Data Architect

Location:

Singapore Central Singapore Singapore

Job ID:

R1013111

Date Posted:

Company Name:

Hitachi Rail Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Profession (Job Category):

IT Telecom & Internet

Job Schedule:

Full time

Remote:

No

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together theres something for everyone to get stuck into. And thats where you come in.

Job Description:

AsHitachi Rail Singapore we are advancing rail signalling and safety solutions to ensure safe and efficient railway operations worldwide.

Our technologies help to bring billions of people reliably to their destinations by rail every year making sustainable mobility a reality.

Data Architect (. R1013111)

at our location in Singapore

Hitachi Rail is seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated Data Architect with strong experience in designing and delivering scalable data solutions. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in data architecture data platforms and analytics ecosystems combined with solid leadership capabilities.

This role is responsible for defining robust secure and high-performance data architectures to support asset management and predictive maintenance solutions. The Data Architect will ensure data is structured governed and accessible to enable advanced analytics and data-driven decision-making. The candidate will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into effective data solutions and drive the advancement of Hitachi Rails HMAX initiatives.

You will enjoy having these responsibilities:

• Define and design end-to-end data architecture across data ingestion storage processing and consumption layers.
• Translate business requirements into scalable secure and high-performance data solutions.
• Develop and maintain data models (conceptual logical physical) to support analytics and operational use cases.
• Design and enable data platforms (data lakes warehouses lakehouse architectures) for structured and unstructured data.
• Establish data integration frameworks including ETL/ELT pipelines APIs and streaming solutions.
• Ensure data governance quality lineage and compliance across the data lifecycle.
• Embed data security principles (access control encryption data protection) into architecture design.
• Support predictive analytics and data-driven use cases through well-structured and accessible data environments.
• Provide technical leadership across data initiatives ensuring best practices and standards are applied.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and act as a trusted advisor on data strategy and architecture.

You have:

• Bachelor or Master Degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or related field.
• Strong experience in data architecture and data platform design.
• Proven expertise in cloud data platforms (e.g. AWS Azure GCP) including modern data architectures.
• Hands-on knowledge of data processing frameworks (e.g. Spark) and large-scale data handling.
• Experience with data lakes data warehouses and lakehouse architectures.
• Solid understanding of data integration patterns (ETL/ELT APIs streaming messaging).
• Familiarity with data governance frameworks metadata management and data quality practices.
• Knowledge of data security and privacy principles including IAM encryption and compliance.
• Experience with DevOps/DataOps practices including CI/CD and automation for data pipelines.
• Understanding of distributed systems and scalable data architectures.
• Experience with monitoring logging and observability for data platforms.
• Exposure to predictive analytics or data-driven solutions is an advantage.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and communication skills with cross-functional collaboration experience
• Proficiency in Italian would be an advantage for communication with Italian-speaking stakeholders.

Our Talent Acquisition Team is looking forward to hearing from you

We look forward to receiving your application in just a few clicks via our career portal.

For further information about Hitachi Rail as an employer visit us on us

Our motivation is the mobility turnaround. To achieve this our teams find innovative products and solutions that ensure the operation and reliability of the entire rail network and increase capacities on the rails.

Our projects are diverse. To make our teams even stronger we are looking for your return we offer you an attractive overall package with the following benefits:

• Stronger together: Networking through internal networks and working in international teams
• Our drive: Together we are laying the foundations for the digitization of the rail around the world to get people safely to their destinations and to their loved ones!
• Attractive conditions: A secure and permanent job with a global company

Notes

Equal opportunities and self-determined participation of severely disabled persons and persons of equal status as well as respectful cooperation are firmly anchored principles within Hitachi Rail and its subsidiaries. We also aim to offer all our equal opportunities to start a career and to receive training and further education in our company. We consciously promote diversity and togetherness in our teams.

Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at Hitachi Rail there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background age gender sexuality family status disability race nationality ethnicity religion and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1