Data Architect with Data Governance/Unity Catalog/Lineage

Zortech Solutions Inc; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Zortech Solutions Inc. seeks a Data Architect with Data Governance expertise in Toronto. Hybrid-3, long-term contract, focus on data lineage, lineage, security, and governance across retail and customer data domains.

Responsibilities include end-to-end data flow analysis, architecture diagrams, and collaboration with Platform/Engineering teams to implement governance and security controls.

Qualifications

• Experience with data modeling across conceptual, logical and physical layers.
• Expertise in governance frameworks, metadata management and data quality.
• Knowledge of RBAC/ABAC and encryption concepts.

Responsibilities

• Analyze end-to-end data flows and design target-state architectures.
• Define data ownership, stewardship and governance controls.
• Develop lineage, impact analysis and data movement patterns.
• Collaborate with security, governance and engineering teams.
• Support architecture reviews and solution approvals.
• Address data privacy, PII classification and retention strategies.

Skills

Data Modeling

API architecture

Data Governance

PII Classification

Data Privacy

Metadata Management

Data Quality

Access Governance

RBAC ABAC

Key Management

Platforms Technologies

Job description

Role: Data Architect with Data Governance/Unity Catalog/Lineage/Retail Domain

Duration: Long Term Contract

Location: Toronto, ON - Hybrid- 3 Days

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze end-to-end data flows across batch and API integrations.
• Develop current-state and target-state architecture diagrams.
• Perform data lineage, impact analysis, and dependency assessments.
• Document integration patterns and data movement across systems.
• Support architecture reviews and solution approvals.
• Data Governance & Controls
• Perform PII and sensitive data assessments.
• Define data classification, retention, and handling requirements.
• Design data minimization and data protection strategies.
• Define data ownership and stewardship models.
• Data Security & Privacy
• Design data protection controls including:
• Encryption
• Data Masking
• Hashing
• Support RBAC and ABAC design.
• Review access models, service accounts, and privileged access requirements.
• Support security and privacy compliance initiatives.
• Assess batch, API, messaging, and data lake architectures.
• Design secure data movement and interface patterns.
• Support modernization of customer and loyalty data integrations.
• Work closely with platform teams to implement approved architecture solutions.
• Stakeholder Management
• Collaborate with Business, Security, Data Governance, Platform, and Engineering teams.
• Facilitate architecture workshops and design sessions.
• Prepare executive and architecture review documentation.
• Support program planning, risk management, and roadmap development.

Qualifications and Skills

Required Skills:

• Data Modeling (Conceptual, Logical, Physical)
• API & Batch Processing Architecture
• Data Governance
• PII Classification & Data Privacy
• Data Governance Frameworks
• Metadata Management
• Data Quality & Data Stewardship
• Data Retention & Archival Strategies
• Data Security
• Encryption (Data at Rest & In Transit)
• RBAC & ABAC
• Access Governance
• Key Management Concepts
• Platforms & Technologies

Preferred Experience:

• Retail, Loyalty, Financial Services, Banking, or Customer Data domains.
• Experience with customer identity and master data management.
• Experience in data remediation, data governance, or security transformation initiatives.
• Experience working with cross-functional architecture and engineering teams.