Data Architect

alfanar; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

alfanar is seeking an experienced Data Architect to design and govern enterprise data architecture, ensuring structured, integrated and high-quality data to support business operations, analytics, and regulatory compliance. You will develop data models, standards, and integration patterns while driving data governance, quality, and security across platforms and databases.

The role emphasizes collaboration with cybersecurity and privacy teams, plus evaluating tools and platforms for scalable data

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Information Technology or a related field is required.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain enterprise data architecture across the organization.
• Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models to support requirements.
• Define data standards, architecture principles, and integration patterns.
• Design and oversee data integration solutions across multiple systems.
• Define ETL/ELT processes and ensure reliable data flow.
• Address data redundancy, inconsistency, and fragmentation issues.
• Establish and enforce data quality standards and governance controls.
• Contribute to data governance frameworks and metadata management.
• Ensure data security and comply with data protection regulations.
• Evaluate and recommend data architecture tools and platforms.
• Support database design for relational and non-relational systems.
• Optimize data systems for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Capture updated skills and stay aligned with job requirements.

Skills

Data architecture

Data modeling

ETL/ELT

Data governance

Data quality

Security & compliance

Metadata management

Data lineage

Database design

Performance & scalability

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Tools

SQL Databases

NoSQL Databases

ETL tools

Job description

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To design and govern the enterprise data architecture, ensuring data is structured, integrated, secure, and high-quality to support business operations, analytics, and regulatory compliance.

Key Accountability Areas

• Design and maintain the enterprise data architecture across the organization.
• Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models to support business and technical requirements.
• Define data standards, architecture principles, and integration patterns.

Data Integration & Management:

• Design and oversee data integration solutions across multiple systems and platforms.
• Define ETL/ELT processes and ensure reliable data flow between source and target systems.
• Address data redundancy, inconsistency, and fragmentation issues.

Data Quality & Governance:

• Establish and enforce data quality standards and controls.
• Contribute to data governance frameworks, policies, and procedures.
• Ensure proper metadata management and data lineage tracking.

Security & Compliance Support:

• Collaborate with cybersecurity and privacy teams to ensure secure data architecture.
• Support compliance with data protection regulations such as PDPL and GDPR where applicable.
• Implement data classification and access control standards.
• Evaluate and recommend data architecture tools, technologies, and platforms.
• Support database design (relational and non-relational systems).
• Optimize data systems for performance, scalability, and reliability.

Role Accountability

• Ability to obtain updated soft and technical skills related to the job.

Delivery:

• Perform the planned activities to meet the operational and development targets as per delivery schedules.
• Utilize resources effectively to achieve objectives within efficient cost and time.
• Provide a periodic report formatted by detailing the deviation and execution of planned tasks.

Problem-Solving:

• Solve any related problems arise and escalate any complex operational issues.

Quality:

• Ensure quality requirements to develop effective quality control and processes including specifications for products or processes or related activities.

Business Process Improvements:

• Coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automations opportunities as much as possible.

Compliance:

• Comply to related policy and procedures and work instructions.

Health, Safety and Environment:

• Ensure compliance of relevant safety, quality, and environmental management procedures and controls within defined area of work activity to guarantee safety, legislative compliance, and delivery of high-quality products/services.

Academic Qualification

Bachelor Degree in Information Technology or Any relevant field