Senior Data Architect - Healthcare Data & Azure Lead

Colonial Group; Halifax; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Colonial Group seeks a Senior Data Architect to define and lead the target-state data ecosystem within a complex healthcare setting. You will drive enterprise data architecture across cloud platforms, with a strong emphasis on Microsoft Azure, enabling interoperability and supporting operational and analytical use cases, including AI/ML.

You will design data models, governance, security, and data integration patterns across diverse systems, and collaborate with engineering and business teams to

Qualifications

• Experience designing enterprise-scale data platforms in Azure.
• Strong expertise in data modeling and enterprise data architecture.
• Deep understanding of data integration patterns across complex systems.
• Experience with healthcare data ecosystems, interoperability standards like FHIR/HL7.
• Strong grasp of data governance, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of enterprise data architectures in Azure-focused environments.
• Define and implement data models, standards, and governance across systems.
• Architect data integration solutions (batch/real-time/event-driven) across clinical and operational platforms.
• Design for security, privacy, and regulatory compliance in healthcare settings.
• Establish and advance data management capabilities like data quality, lineage, and MDM.
• Partner with engineering, architecture, and business teams to align data strategy with goals.

Skills

Azure data platform design

Data modeling

Enterprise data architecture

FHIR/HL7 interoperability

Data governance

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Azure Synapse

Azure Data Factory

Databricks

Fabric

Job description

Colonial Group seeks a Senior Data Architect to define and lead the target-state data ecosystem within a complex healthcare setting. You will drive enterprise data architecture across cloud platforms, with a strong emphasis on Microsoft Azure, enabling interoperability and supporting operational and analytical use cases, including AI/ML.

You will design data models, governance, security, and data integration patterns across diverse systems, and collaborate with engineering and business teams to