Data Architect (AI, Advanced Analytics & Banking Payments)

🚀International Turnkey Systems - ITS - We're Hiring! — Data Architect (AI, Advanced Analytics & Banking Payments)🌟 We are looking for an experienced Data Architect to design and lead high‑performance, secure, and scalable data architectures supporting AI/ML, real‑time analytics, and banking payment systems.🔍 Role SummaryAs a Data Architect, you will design and govern enterprise‑level data platforms and frameworks that empower AI, fraud detection, credit scoring, and digital payments—ensuring full alignment with banking regulations and security standards.📌 Key Responsibilities:✅ Design AI‑ready data platforms (Data Lakes, Lakehouses, distributed storage)✅ Build enterprise data models for analytics, ML pipelines & fraud detection✅ Lead large‑scale ingestion, streaming & real‑time processing (Transactions, AML, KYC)✅ Enable ML lifecycle: feature stores, risk models, credit scoring✅ Implement governance, lineage, cataloging & metadata frameworks✅ Ensure data quality & compliance with financial regulations✅ Optimize large datasets: transactions, portfolios, regulatory data✅ Collaborate with ML & engineering teams to integrate models into banking systems✅ Ensure compliance with GDPR, PCI‑DSS & local banking regulations🎯 Required Skills:🔹 Strong experience with Big Data technologies (Spark, Hadoop, Databricks, Delta Lake)🔹 Cloud platforms: Azure Synapse, AWS Redshift, GCP BigQuery🔹 Proficient in SQL, Python & performance tuning🔹 Tools: Kafka, ADF, SSIS, Airflow, DBT, Snowflake🔹 Strong understanding of ML pipelines for banking use cases🔹 Mandatory: Banking systems, digital payments, cards, ISO 20022, SWIFT, real‑time payments🎓 Qualifications:🎓 Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Data Engineering💼 10+ years in Data Architecture / Data Engineering / Analytics💳 Banking & Payments experience is required