Data Architect

Role: Senior Engineer

Required Skills: Data architect

Qualification: BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Experience: 10 - 15 Years

Function: TECHNOLOGY

Apply By: 2027-01-09

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Extensive experience in data engineering and data architecture, including substantial experience as an architect designing production-scale data platforms.
• Proven design of lakehouse or data lake architectures on AWS or Azure, including object storage, compute, and open table formats (Delta, Iceberg, Parquet).
• Data modeling for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, including large binary files with rich metadata.
• Strong grounding in metadata management, lineage, dataset versioning, data quality, security, and governance.
• Hands-on with batch and streaming patterns (Spark, Kafka, Airflow or equivalents) and strong Python/SQL.

Good to Have

Multimodal sensor data (video, LiDAR, GNSS, IMU, telemetry), ROS/ROS2 bag data, autonomous systems or robotics, Databricks, Snowflake, data catalogs (Unity Catalog, Purview, DataHub), MLOps and feature stores, or industrial IoT.

Roles & Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end data architecture that turns raw multimodal sensor and operational data into governed, versioned, and AI-ready datasets for training, evaluation, and simulation.

• Define target-state data architecture, storage layout, zones, partitioning, and retention for high-volume sensor and metadata stores.
• Design canonical data models, schemas, data contracts, and metadata standards across ingestion, curation, annotation, and publishing.
• Establish lineage, dataset versioning, data quality rules, access controls, and governance policies.
• Evaluate and select platform components, and set reference patterns for batch, streaming, and search/retrieval of large datasets.
• Optimize cost, performance, and scalability of storage and compute, and review designs for security and compliance.

Generic Managerial Skills, If Any

Provide technical direction to data engineering teams, run architecture and design reviews, document decisions, and align AI, annotation, simulation, security, and platform stakeholders on data standards and roadmap.

Salary Range: $140,000 - $180,000 per year

TCS Employee Benefit and Summary:

Discretionary Annual Incentive.

Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.

Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.

Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.

Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.

Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.

Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.