Senior Data Architect

Blue Pearl PTY; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Pearl PTY in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Data Architect to design and manage enterprise data architecture in SAP environments, including data modelling, migration, ETL, data quality, governance, and analytics integration.

The role provides architectural leadership across projects, ensuring delivery aligned to business requirements and collaboration with analytics and IT teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience in data architecture.
• SAP BW/4HANA or SAP Datasphere certification.
• Proven leadership in data architecture and project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage SAP BW/4HANA or SAP Datasphere data architectures.
• Oversee data migration including ETL processes.
• Ensure data quality, governance, and compliance standards are maintained.
• Integrate data solutions with analytics platforms such as SAC/BW.
• Lead project data architecture and provide delivery leadership.

Skills

Data architecture

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Tools

SAP BW/4HANA

SAP Datasphere

ETL tools

Job description

Cape Town, South Africa | Posted on 02/06/2026

The Senior Data Architect is responsible for designing and managing enterprise data architecture in SAP environments. This includes data modelling, data migration, ETL processes, data quality, governance, and analytics integration. The role provides architectural leadership across projects, ensuring successful delivery aligned to business requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and manage SAP BW/4HANA or SAP Data-sphere data architectures
• Oversee data migration including Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes
• Ensure data quality, governance, and compliance standards are maintained
• Integrate data solutions with analytics platforms such as SAC/BW
• Lead project data architecture and provide delivery leadership

Requirements

Qualifications & Certifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience
• SAP BW/4HANA or SAP Datasphere Certification (or equivalent)
• Proven leadership in data architecture and project delivery

Candidate Requirements

• Ideally with Public Sector project experience
• Based in Cape Town or able to work locally