Bengaluru, Karnataka
Job Summary

Digital Architect(Technical Architect – Data Engineering (Insurance Domain))

Key Responsibilities

1. Data & Enterprise Architecture

Define enterprise-wide data architecture strategy aligned with insurance business objectives.
Design scalable, secure, and high-performance data platforms supporting reporting, analytics, AI, and regulatory requirements.
Establish data architecture standards, patterns, and governance frameworks across the organization.

2. Insurance Data Platform Modernization

Lead modernization of legacy insurance data platforms and data warehouses.
Design cloud-native Data Lake, Lakehouse, and Data Warehouse architectures.
Enable consolidation of policy, claims, underwriting, billing, customer, and financial data into a unified data ecosystem.
Drive enterprise data transformation initiatives supporting digital insurance programs.

3. Data Engineering & Integration

Architect batch, near real-time, and streaming data pipelines.
Design ETL/ELT frameworks for ingesting data from core insurance systems and external data providers.
Implement scalable and reusable data integration solutions.
Ensure data quality, reconciliation, validation, and observability across data pipelines.

4. Insurance Domain Solutions

Design data solutions supporting:
Policy Administration
Claims Management
Underwriting
Customer & Distribution Management
Financial Reporting
Risk & Compliance
Fraud Detection & Analytics
Enable 360-degree customer and policyholder views through integrated data platforms.
Support actuarial, regulatory, and operational reporting requirements.

5. Cloud & Big Data Architecture

Architect data solutions on Azure, AWS, or GCP platforms.





Design and implement solutions using:
Databricks
Spark
Kafka
Snowflake
Synapse Analytics
BigQuery
Delta Lake
Optimize solutions for scalability, performance, security, and cost efficiency.

6. Data Governance & Regulatory Compliance

Establish Data Governance, Master Data Management (MDM), and Metadata Management frameworks.
Define data lineage, cataloging, and data quality standards.
Ensure compliance with insurance and financial regulatory requirements.
Implement data security, privacy, retention, and audit controls.

7. Advanced Analytics & AI Enablement

Design enterprise data foundations supporting AI, ML, and GenAI initiatives.

Enable data platforms for:
Predictive Analytics
Fraud Analytics
Customer Insights
Claims Intelligence
AI & GenAI Use Cases
Support vector databases, knowledge stores, and AI-ready data architectures.

8. DataOps & Automation

Define CI/CD and DataOps best practices.
Automate data deployment, monitoring, testing, and operational workflows.
Establish data platform observability, alerting, and performance monitoring frameworks.
Drive infrastructure-as-code and platform automation initiatives.

9. Stakeholder Management & Consulting

Collaborate with business stakeholders, enterprise architects, actuarial teams, and technology leadership.




Translate business requirements into scalable data architecture solutions.
Conduct architecture assessments and recommend modernization strategies.
Support proposal development, solutioning, and client workshops.

10. Leadership & Technical Governance

Lead and mentor data engineering teams and solution architects.
Establish enterprise data standards, reusable frameworks, and best practices.
Drive architecture governance and design review boards.
Evaluate emerging technologies and lead innovation initiatives.
Skill Requirements

Data Engineering & Architecture

Enterprise Data Architecture
Data Modeling (Conceptual, Logical, Physical)
Data Lake & Lakehouse Architecture
ETL/ELT Design
Data Warehousing

Cloud & Big Data

Azure Data Platform / AWS / GCP
Databricks
Spark
Kafka
Snowflake
Delta Lake
Synapse Analytics

Programming & Automation

Python
SQL
PySpark
Scala (Preferred)
CI/CD Pipelines
DataOps

Governance

Data Governance
Metadata Management
Master Data Management (MDM)
Data Lineage
Data Security & Compliance

Insurance Domain Experience (Mandatory)

Functional Expertise

Life & Annuities
Retirement Services
Health Insurance
Group Insurance
Property & Casualty Insurance
Policy Administration
Claims Processing
Underwriting Operations

Preferred Insurance Platforms

Guidewire
Duck Creek
Majesco
Sapiens
TIA

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