About the job
Exciting Opportunity Awaits!
NCS is in search of a seasoned Cloud Data Platform Solution Architect to spearhead the design, configuration, and deployment of a cutting-edge, secure, and scalable cloud data platform. This innovative platform will be developed on AWS and will seamlessly integrate various tools including Talend Big Data Management, Talend Data Catalog, RStudio Workbench, Posit Package Manager, Denodo, Keycloak, CKAN, Tyk, and AWS API Gateway.
The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in constructing data platforms from inception, showcasing robust expertise in data integration, metadata management, data virtualization, access control, API management, and secure cloud deployment.
In this role, you will collaborate closely with cloud infrastructure stakeholders, scrum masters, project managers, and technical teams to establish a comprehensive enterprise data platform that supports analytics and AI initiatives.
Additionally, the ability to translate user stories and technical security requirements into actionable platform infrastructure plans is crucial, as you oversee the establishment of a government cloud platform to empower self-service analytics or AI projects. Familiarity with Government Commercial Cloud (GCC) and GCC+ is a plus.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and oversee the full setup of a cloud-based data platform architecture on AWS, integrating an array of tools and services.
- Implement and configure:
- Talend Big Data Management for efficient data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration.
- Talend Data Catalog for effective enterprise data governance and metadata management.
- Denodo for advanced data virtualization.
- RStudio Workbench and Posit Package Manager to facilitate secure, collaborative data science workflows.
- Tyk API Gateway and AWS API Gateway to build a robust data API layer for secure and scalable data access.
- CKAN for effective data publishing and discovery.
- Keycloak for identity and access management, ensuring SSO, RBAC, and secure authentication across all platform components.
- AWS services including S3, Redshift, and SageMaker to support data storage, transformation, and querying.
- Define and document the platform architecture, integration patterns, and operational procedures.
- Ensure security, compliance, and scalability across all platform components.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, DevOps, data engineering, and business teams to align platform capabilities with organizational needs.

