Enterprise Cloud Data Architect – AI/ML Platform

Momentum; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Momentum Corporate is seeking a senior Data Architect to design and evolve its modern data architecture across on‑prem and cloud environments. The role focuses on secure, scalable data capabilities aligned to strategy and regulatory requirements, with leadership across domains.

The incumbent will drive target state data platform architecture, governance, and AI/ML readiness, enabling high-quality datasets, feature patterns, and robust lineage for analytics and deployment at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor level degree in a relevant field.
• 8+ years’ experience as a Data Architect.
• 3+ years designing and implementing cloud-based data platforms.
• Financial services knowledge a plus.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies.
• AWS Data Analytics / Solutions Architect certification advantageous.
• TOGAF, DAMA, or CDMP certification advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Translate business needs into data-driven architectural solutions and roadmaps aligned to enterprise strategy.
• Provide architectural leadership and governance for data initiatives across domains.
• Develop and maintain enterprise data models and ensure consistent modelling standards.
• Define reference architectures, target state blueprints, and reusable patterns for ingestion, storage, transformation, serving, and analytics.
• Design cloud-native and hybrid data platforms (AWS primary; Azure familiarity beneficial).
• Oversee implementation of data pipelines and APIs for real-time and batch data movement.
• Partner with governance to define metadata, lineage, and data quality practices.
• Ensure data privacy, encryption, access controls, and disaster recovery are embedded in designs.
• Enable AI/ML readiness with datasets, feature patterns, and lineage.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Data modelling

Data architecture

Stakeholder communication

Security & compliance

Cloud architecture

AI/ML readiness

Education

BSc in Computer Science / Information Systems or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Data lakehouse

Job description

Momentum Corporate is seeking a senior Data Architect to design and evolve its modern data architecture across on‑prem and cloud environments. The role focuses on secure, scalable data capabilities aligned to strategy and regulatory requirements, with leadership across domains.

The incumbent will drive target state data platform architecture, governance, and AI/ML readiness, enabling high-quality datasets, feature patterns, and robust lineage for analytics and deployment at scale.