Data Architect

alfanarRiyadh, Riyadh RegionOn-siteFull-timeMid level, 2–5 yearsListed 9 hours ago

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About this role

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Job Purpose

To design and govern the enterprise data architecture, ensuring data is structured, integrated, secure, and high-quality to support business operations, analytics, and regulatory compliance.

Key Accountability Areas

Data Architecture Design:

- Design and maintain the enterprise data architecture across the organization.

- Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models to support business and technical requirements.

- Define data standards, architecture principles, and integration patterns.

Data Integration & Management:

- Design and oversee data integration solutions across multiple systems and platforms.

- Define ETL/ELT processes and ensure reliable data flow between source and target systems.

- Address data redundancy, inconsistency, and fragmentation issues.

Data Quality & Governance:

- Establish and enforce data quality standards and controls.

- Contribute to data governance frameworks, policies, and procedures.

- Ensure proper metadata management and data lineage tracking.

Security & Compliance Support:

- Collaborate with cybersecurity and privacy teams to ensure secure data architecture.

- Support compliance with data protection regulations such as PDPL and GDPR where applicable.

- Implement data classification and access control standards.

Technology & Infrastructure:

- Evaluate and recommend data architecture tools, technologies, and platforms.

- Support database design (relational and non-relational systems).

- Optimize data systems for performance, scalability, and reliability.

Role Accountability

HR Proficiency:

- Ability to obtain updated soft and technical skills related to the job.

Delivery:

- Perform the planned activities to meet the operational and development targets as per delivery schedules.

- Utilize resources effectively to achieve objectives within efficient cost and time.

- Provide a periodic report formatted by detailing the deviation and execution of planned tasks.

Problem-Solving:

- Solve any related problems arise and escalate any complex operational issues.

Quality:

- Ensure quality requirements to develop effective quality control and processes including specifications for products or processes or related activities.

Business Process Improvements:

- Coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automations opportunities as much as possible.

Compliance:

- Comply to related policy and procedures and work instructions.

Health, Safety and Environment:

- Ensure compliance of relevant safety, quality, and environmental management procedures and controls within defined area of work activity to guarantee safety, legislative compliance, and delivery of high-quality products/services.

Academic Qualification

Bachelor Degree in Information Technology or Any relevant field
## Work Experience

6 to 10 Years
## Technical / Functional Competencies

Data Analysis Data Collection Data Cleansing Data Lifecycle Management Data Migration Data Planning Data Quality Assurance