Contract Principal Data/AI Architect

Responsibilities

Data Architecture & Strategy

• Define and advise on the design of modern, future-ready data architectures that align with business goals and support AI, analytics, and automation.
• Guide organizations in adopting cloud-native and hybrid data solutions (AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake, Databricks).
• Provide thought leadership on best practices for data modeling, data warehousing, and lakehouse architectures to ensure scalability and performance.
• Shape long-term data strategies that foster flexibility, innovation, and interoperability across platforms.

Data Governance & Advisory

• Lead the development of governance frameworks and policies that ensure data security, compliance, and ethical AI use.
• Provide guidance on the creation and maintenance of data dictionaries, metadata management, and data cataloging, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and alignment with industry best practices.
• Advise on data quality management strategies, ensuring robust data lineage, accuracy, and reliability across the organization.
• Define governance roadmaps that support AI adoption while maintaining compliance with various compliance framework and regulation.

Cloud & Emerging Technologies

• Provide strategic recommendations on leveraging data lakes, data meshes, and serverless architectures to optimize data processing and storage.
• Advise on implementing real-time streaming solutions (Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub) to support AI-driven analytics.
• Assess and recommend AI/ML-enabled data architectures that facilitate scalable feature engineering and model training pipelines.
• Guide organizations in evaluating and adopting graph databases, NoSQL solutions, and modern data integration tools.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Work with C-level executives and business leaders, translating complex data challenges into strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and business analysts to enhance data accessibility and usability.
• Drive innovation in data architecture, ensuring organizations remain competitive and AI-ready.
• Lead assessments of emerging data technologies and best practices to future-proof organizational data strategies.

Any other ad-hoc duties as assigned by supervisor

Requirement

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in data architecture, data engineering, or cloud-based data solutions.
• Flexibility to travel within SEA/Asia Pacific region

Technical & Advisory Expertise:

• Deep knowledge of cloud data platforms (AWS Redshift, Azure Synapse, Google BigQuery, Snowflake).
• Expertise in data governance, master data management (MDM), and compliance frameworks.
• Strong understanding of AI-ready data architectures and their impact on feature engineering and ML workflows.
• Ability to guide organizations on ETL/ELT strategy, data integration, and workflow automation.
• Familiarity with industry-standard data architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman).
• Experience advising on real-time data streaming (Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub).

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications in cloud data platforms (AWS Certified Data Analytics, Azure Data Engineer, GCP Professional Data Engineer).
• Experience advising on Data Mesh and Data Fabric architectures.
• Knowledge of Graph databases and NoSQL solutions (MongoDB, Neo4j, Cassandra).
• Background in data ethics, responsible AI, and AI governance frameworks.

Interested applicants, please email your resume to Andre Chua Jing Ming

Email: [email protected]

CEI Reg No: R1989053

EA Licence No: 99C4599

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