Senior Solutions Architect This is the person who will spearhead a data modernization program for VASCOR Logistics (www.vascorlogstics.com) and lead a data team from India. Essential Skills and Experience Level: Senior executive hire. Proven, hands-on experience is the primary requirement for this role. This role is for someone who has done this before, at comparable scale, and can show it.

Experience:
• 15+ years of professional experience, including 10+ years in senior data and cloud architecture roles.
• Has personally led, from design through cutover, the modernization of a large enterprise data estate (legacy SQL Server, SSIS, SSAS, and reporting) onto a contemporary cloud platform such as Microsoft Fabric or Azure.
• Deep hands-on expertise in Microsoft Fabric, Azure, Power BI, and medallion (Bronze/Silver/Gold) architecture.
• 5+ years in applied machine learning or AI, including generative-AI and agent solutions shipped to production for real users.
• Has led engineering teams of 20 or more people, including hiring and developing senior engineers.
• Has presented technical strategy to executive leadership and boards. Also required:
• Complete fluency in English, spoken and written.
• Holds a valid U.
S. visa. Scope and Authority Leads: the full data modernization program, from India. Direct reports (proposed): Lead Data Engineer, Data Governance Lead, and the senior Project Coordinator/Manager. All other roles report through them. Decides: platform design and technical standards, program priorities (including which AI use cases come first), sequencing of migration work, and build-versus-buy calls on tooling. Escalates to: the executive sponsor for budget changes, headcount changes, and cross-department priorities.

Location:
Gurugram first 6-month office based. After that in hybrid mode Day-to-Day




• Set the technical direction for the new data platform, including how AI will run on it, and keep the design consistent across the team.
• Review and approve major designs from the Lead Data Engineer, ETL Engineers, and BI Developers before they are built.
• Own the program plan: migration phases, milestones, and sequencing in one plan.
• Run a weekly leadership meeting with the direct reports, and a monthly review of milestones, risks, and budget with the executive sponsor.
• Agree the order of migration with the business units, based on business value and data readiness, and agree with them which AI use cases come first.
• Work with the Data Governance Lead so that catalog, ownership, and access rules (and responsible-AI rules) are in place before data is released to the business.
• Represent the program to Vascor leadership and the board; explain trade-offs in plain language.
• Coach the senior hires and unblock cross-team technical disputes.
• Lead hiring for the first waves: interview and approve every senior and lead hire. Performance Measures
• Technical approach and program plan delivered in Month 1 and signed off by the executive sponsor.
• Program milestones hit on schedule across the wave plan (environment up by Months 2-3, bulk migration in Months 4-6, validation from Month 7).
• Governance foundation (catalog, data domains, stewards) in place on the planned timeline.
• First AI use cases delivered on plan: prototypes by Months 4-6, first AI feature by Months 7-9.
• Hiring plan adherence: roles filled per wave, and quality of hires (retention and ramp time).
• Design-related rework and incidents downstream (fewer is better).
• Platform performance against design targets once live (query latency, mirroring lag, uptime).
• Leadership satisfaction and team health: direct-report retention and engagement.

📌 Senior Solutions Architect (Gurugram)
🏢 APL Logistics VASCOR Automotive
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