Senior Data Platform Architect — Lakehouse & Governance

First Abu Dhabi Bank; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 500,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

First Abu Dhabi Bank is seeking a senior Data Architect/Data Engineer to lead the design of dimensional models and conformed dimensions for a robust lakehouse architecture. You will build Gold layers in lakehouse environments using Databricks and Unity Catalog, ensuring strong data governance and lineage across banking domains.

The role focuses on SQL/Dynamic pipelines, model optimization, and collaboration with governance councils to push back against spaghetti data ingestion while delivering

Qualifications

• 10 years of work experience in Data Architect, Data Modeler or Data Engineer roles.
• Expert in dimensional modeling and conformed dimensions.
• Strong knowledge of Lakehouse architectures and Databricks SQL.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize data models (star/snowflake) and Gold layers in lakehouse.
• Manage Unity Catalog schemas, access controls and data lineage.
• Implement metadata governance, data dictionary and business glossary.
• Build and productionize data pipelines with Airflow within Databricks.
• Collaborate with governance councils and business units to ensure semantic consistency.

Skills

Dimensional Modeling

Lakehouse Architecture

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Delta Lake

SQL

PySpark

Airflow

Data Governance

Metadata Tagging

Lineage

Star Schema

Data Modeling

Coding in SQL

Tools

Databricks (Delta Lake)

Collibra/Atlan

Job description

First Abu Dhabi Bank is seeking a senior Data Architect/Data Engineer to lead the design of dimensional models and conformed dimensions for a robust lakehouse architecture. You will build Gold layers in lakehouse environments using Databricks and Unity Catalog, ensuring strong data governance and lineage across banking domains.

The role focuses on SQL/Dynamic pipelines, model optimization, and collaboration with governance councils to push back against spaghetti data ingestion while delivering