Job Description

About The Role

The Data Platform Leader is responsible for defining, building, and operating the Enterprise Data Platform (EDP), a centralized, governed, and scalable data foundation that enables enterprise analytics and accelerates insight delivery. This role owns the end-to-end data platform capability as a strategic enterprise asset, including vision, investment direction.

The role leads the design and execution of a modern AWS Native Lakehouse platform, ensuring secure, high performance, and self-service access to trusted data across the organization. It requires a balance of deep technical expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to operate within a federated data model that supports domain ownership while maintaining centralized governance.

Roles And Responsibilities

Platform Strategy
- Define and execute the enterprise data platform strategy and roadmap
- Design and evolve a contemporary AWS native lakehouse architecture
- Establish scalable, reusable data platform patterns and standards
- Drive migration from legacy Microsoft based data platforms




- Define and evolve the federated data operating model, including domain responsibilities and data product standards

Platform Delivery & Operations
- Own delivery and ongoing operation of the data platform
- Oversee development of data ingestion pipelines and transformation frameworks
- Ensure platform reliability, performance, and scalability
- Implement monitoring, observability, and operational controls
- Optimize platform cost efficiency across storage, compute, and data processing workloads

Data Governance & Security
- Define and enforce data governance standards, policies, and controls
- Implement fine-grained access control using AWS Lake Formation
- Enable enterprise data cataloging, metadata management, and discovery (e.g., AWS DataZone)
- Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and audit requirements

Technology Leadership
- Lead tooling and technology decisions across the platfo

📌 Director-Enterprise Data Platform (Chennai)
🏢 Access | Information Management
📍 Chennai