Senior Leader, Data & Integration Architecture

edari; Dubai; On-site; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Dubai-based conglomerate seeks a Senior Manager to lead data and integration architecture, defining scalable patterns, API strategies, and event-driven approaches across cloud and hybrid environments. You will collaborate with cloud, data, and business teams to ensure trusted data exchange and adherence to enterprise standards.

The role emphasizes governance, target-state architectures, and oversight of modernization efforts in analytics, AI, and digital initiatives across multiple entities.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in Data/Integration/Enterprise Architecture within complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain target-state architectures for enterprise integration, APIs, messaging, event streaming, and data platforms across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Establish architecture standards, integration patterns, and governance processes for secure, scalable integrations across applications, SaaS platforms, systems, and data platforms.
• Drive API-led connectivity, event-driven architecture, and real-time integration capabilities across digital and operational landscapes.
• Support strategic initiatives involving customer platforms, ERP systems, digital channels, loyalty platforms, and AI solutions.
• Collaborate with data engineering teams to design enterprise data flows, master data management, and data sharing frameworks for analytics, ML, and agentic AI use cases.
• Participate in architecture review boards, evaluate technologies and vendors, and oversee solution design reviews.
• Support modernization and rationalization initiatives, ensuring architectural alignment.
• Ensure architecture documentation is maintained within LeanIX and related repositories.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

API Integration

Data Architecture

Event-driven Architecture

MuleSoft

Boomi

Informatica

Azure Integration Services

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Engineering

TOGAF Certification

Azure/AWS Cloud Certifications

Tools

Azure

AWS

Job description

Dubai-based conglomerate seeks a Senior Manager to lead data and integration architecture, defining scalable patterns, API strategies, and event-driven approaches across cloud and hybrid environments. You will collaborate with cloud, data, and business teams to ensure trusted data exchange and adherence to enterprise standards.

The role emphasizes governance, target-state architectures, and oversight of modernization efforts in analytics, AI, and digital initiatives across multiple entities.