Technical Lead - Architecture Design

Experience

10-12 Years

Job Description

Role Overview
The Techno‑Functional Lead will be responsible for bridging the gap between business stakeholders and technical teams, driving solution design, proof‑of‑concepts, and delivery of advanced data engineering and analytics solutions. This role requires strong expertise in cloud platforms, data pipelines, and AI enablement, combined with domain knowledge and leadership skills to mentor teams and ensure timely execution.

Key Responsibilities
Solutioning & Design :  Participate in architecture discussions, design scalable data solutions, and ensure alignment with business needs.
Documentation Preparedness :  Create and maintain technical and functional documentation for projects.
Stakeholder Collaboration :  Work closely with business teams to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
POC Development :  Drive proof‑of‑concepts to validate new technologies, frameworks, and approaches.
Cloud Expertise :  Hands‑on experience with AWS, Azure, or Snowflake for data storage, processing, and analytics.
Domain Knowledge :  Apply understanding of domains such as sales, manufacturing, finance, or others to contextualize solutions.
Data Pipeline Development :  Build and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines, applying business transformations to ensure data quality and usability.
AI Enablement :  Integrate AI agents, agentic AI, and generative AI capabilities into applications for enhanced insights.
Team Leadership :  Mentor engineers and analysts, ensuring deliverables are completed within stipulated timelines and quality standards.

Required Skills & Qualifications
10-12  years of experience in data engineering, analytics, and solution delivery.
Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Snowflake).
Proven track record in building data pipelines and applying business transformations.
Exposure to AI/GenAI technologies and their integration into enterprise applications.
Excellent communication skills to collaborate with business stakeholders.
Domain expertise in at least one industry vertical (sales, manufacturing, finance, etc.).
Leadership experience in mentoring teams and driving project execution.

 Desired Attributes
Ability to balance technical depth with business understanding.
Strong problem‑solving and analytical mindset.
Passion for innovation in data and AI

Required Technical/ Functional Competencies

Domain/ Industry Knowledge:

• Working knowledge of customer's business processes and relevant technology platform or product.
• Able to analyze current-state and define to-be processes in collaboration with SME and present recommendations with tangible benefits.

Product/ Technology Knowledge:

• Implement code or configure/customize products, drive adoption of industry standards and practices, and contribute to development of reusable assets and innovative solutions.
• Conduct technical sessions and knowledge sharing sessions, and work on complex modules independently.
• Analyze various frameworks/tools and present recommendations, contribute to development of training and certification material, and demonstrate thought leadership through whitepapers and webinars.

Required Behavioral Competencies

Accountability:

• Takes responsibility for and ensures accuracy of results and deadlines of the function and/or team and in completing own work.

Collaboration:

• Reaches out to others in team to ensure connections are made and team members are working together.
• Looks for ways to integrate work with other teams, identifying similarities and opportunities, making necessary changes in work to ensure successful integration.

Agility:

• Demonstrates openness to the possibilities that change presents and begins to plan for how role may change.
• Works with others to prepare for change.

Customer Focus:

• Identifies trends and patterns emerging from customer preferences and works towards customizing/ refining existing services to exceed customer needs and expectations.

Communication:

• Communicates well-organized ideas, information, and data to broad and diverse audiences across the Organization (through formal and informal presentations).
• Helps others identify their appropriate audience.

Drives Results:

• Sets realistic stretch goals for self & others and perseveres to follow through with resilience and remains calm in a crisis or stressful situation to exceed organization/client expectation.

Resolves Conflict:

• Identifies and understands the source of conflict, addresses, and overcomes.

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