Senior Data Architect - Hybrid, Cloud & Data Strategy

Placements24; Stellenbosch; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive salary

Professional development opportunities

Health insurance

Job summary

Placements24 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, seeks a Lead Data Architect to shape the client's data strategy, design scalable architectures, and lead a team of data professionals. This hybrid role balances in-office collaboration with remote flexibility to deliver robust data platforms across data warehouses, data lakes, and pipelines.

You will drive data modeling standards (Kimball, Inmon, Data Vault), govern data quality and security, and partner with stakeholders to translate requirements into

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in data management with at least 5 years in a data architecture role.
• Proven experience designing and implementing complex data architectures (relational, NoSQL, data lakes/warehouses).
• Strong data modeling expertise (Kimball, Inmon, Data Vault).
• Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and big data tech (Spark/Hadoop).
• Proficiency in SQL and data manipulation languages.
• Experience with data governance, data quality, and data security principles.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the enterprise data architecture strategy and roadmap.
• Design and implement scalable data solutions including data warehouses, data lakes, and data marts.
• Define data modeling standards, patterns, and best practices.
• Oversee data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, security, and governance across platforms.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into designs.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to data engineers and architects.
• Evaluate and adopt new data technologies and tools.
• Maintain architecture documentation and communicate decisions.
• Stay updated on trends in data management and analytics.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Data governance

Data security

Hybrid work adaptability

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

Tools

SQL

NoSQL

Spark

Hadoop

Data lakes

Data warehouses

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Placements24 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, seeks a Lead Data Architect to shape the client's data strategy, design scalable architectures, and lead a team of data professionals. This hybrid role balances in-office collaboration with remote flexibility to deliver robust data platforms across data warehouses, data lakes, and pipelines.

You will drive data modeling standards (Kimball, Inmon, Data Vault), govern data quality and security, and partner with stakeholders to translate requirements into