Data Architect

Thakral One is looking for a Data Architect to lead data architecture design and modernization initiatives in core banking. The role involves shaping scalable, secure, and high-performance data solutions across SQL/NoSQL systems, data lakes, and cloud platforms, while ensuring governance and compliance. Ideal candidates bring deep expertise in system integration, ETL frameworks, and banking data domains, with strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Lead thedata architecture design for core banking modernization initiatives
• Provides consultancy and advisory services for system integration, PoC, and impact analysis
• Conduct an in-depth analysis of system performance and identify any potential bottlenecks that may hinder optimal performance
• Effectively convey solution designs to diverse teams, and provide hands-on documentation or training sessions as necessary
• Define and implementdata lake integration strategies to centralize and streamline data access
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Engineering, DevOps, Product, and Business) to align data models with business needs
• Design scalable, secure, and high-performancedata pipelines and ETL frameworks
• Ensure data governance, lineage, and quality across all systems
• Evaluate and recommend modern data technologies, tools, and platforms
• Support migration from legacy systems to cloud-native or hybrid data platforms
• Create and maintainarchitecture documentation , standards, and best practices

• Proven experience or certifications on the following skillsets–Messaging, container implementation, container orchestration, multi-tier application architecture, monitoring tools, and collaboration tools
• Experience in quotation of solutions, differentiating CAPEX and OPEX concepts and evaluating different options to find the most cost-effective solution
• A deep technical understanding required to source infra resources ranging from on-premises to cloud. Should be familiar with architect best practices, but also be flexible to adapt to the team’s established practices and environment
• Good understanding of concurrent software systems and building them in a way that is scalable, maintainable, and robust
• Experience in various SQL and NoSQL databases (Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Proven experience inmodernizing legacy banking systems and core banking platforms
• Strong expertise indata lake architecture (e.g., Azure Data Lake, AWS Lake Formation, Google Big Lake)
• Hands-on experience withdata modeling, ETL/ELT, and real-time data streaming (e.g., Kafka, Spark, Flink)
• Proficiency inSQL, Python, or Scala for data engineering tasks
• Familiarity withcloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Deep understanding ofdata governance, security, and compliance (e.g., MAS, GDPR, PCI-DSS)
• Experience working withbanking data domains such as payments, loans, deposits, and customer 360
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Thakral One is a consulting and technology services company headquartered in Singapore, with a pan-Asian presence. We focus primarily around technology-driven consulting, adoption of value-added bespoke solutions, enabling enhanced decision support through data analytics, and embracing possibilities in the cloud. We are heavily inclined towards building capabilities collaboratively with clients and believe strongly in improving grounded and practical outcomes. This approach is possible through our partnership with leading global technology providers and internal R&D teams. Our clients come from Financial Services, Banking, Telco, Government, Healthcare, and Consumer-oriented organisations.

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