Data Architect – AWS, Data Migration & Lakehouse

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Full Time

Data Engineering

Senior Manager/Supervisor

Job Title: Data Architect – AWS, Data Migration & Lakehouse
Location: Dubai, UAE (100% Onsite)
Experience Required: 14–16+ Years
Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced Data Architect with 14–16+ 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

14–16+ 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

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