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With a 15,000-strong team across the Asia Pacific, NCS scales its platforms and capabilities to provide clients with greater agility and AI expertise across a range of Industries. Embracing a strong ecosystem of global partners, NCS transforms technology services delivery combining AI with digital resilience to drive real business impact. NCS is a subsidiary of the Singtel Group.\n About the Role\nWe are looking for a visionary Data & AI Architect to design and lead next-generation data and AI solutions for clients across Singapore and the region.\nYou will define end-to-end architectures that connect data engineering, applied AI, and agentic intelligence - helping enterprises and public agencies unlock the power of data, automation, and generative AI.\nAt NCS, we partner with leading technology ecosystems including Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Databricks. You will collaborate closely with these partners and our clients to turn ideas into scalable, intelligent platforms that deliver measurable business value.\nWhat You’ll Do\n1. Design Data & AI Architectures\nArchitect cloud-native data platforms and pipelines for ingestion, transformation, analytics, and visualization.\nDesign data lakehouse and real-time streaming architectures with strong governance and performance standards.\nEnsure the architecture supports scalability, resilience, and security across cloud and hybrid environments.\n2. 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Drive Innovation and Thought Leadership\nDevelop and evangelize AI-first and agentic design principles across NCS and with clients.\nCreate reusable blueprints, accelerators, and reference architectures to accelerate adoption.\nMentor teams to uplift engineering and AI capabilities within NCS.\n5. Engage Clients and Partners\nPartner with clients to translate business needs into scalable data and AI solutions.\nCollaborate with leading cloud and AI technology partners to co-develop new industry offerings.\nRepresent NCS in technology forums and client showcases as a thought leader in data and AI innovation.\n What You Bring\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or related fields.\n8-12 years of experience in technology, including at least 5 years in data, AI, or solution architecture roles.\nStrong hands-on experience in one or more cloud ecosystems (Google Cloud, AWS, Azure).\nExpertise in data engineering frameworks (Databricks, Spark, Kafka, Airflow, DBT) and modern AI architectures (LLM, RAG, agentic systems).\nFamiliarity with vector databases (FAISS, Qdrant, Weaviate, Chroma) and MLOps / AIOps pipelines.\nExcellent stakeholder communication skills - able to articulate technical strategy in business terms.\nPreferred Certifications\nGoogle Professional Data Engineer / Machine Learning Engineer\nAWS Certified Machine Learning or Data Analytics Specialty\nMicrosoft Azure AI Engineer Associate\nDatabricks Certified Data Architect / Machine Learning Professional\n Why Join NCS\nLead high-impact AI management consulting programs for major enterprises and public sector clients.\n\nShape enterprise strategies and governance frameworks that drive real transformation.\n\nWork with a talented, multidisciplinary team in a collaborative environment.\n\nCompetitive compensation and strong professional development support.\n\nWe are driven by our AEIOU beliefs-Adventure, Excellence, Integrity, Ownership, and Unity-and we seek individuals who embody these values in both their professional and personal lives. We are committed to our Impact: Valuing our clients, Growing our people, and Creating our future.\nTogether, we make the extraordinary happen.\nLearn more about us at ncs.co and visit our LinkedIn career site.\nScam Alert\nWe are aware of fraudulent job offers and impersonations of NCS recruiters. Phishing emails using convincing-looking but fake addresses are also commonly used to trick you into thinking that they come from official NCS sources.\nPlease note that all official communications from NCS Group will only be sent from verified corporate email addresses. Always check that the sender’s email address ends with the genuine NCS domain, @ncs.com.sg and beware of extra letters, symbols or misspellings. 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