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Principal Data/AI Architect (SEA)

7-10 Years
SGD 7,000 - 10,000 per month
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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

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Job ID: 138905839