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 up-to-date 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, robust 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