution development.
- Attention to detail and quality-focused mindset.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- High resilience and self-learning capability.
- Leadership, mentoring, and performance management skills.

**Skills**:
Solution Architecture,Mysql,Database,Healthcare

**About UST**:
UST is a global digital transformation solutions provider. For more than 20 years, UST has worked side by side with the world’s best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people and led by purpose, UST partners with their clients from design to operation. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, UST embeds innovation and agility into their clients’ organizations. With over 30,000 employees in 30 countries, UST builds for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process.