Senior Data Architect

Nambiti; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Data Architect based in Pretoria to define and implement its data architecture initiatives. The role requires expertise in various data architecture components and strong collaboration with stakeholders to enhance service delivery. Candidates should have a relevant diploma or degree and at least five years of related experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience as a Senior Data Architect.
• Professional architecture certification in data management required.
• Strong knowledge of data modeling and governance.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement data architecture initiatives.
• Evaluate and recommend data storage and ETL tools.
• Monitor and manage performance and accessibility of data lakes and EDW.

Skills

Data governance framework

Data analytics

Data security

Machine learning

Data architecture

Data lineage

API strategy

Big data

Education

Information technology-related diploma or degree

TOGAF certification

CDMP certification

Job description

We are recruiting for a Senior Data Architect role who will be responsible for defining and implementing the organisations data architecture initiatives.

Key responsibilities :

• Conduct research and make recommendations on Extract Transform Load (ETL) tools enterprise data warehouse (EDW) and data lake products services protocols and standards in support of procurement and development efforts.
• Evaluate recommend and select EDW and data lake components including hardware database management systems ETL software data mining tools and metadata management tools.
• Work with end users BI and data analytics teams to identify create and deliver reports according to requirements.
• Design and manage ETL EDW data lake improvement and growth projects.
• Identify inefficiencies and gaps in current EDW and data lake and leverage solutions.
• Identify inconsistencies and quality issues in the data and take steps to maintain data consistency and integrity.
• Diagnose and resolve the organisations EDW and data lake requirements access and performance issues.
• Oversee the installation management and configuration of necessary components to ensure access to the organisations EDW and data lake.
• Monitor system details within the EDW and data lake including stored procedures and time and implement efficiency improvements.
• Perform cost estimates for data migration across development test and production systems and plan and coordinate the migration processes.
• Develop implement and maintain change control and testing processes for modifications to data systems.
• Establish build and maintain collaborative working relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Scan the environment to ensure a clear understanding of stakeholder needs.
• Engage with both internal and external stakeholders to identify and evaluate performance barriers and success to continuously improve on the service delivery.
• Work in collaboration with colleagues in the centre to ensure timeous delivery of the deliverables and manage service level agreements (SLAs).

Required qualifications and experience :

• Must have an information technologyrelated diploma or degree.
• Must have a professional architecture certification in the data management field (i.e. The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP).
• Must have at least five 5 years of experience as a Senior Data Architect and possess expertise in the following data architecture components :
• Enterprise data model (conceptual logical and physical).
• Data catalogue and metadata repository.
• Data governance framework.
• Data storage and platform strategy.
• Data lineage and provenance.
• Data security and privacy architecture.
• Data analytics and business intelligence (BI) architecture.
• Big data and artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning (ML) architecture.
• Data access and application programming interface (API) strategy.

Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

Employment Type : Contract

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

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