Senior Data Architect & AI Analytics Leader

MAIR Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

MAIR Group in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Senior Manager / Data Architect to lead enterprise data platform design using Snowflake and Cortex. You will deliver AI-powered analytics and Power BI dashboards, guiding data strategy and mentoring teams across data engineering and analytics.

You will drive multi-cloud deployments, real-time analytics, governance, and collaborate with retail, supply chain, marketing, and finance to translate requirements into scalable data solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data engineering, data architecture, or BI with leadership experience.
• Hands-on with Snowflake Data Cloud and Cortex AI features.
• Strong ETL/ELT, data modeling (dimensional/star/snowflake).
• Advanced SQL and Python for data processing and AI integration.
• Enterprise-scale Power BI development and administration.
• Understanding of data governance, security, and compliance.
• Experience in retail or enterprise analytics preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise data architecture design on Snowflake across multi-cloud/hybrid deployments.
• Implement Cortex-powered AI/ML workflows for analytics and insights.
• Oversee end-to-end data pipelines (ETL/ELT) for scalability and performance.
• Design and optimize Power BI dashboards for business stakeholders.
• Collaborate with retail, supply chain, marketing and finance to translate requirements into AI solutions.
• Develop data models, semantic layers, and dimensional models for reporting.
• Ensure data governance, quality and compliance across platforms.
• Mentor and lead data engineers, BI developers and analysts.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies, including AI/ML integrations.
• Support real-time analytics and AI-driven business insights with Snowflake Cortex.

Skills

Data engineering

Data architecture

ETL/ELT pipelines

SQL

Python

Power BI

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytics strategy

AI/ML awareness

Tools

Snowflake Data Cloud

Cortex AI

Power BI development

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

MAIR Group in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Senior Manager / Data Architect to lead enterprise data platform design using Snowflake and Cortex. You will deliver AI-powered analytics and Power BI dashboards, guiding data strategy and mentoring teams across data engineering and analytics.

You will drive multi-cloud deployments, real-time analytics, governance, and collaborate with retail, supply chain, marketing, and finance to translate requirements into scalable data solutions.