About the job
As a Principal Data Architect at ThoughtWorks, you will be instrumental in shaping innovative data architecture solutions that align with business goals and deliver comprehensive data outcomes.
Your role will include facilitating collaboration between clients and ThoughtWorks teams to ensure alignment with the vision established by data strategists.
You will spearhead the design and architecture of initiatives critical to delivering solutions on time and within budget, while also mentoring delivery teams on architectural choices to meet solution agreements.
Key Responsibilities
- Engage with sales and pre-sales teams to define requirements and design effective solutions, driving initiatives with technical stakeholders.
- Lead complex data programs, addressing architectural challenges and empowering delivery teams to adhere to established standards.
- Provide client-facing technical leadership and insights on data architecture, engineering, and analytics, helping clients realize their data strategy.
- Collaborate with client counterparts in the enterprise architecture domain, guiding the delivery and approval of significant architectural decisions and methodologies.
- Communicate technical aspects of data architecture to both engineers and business stakeholders at various levels of detail.
- Guide and influence at the intersection of analytical and operational architecture.
- Design technical frameworks for data governance, security, and privacy to ensure compliance with regulations.
- Integrate data quality frameworks and processes to meet strategic requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Represent ThoughtWorks in various professional forums, including conferences and industry events.
Qualifications
Technical Skills
- Proven experience in defining and implementing diverse data architectures, analyzing trade-offs, and selecting technology stacks.
- Expertise in designing application system architectures leveraging big data, artificial intelligence, and related technologies.
