Senior Data Architect: AI, Data Strategy & Enterprise

Placements24; South Africa; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA in Johannesburg is seeking a Senior Data Architect to act as a strategic technical advisor between Sales, Clients, Industry Leaders, Delivery and Global Practices. You will shape data go-to-market strategy and drive opportunities across data strategy, analytics, cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric) and related services.

The role requires broad enterprise architecture capability, engaging with C-suite to shape roadmaps and align with industry-specific offerings

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise architecture, consulting, solution strategy or technical pre-sales.
• 8+ years operating in an applications landscape with focus on D&A technology solutions (MDM, Data Quality, Data Governance, Data Engineering and Data Cloud platforms).
• Strong understanding of enterprise applications, software engineering and modern digital platforms.
• Solid understanding of data platforms, analytics tools, and AI/ML solution offerings.
• Demonstrated experience developing enterprise data strategies, AI adoption roadmaps and information governance models.

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic advisor to Sales and Client Managers, leading executive-level discovery and value-led conversations.
• Facilitate Client discussions aimed at understanding business requirements related to their data and applications estate - including business strategy, operating models, data maturity, AI readiness, governance and overall technology direction.
• Help shape and inform client deals and develop client opportunities alongside our Sales team.
• Able to define target-state architectures conceptually, capability roadmaps and investment priorities.
• Help inform and build commercial models to support client opportunities.
• Validate architecture, security, integration, data governance, AI governance and delivery approaches with client and internal specialists.
• Review solution estimates, delivery assumptions, commercial models and execution risks.
• Translate complex technical strategies into compelling executive narratives, proposals and statements of work.
• Localise global application offers and help develop industry-specific offerings, accelerators and thought leadership for the South African market.
• Mentor sales teams by raising technical capability and improving qualification discipline.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Data strategy

AI adoption

Pre-sales

Executive communication

Tools

Microsoft ecosystem

AWS

Snowflake

Databricks

Job description

NTT DATA in Johannesburg is seeking a Senior Data Architect to act as a strategic technical advisor between Sales, Clients, Industry Leaders, Delivery and Global Practices. You will shape data go-to-market strategy and drive opportunities across data strategy, analytics, cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric) and related services.

The role requires broad enterprise architecture capability, engaging with C-suite to shape roadmaps and align with industry-specific offerings