Data Solution Architect

6 - 11 years

16 - 20 Lacs

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Overview

The Data Solution Architect is responsible for designing scalable and secure data solutions while also supporting pre-sales activities, proposal development, and client engagement.

Key Responsibilities

1. Solution Design & Architecture

  • Design end-to-end data architectures including data lakes, data warehouses, lakehouses, and real-time pipelines.
  • Develop reusable architectural patterns, reference models, and solution frameworks.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend optimal components for each solution.

2. Proposal Development & Pre-Sales Support

  • Collaborate with sales teams to understand client needs and craft compelling technical proposals.
  • Develop solution blueprints, technical write-ups, effort estimations, and pricing inputs.
  • Participating in RFP/RFI responses, ensuring architecture, scope, and approach are clearly articulated.
  • Deliver technical presentations, demos, and workshops to clients.
  • Translate business problems into clear, value-driven technical solutions.

3. Client Engagement

  • Work closely with clients to understand data challenges, requirements, and long-term goals.
  • Serve as the technical point of contact during discovery sessions and pre-sales discussions.
  • Build trust with executive stakeholders by articulating the value and feasibility of proposed data solutions.

4. Data Platform Development

  • Guide the implementation of modern cloud-based data platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
  • Oversee engineering teams in building robust ETL/ELT pipelines, data models, and integration layers.
  • Ensure solutions adhere to performance, quality, and reliability standards.

5. Governance, Security & Compliance

  • Define data governance strategies, security frameworks, and compliance controls.
  • Ensure architectural adherence to standards such as GDPR, HIPAA, or industry-specific regulations.
  • Establish best practices for data lifecycle management, access policies, and metadata management.

6. DevOps & DataOps Engineering

  • Design CI/CD pipelines for data pipelines, models, and platform components (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
  • Define standard automated deployment processes for ETL/ELT workflows, streaming applications, and analytical models.
  • Define monitoring, logging, and alerting data workloads using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, or Azure Monitor.
  • Ensure platform reliability, scalability, and observability through automation and performance tuning.

7. Performance Optimization & Innovation

  • Review architecture performance and guide optimization for scalability and cost-efficiency.
  • Lead proof-of-concepts (POCs) to validate new technologies or solution approaches.
  • Continuously evaluate and integrate modern data engineering and AI/ML trends.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

  • Bachelor s or master s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or related field.
  • 6+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics platform design, or solution architecture.
  • Prior experience supporting pre-sales, proposal creation, or client solutions is highly desirable.

Technical Skills

  • Strong hands-on expertise with cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, Synapse).
  • Deep understanding of data modeling, ETL/ELT frameworks, and distributed data processing (Spark, Kafka).
  • Proficiency in SQL and Python; experience with CI/CD, IaC (Terraform), and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
  • Knowledge of BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker) and ML ecosystem is a plus.

Soft Skills

  • Excellent written communication for producing technical proposals and solution documents.
  • Strong presentation and pre-sales communication skills with the ability to engage senior stakeholders.
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with sales, engineering, and business teams.
  • Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills.

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