Abstract: The proposed systems and methods provide a fixed set of intelligent, general APIs to manage access to enterprise data stored in a cloud-based data lake. These systems and methods allow a fixed set of APIs to respond to all queries regarding the stored enterprise data by using a cached reference table that locates the container and document in which the requested data is held. The proposed systems and methods provide a framework for a minimal API service code with the capacity for responding to dynamic queries while maintaining stringent privacy control protections.