Data Architect

Prospex CRM; Dhahran Compound; Hybrid; SAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data and analytics firm is looking for a Data Architect who can design and lead enterprise data architecture. The role requires strong familiarity with Databricks and Power BI, ensuring reliable data governance and scalable analytics solutions. Responsibilities include owning the data standards, producing clear documentation, and collaborating with various teams to translate business needs into robust data models. Candidates should have a solid coding background, with Python and SQL knowledge. This is a hybrid role based in Riyadh.

Qualifications

• Strong Databricks experience, including Delta Lake and Spark.
• Deep understanding of Power BI's semantic models and security.
• Solid coding background, particularly in Python and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end data architecture, standards, and roadmap.
• Govern curated data using Databricks Unity Catalog.
• Define and maintain Power BI Semantic Models as the single source of truth.

Skills

Databricks experience

Deep understanding of Power BI

Strong coding background (Python, SQL)

Comfortable enabling AI

Experience with multi-tenancy

Education

Senior-level Data Architect or Analytics Architect

Tools

Databricks

Power BI

Python

SQL

Job description

Overview

Role Brief – Data Architect (Analytics, AI & Platform Governance)

Department: Data & Platform Engineering

Reports to: VP of Data

Location: Hybrid / Riyadh

Why This Role Exists

We are scaling rapidly — expanding products, customers, and acquisitions across global construction markets. Data is now the core connective layer (“Dark Matter”) that must keep pace with this growth.

This role exists to design, and lead enterprise data architecture, ensuring:

• One trusted source of truth for metrics
• Customer-grade embedded analytics at scale
• AI-driven insights built only on governed data
• Fast onboarding of new products, data sources, and acquisitions

Mission

Design and operate a best-of-breed, Microsoft-native analytics and AI platform that delivers:

• Reliable ingestion and open lake storage
• Centralized governance and lineage
• A single semantic layer reused across BI, embedded analytics, and AI
• Scalable, secure, multi-tenant customer reporting
• AI summaries, narratives, and future copilots powered by trusted data

Platform Ownership (Future State)

The Data Architect Owns And Evolves The Following Architecture

Sources → ADF → ADLS Gen2 (Delta) → Databricks (Silver/Curated, Unity Catalog) → Snowflake / Microsoft Fabric Compute (Power BI) → Power BI Semantic Models → Embedded & Internal Consumption

Key Principles

• Databricks + Unity Catalog as the governance and curation control plane
• AI Powered migration strategies from the current SQL Server Datawarehouse
• Power BI Semantic Models as the single metrics and security layer
• Microsoft Fabric Compute (Power BI context only) for AI summaries, narratives, and LLM-based assistants
• Power BI Embedded for all customer-facing analytics
• Clear separation of customer workloads from internal experimentation

Core Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end data architecture, standards, and roadmap
• Govern curated data using Databricks Unity Catalog (access, lineage, audit)
• Define and maintain Power BI Semantic Models as the single source of truth
• Enable AI-assisted insights, summaries, and story-based reporting
• Architect secure, scalable, multi-tenant embedded analytics
• Partner with product, engineering, and construction ops to translate business needs into durable data models
• Produce clear ERDs, semantic documentation, and platform design artifacts

Who We’re Looking For

• Senior-level Data Architect or Analytics Architect
• Strong Databricks experience (Delta Lake, Spark, Unity Catalog)
• Deep understanding of Power BI (semantic models, embedded, security)
• Solid coding background (Python, SQL; Scala a plus)
• Comfortable enabling AI / agentic analytics on governed data
• Experience with high-concurrency customer analytics and multi-tenancy

Added Value

Experience with construction, industrial IoT, or workforce/safety data domains.

What Success Looks Like

• One trusted semantic model powering all analytics and AI
• Customer dashboards that scale independently and securely
• AI-generated insights embedded directly into executive and customer reports
• Fast, low-friction onboarding of new data sources and acquisitions
• Clear governance, lineage, and documentation adopted across teams

Why It Matters

This role defines how we scale with confidence — ensuring data, metrics, and AI remain consistent, explainable, and trusted as the company grows across projects, geographies, and products.