Senior Data Architect: Data Platforms & Analytics Leadership

Placements24; LegKraal Gate; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical and retirement benefits

Performance bonuses

Professional development opportunities

Modern data tools access

Impactful projects

Job summary

Placements24 invites a seasoned Senior Data Architect to lead our client's data strategy in Mahikeng, North West. The role designs, builds, and governs scalable data architectures to support BI, analytics, and data-driven decision making.

You will shape data models, standards, and governance, supervise ETL/ELT pipelines, evaluate technologies, and collaborate with engineers and business stakeholders to deliver secure, high-performance data solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; Master's degree preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in data architecture, modeling, and database design.
• Proven experience designing and implementing large-scale data warehousing and data lake solutions.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with multiple database technologies (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, NoSQL like MongoDB, Cassandra).
• Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS RDS/Redshift/S3; Azure SQL, Synapse Analytics; GCP BigQuery).
• Knowledge of ETL/ELT tools (Informatica, Talend, Apache Spark).
• Familiarity with data governance principles and tools.
• Excellent understanding of data security and privacy best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise data architecture, including data warehouses, data lakes, and data marts.
• Develop and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
• Define data standards, governance policies, and best practices for data management.
• Oversee design and implementation of ETL/ELT processes for data integration.
• Collaborate with data engineers and analysts to ensure data quality and availability.
• Evaluate and recommend database technologies and BI platforms.
• Provide technical leadership on data-related projects.
• Ensure data security, privacy, and regulatory compliance.
• Optimize data storage and retrieval performance.
• Stay current with emerging data management technologies and trends.

Skills

Data Modeling

SQL Proficiency

ETL/ELT

Cloud Data Platforms

Data Governance

Data Warehousing

Stakeholder Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Informatica

Talend

Apache Spark

MongoDB

Cassandra

Oracle

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

AWS Redshift

Azure Synapse

GCP BigQuery

Job description

Placements24 invites a seasoned Senior Data Architect to lead our client's data strategy in Mahikeng, North West. The role designs, builds, and governs scalable data architectures to support BI, analytics, and data-driven decision making.

You will shape data models, standards, and governance, supervise ETL/ELT pipelines, evaluate technologies, and collaborate with engineers and business stakeholders to deliver secure, high-performance data solutions.