Senior Data Architect

SUMMARY:
Our client is looking for Senior Data Architect  to assist the Company with defining and implementing data architecture initiatives in line with leading practices

POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities
Acquisition and deployment:

• 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 Company's EDW and data lake requirements, access and performance issues.
• Oversee the installation, management, and configuration of necessary components to ensure access to the Company's EDW and data lake.
• Monitor system details within the EDW and data lake, including stored procedures and execution 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 stakeholders.
• Build and maintain positive and value-adding relationships with relevant external stakeholders.
• Scan the environment to ensure a clear understanding of stakeholder needs.
• Proactively interact with stakeholders to determine their needs and deliver on them accordingly.
• Engage with both internal and external stakeholders to identify and evaluate performance barriers and success in order 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).

• Information technology-related diploma or degree and professional architecture certification in the data management field (i.e. The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP)
• The resources must have at least five years of experience as a Senior Data Architect and possess expertise in the following data architecture components:
• Data Architecture Principles
• Enterprise Data Model (Conceptual, Logical and Physical)
• Data Catalogue and Metadata Repository
• Data Governance Framework
• Master Data Management (Mdm) Strategy
• Data Integration Architecture
• Data Storage and Platform Strategy
• Data Lineage and Provenance
• Data Quality Management Framework, (X) Data
• Security and Privacy Architecture
• Data Analytics and Business Intelligence (Bi)Architecture,
• Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (Ai)/ Machine Learning (Ml)
• Architecture, (Xiii) Data Architecture Roadmap and (Xiv) Data Access and Application programming interface (API) strategy