Job Description – Data Architect
Role Purpose
The Data Architect will lead the assessment and design of the enterprise data architecture supporting the data security initiative. The role is responsible for understanding current-state data flows, designing target-state data architecture, improving data handling patterns, and minimizing reliance on sensitive identifiers.
Job Summary
The Data Architect will evaluate how data moves across applications, APIs, batch interfaces, integration platforms, data hubs, analytics environments, and downstream consumer systems. The role will identify architectural weaknesses and define up-to-date, secure, and scalable patterns that reduce data exposure while supporting business requirements.
Working closely with the Security Solution Architect, the Data Architect will establish future-state architecture principles and help develop a roadmap for implementation.
Key Responsibilities
Assess current-state data architecture.
Analyze source-to-target data flows.
Perform data lineage and dependency analysis.
Review integration and propagation of sensitive data.




Evaluate identifier usage and alternatives.
Design target-state data architecture.
Define secure integration patterns.
Recommend data minimization strategies.
Support governance and architecture workshops.
Produce architecture standards and recommendations.
Required Technical Skills
Enterprise Data Architecture
Data Modeling
Master Data Management
Data Lineage & Metadata Management
API Integration Patterns
Event-Driven Architecture
Data Warehousing & Data Lakes
Cloud Data Platforms
Data Governance Concepts
Preferred Skills
Data Mesh
Lakehouse Architectures
Data Catalog Tools
Integration Platforms
Azure Data Services
Kafka / Pulsar
Enterprise Integration Patterns
Experience Required
8+ years in enterprise data architecture.
Experience with complex system integration landscapes.
Experience with customer and loyalty data environments.
Experience designing secure data architectures.
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📌 Data Architect (Bengaluru)
🏢 Ness Digital Engineering
📍 Bengaluru