Experience: 10+ Years

Location: WFH / Remote (India)

Open Positions: Multiple

Qualification: B.Tech / M.Tech / MCA or
equivalent

Work Timings: 1:30 PM IST – 10:30 PM IST

Functional Area: Data Engineering

Position Summary

NextGen Invent is
seeking a highly experienced Principal Data Architect to lead the design,
modernization, and governance of enterprise-scale Data & AI platforms. The
ideal candidate will possess deep expertise across Data Architecture, Data
Engineering, Cloud Platforms, Analytics, Data Governance, AI/ML Enablement, and
Enterprise Data Modernization.

This role requires a
hands-on architect capable of defining enterprise data strategies while driving
technical execution across modern cloud-native data ecosystems. The candidate
will serve as a trusted advisor to business and technology leadership and lead
large-scale transformation initiatives involving Snowflake, Databricks, AWS,
and Azure.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Data Architecture
- Define enterprise data
architecture strategy, standards, and best practices.
- Design scalable Data Lake,




Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, and Real-Time Analytics solutions.
- Create architecture blueprints,
reference architectures, and modernization roadmaps.
- Lead migration from legacy
Hadoop/Data Warehouse platforms to up-to-date cloud-based architectures.

Data Platform Leadership
- Architect enterprise data
platforms leveraging Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, and Azure.
- Design Medallion Architecture
(Bronze/Silver/Gold) and Lakehouse solutions.
- Build frameworks for ingestion,
transformation, governance, and analytics.
- Establish platform scalability,
reliability, observability, and cost optimization strategies.

Modern Data Engineering
- Design large-scale batch and
streaming data platforms.
- Architect solutions utilizing
Spark, Kafka, Delta Lake, Delta Live Tables, Snowpipe, Streams &
Tasks.
- Guide implementation of
real-time and event-driven data pipelines.
- Drive performance optimization
and operatio

📌 Principal Data Architect (India)
🏢 NextGen Invent
📍 India