Senior Data Architect: Scalable Data Lakes & Databricks

Client of AIQU; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 450,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Senior Data Architect in Riyadh leads end-to-end data architecture strategy and designs scalable data platforms to support business objectives. You will architect Databricks-based pipelines, govern data standards, and mentor engineers while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The role requires deep expertise in data modelling, GCP data services, and ETL/ELT patterns, with a focus on scalable datalake implementations and governance.

Qualifications

• Design and implement robust scalable data architectures and frameworks.
• Develop and maintain enterprise data models and data dictionaries.
• Lead the design and deployment of datalake solutions to ingest store and process large volumes of data.
• Architect and optimize Databricks-based data pipelines and ETL processes.
• Define and enforce data architecture standards governance policies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical designs.
• Evaluate and integrate GCP services to support data storage processing and analytics.
• Mentor and guide junior data engineers and architects on architecture patterns and technologies.

Skills

Data architecture

Data modelling

Databricks

Spark

GCP services

ETL/ELT

Leadership

Communication

Governance

Tools

Databricks

Spark

BigQuery

Dataflow

Pub/Sub

Cloud Storage

Job description

Senior Data Architect in Riyadh leads end-to-end data architecture strategy and designs scalable data platforms to support business objectives. You will architect Databricks-based pipelines, govern data standards, and mentor engineers while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The role requires deep expertise in data modelling, GCP data services, and ETL/ELT patterns, with a focus on scalable datalake implementations and governance.