COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD.
Singapore / Global
Singapore / Global
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead to lead the design, development, and delivery of a large-scale data platform hosted on the Government Commercial Cloud (GCC) using AWS Cloud services. The candidate will be responsible for end-to-end data architecture, ETL modernization, master data management, governance, and reporting solutions for a public sector program.
The ideal candidate should possess strong public sector experience, deep knowledge of Public Sector frameworks, Government cloud governance requirements, and proven experience delivering enterprise-scale data solutions using AWS-native services and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products.
Key Responsibilities
Data Platform Leadership
Lead the technical design and implementation of enterprise data platforms on AWS GCC.
Define target-state architecture for data ingestion, transformation, storage, governance, and reporting.
Drive cloud-native modernization initiatives and technology roadmap.
Work closely with enterprise architects, business stakeholders, Public Sector teams, and infrastructure teams.
Data Engineering & ETL
Design and implement large-scale data pipelines using: AWS Glue / AWS Lambda / Amazon S3 / AWS Step Functions / AWS EMR / Amazon Redshift / Amazon Athena / Amazon Event Bridge
Lead Talend ETL development and migration strategy toward AWS-native services.
Experience working with Graph DB applications using Neo4j
Ensure data quality, reliability, scalability, and performance optimization.
Data Governance & Catalog
Implement enterprise data governance frameworks.
Manage metadata, lineage, and catalogue solutions.
Experience with Talend Data Catalog / AWS Glue Data Catalog / Data Governance frameworks / Data Stewardship processes
Master Data Management (MDM)
Lead administration and enhancement of TIBCO EBX MDM platform.
Define migration roadmap from TIBCO EBX to AWS-native MDM architecture.
Implement master data management, golden record management, hierarchy management, and data quality frameworks.
Collaborate with business data owners and governance councils.
Application Integration
Lead the design, development, and support of enterprise application integrations across government and external systems.
Design and implement API-first architectures following Public Sector and WOG integration standards.
Develop and manage secure integrations between data platforms, MDM systems, COTS products, and downstream applications.
Ensure scalability, performance, security, and monitoring of integration services.
Support real-time, near real-time, and batch integration patterns.
Required Skills & Experience
Cloud Technologies
8+ years in Data Engineering and Solution Architecture.
5+ years of AWS Cloud experience.
Area: Specifics
AWS Data Engineering
AWS Glue, Lambda, S3, Step Functions, EMR, Redshift, Athena, EventBridge
ETL Tools
Talend Data Integration + Talend Data Catalog (hands-on, not just exposure)
Application Integration
REST/SOAP APIs, OpenAPI/Swagger, API Gateway, event-driven architecture (Kafka a plus)
Security standards
OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, JWT, mTLS
AWS Infrastructure
EC2, VPC, IAM, KMS, CloudFormation, HA/DR, IaC - architecture-level understanding, not necessarily hands-on ops
Public Sector (Singapore) - Mandatory
Prior delivery experience with Singapore Public Sector, on Government Commercial Cloud (GCC) , under WOG/IM8 frameworks
Good to Have
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
AWS Data Analytics Specialty
TOGAF
Talend Certification
Tableau Certification
PMP / Scrum Master
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Singapore / Global
Singapore / Global
Singapore / Global
Singapore / Global
Singapore / Global
Singapore / Global