Senior Data Architect & Governance Leader (Dubai)

Datamatics Technologies; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 400,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Datamatics Technologies in Dubai seeks an experienced Data Architect to lead enterprise data architecture, governance, and management initiatives across cloud and on-premises environments.

The role focuses on Enterprise Data Management, Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata Management, Data Lineage, and Architecture Governance to design scalable data platforms for analytics, BI, AI/ML, and digital transformation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science required.
• 10+ years of experience in Data Architecture, Data Governance, Data Warehousing, or Enterprise Data Management.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise data architecture standards, principles, policies, and target-state roadmaps.
• Establish and govern enterprise data architecture and data management frameworks.
• Define and implement Data Governance operating models, stewardship processes, and governance controls.
• Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models for enterprise-wide data domains.
• Lead enterprise Data Warehouse, Data Lake, and Lakehouse architecture initiatives.
• Establish Data Quality frameworks, standards, monitoring processes, and continuous improvement practices.
• Define enterprise Data Classification standards and ensure implementation across business domains.
• Implement Metadata Management strategies to improve data discoverability, consistency, and governance.
• Establish Data Lineage frameworks to ensure end-to-end visibility and traceability of enterprise data assets.
• Drive Architecture Governance processes and ensure compliance with enterprise architecture standards.
• Define policies for data retention, lifecycle management, and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate business requirements into sustainable data architecture solutions.
• Partner with governance teams, data stewards, and business data owners to improve data management maturity.
• Design and implement scalable cloud and hybrid data platforms supporting reporting, analytics, and AI initiatives.
• Lead architecture reviews, governance forums, and design workshops.
• Provide architectural leadership and mentoring to data engineering, analytics, and delivery teams.

Skills

Enterprise Data Architecture

Data Governance

Data Quality

Metadata Management

Data Lineage

Azure data services

Data Warehouse

Data Lake

Lakehouse

Architecture Governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Azure Synapse

Azure Data Lake

Azure SQL

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

Datamatics Technologies in Dubai seeks an experienced Data Architect to lead enterprise data architecture, governance, and management initiatives across cloud and on-premises environments.

The role focuses on Enterprise Data Management, Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata Management, Data Lineage, and Architecture Governance to design scalable data platforms for analytics, BI, AI/ML, and digital transformation.