Unison Group

Builds financial risk and compliance systems

Data Architect - Banking

Data Management +1Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeSingaporeNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

At least 10 years of experience in data, including at least 4 years in banking, and a hands-on data engineering background.
Experience designing data platforms inside tier-1 or large regional banks.
Knowledge of banking data models such as Teradata FSLDM or equivalent across customer, account, payments, and AML/CFT subject areas.
Experience building financial crime or regulatory data marts to BCBS 239 standards for lineage, reconciliation, and audit.
Knowledge of enterprise data warehouse, data lake, and Lakehouse architecture, as well as Data Mesh and Data Fabric concepts.
Experience with dimensional, 3NF, and Data Vault data modelling; semantic layers; and data products.
Experience designing historical data, including snapshots, SCD Type 2, bi-temporal models, and large multi-grain backfills.
Experience with data-as-a-service patterns across batch and API delivery, including lineage, observability, and SLA monitoring.
Knowledge of metadata, business glossary, lineage, and data quality frameworks.
Hands-on experience with ETL/ELT development, CDC, historical data processing, metadata-driven automation frameworks, and performance optimisation.
Experience with Teradata and Hadoop/Cloudera at scale, including warehouses of 100 TB+ and tables of billions of rows.
Experience with Spark, Python, R, SQL, Hive, Impala, HBase, Pig, Hue, Apache Iceberg, and Trino.
Experience with Kafka, Spark Streaming, Informatica (including IDL), and Talend for streaming and integration.
Experience with advanced SQL, NoSQL, Denodo, and Snowflake for databases and data federation.
Experience with Kubernetes, Airflow, GitOps, and CI/CD tools.
Ability to run design authority forums and review engineers’ designs and code.
Ability to write design specifications that pass architecture, audit, and regulatory review.

Responsibilities

Run design authority forums and review engineers’ designs and code.
Write design specifications that pass architecture, audit, and regulatory review.

Desired Qualifications

Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, and Lakehouse platforms.
Experience with data services on Azure, Google Cloud, Huawei Cloud, or Alibaba Cloud.
Experience with BI and analytics platforms, including Qlik Sense, Microsoft Power BI, and Azure analytics services.
TOGAF, Teradata Vantage, Cloudera, DAMA CDMP, Databricks, or cloud architect certification.

Data Architect - Banking

Unison Group · Singapore, Singapore · Contract · Posted 2026-09-25

Workplace: on_site

Department: Manish

Description

We are looking for a Data Architect with 10+ years in data, including 4+ years in banking and a hands-on data engineering background.

Must-have skills

Banking and domain

• Data platform design inside tier-1 or large regional banks.

• Banking data models (Teradata FSLDM or equivalent) across customer, account, payments and AML/CFT subject areas.

• Financial crime or regulatory data marts built to BCBS 239 standards for lineage, reconciliation and audit.

Data architecture

• Enterprise data warehouse, data lake and Lakehouse architecture; Data Mesh and Data Fabric concepts.

• Data modelling: dimensional, 3NF and Data Vault; semantic layers and data products.

• Historical data design: snapshots, SCD Type 2, bi-temporal models and large multi-grain backfills.

• Data-as-a-service patterns across batch and API delivery, with lineage, observability and SLA monitoring.

• Metadata, business glossary, lineage and data quality frameworks.

Data engineering (hands-on)

• ETL/ELT development, CDC, historical data processing, metadata-driven automation frameworks and performance optimisation.

• Teradata and Hadoop/Cloudera at scale: warehouses of 100 TB+ and tables of billions of rows.

• Spark, Python, R, SQL, Hive, Impala, HBase, Pig and Hue; Apache Iceberg and Trino.

• Streaming and integration: Kafka, Spark Streaming, Informatica (including IDL) and Talend.

• Databases and data federation: advanced SQL, NoSQL, Denodo and Snowflake.

• Cloud and DevOps: Kubernetes, Airflow, GitOps and CI/CD tools.

Delivery and communication

• Running design authority forums and reviewing engineers’ designs and code.

• Writing design specifications that pass architecture, audit and regulatory review.

Good-to-have skills

• Databricks, Snowflake and Lakehouse platforms; data services on Azure, Google Cloud, Huawei Cloud or Alibaba Cloud.

• BI and analytics platforms: Qlik Sense, Microsoft Power BI and Azure analytics services.

Certifications (preferred): TOGAF; Teradata Vantage; Cloudera; DAMA CDMP; Databricks or cloud architect

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About the Company

Unison Group

Builds financial risk and compliance systems

Unison Group builds technology systems for financial institutions that need to manage risk, meet reporting rules and modernize their operations. Its consultants work across liquidity, market and credit risk, combining financial knowledge with software implementation and data analysis. The business also designs cloud infrastructure and develops custom applications, connecting these systems with the information and processes clients already use. It earns money through consulting, technology implementation and engineering services for enterprises, with work ranging from system design to deployment. Founded as Unison Consulting in 2012, the group is headquartered in Singapore.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Not listed
Founded: 2012

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