Remote Data Architect: Shape Enterprise Data Strategy

Placements24; Queenstown; Hybrid; NZD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Remote work flexibility

Professional development

Collaborative team environment

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a skilled Data Architect in Queenstown to design, develop, and maintain our data architecture, ensuring accessible, optimized data for analytics. You will model data, build warehouses and lakes, and establish governance policies to support data-driven decision making.

The role requires deep knowledge of relational and non-relational databases, data modeling, and cloud data platforms, with collaboration across data scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Data Architect or similar data-focused role.
• Strong SQL skills and NoSQL experience (MongoDB, Cassandra).
• Experience with big data tech (Hadoop, Spark) and data warehousing concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop enterprise data architecture, including data models, databases, data warehouses, and data lakes.
• Define data standards, naming conventions, and data governance policies.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate data requirements into architectural designs.

Skills

SQL

NoSQL databases

Big data

Data governance

Data security

Data modeling

Cloud data platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field

Tools

MongoDB

Cassandra

Hadoop

Spark

AWS Redshift / Azure SQL / Google BigQuery

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a skilled Data Architect in Queenstown to design, develop, and maintain our data architecture, ensuring accessible, optimized data for analytics. You will model data, build warehouses and lakes, and establish governance policies to support data-driven decision making.

The role requires deep knowledge of relational and non-relational databases, data modeling, and cloud data platforms, with collaboration across data scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders.