Data Architect

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 220,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending December 2024 totaled $13.8 billion.

Hybrid role: 3 days working from onsite.

We are seeking an experienced Data Architect to design, govern, and optimize enterprise data platforms. The architect will lead end-to-end data architecture, data modeling, and cloud-based data engineering strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design scalable data architectures across OLTP, OLAP, and Data Lake environments.

- Architect data ingestion, ETL/ELT pipelines, and integration frameworks.

- Drive data modeling (conceptual, logical, physical) using best practices.

- Govern metadata, lineage, data security, and compliance frameworks.

- Lead cloud-native data solutions on AWS (S3, Glue, Lambda, Redshift, IAM, VPC).

- Collaborate with engineering teams to implement data quality, validation, and observability standards.

- Work with business and analytics teams to prioritize data needs.

Mandatory Skills:

- Strong SQL and Python proficiency.

- Hands-on experience with AWS data stack (S3, Glue, Athena, Lambda, RDS/Aurora).

- Expertise in data modeling, schema design, normalization, and multidimensional modeling.

- Experience with ETL/ELT tools (Glue, Informatica, Airflow).

- Knowledge of Big Data technologies (Spark, Hadoop, Kafka).

- Strong understanding of API-based integrations.

Preferred Skills:

- NoSQL experience (MongoDB, DynamoDB).

- Snowflake / Redshift / Databricks exposure.

- CI/CD for data platforms (GitLab, Terraform, CloudFormation).

- Data governance and security frameworks.