Enterprise Data Architect📣 Job Ad
| Contract Type | Full-time | |
| Workplace type | On-site | |
| Location | Jeddah |
About the Role
Salt is seeking an experienced Enterprise Data Architect to join their team in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This role is central to leading the design, governance, and strategic development of an enterprise-scale Data Lakehouse platform within the Banking & Financial Services (BFSI) domain. The successful candidate will ensure architectural alignment across technologies including Cloudera, Teradata, Informatica, and Denodo, while driving platform modernization, remediation, governance, and expansion initiatives.
This is a full-time, onsite position. You will be responsible for owning and governing the end-to-end Data Lakehouse architecture, covering data ingestion, storage, processing, consumption, and governance. A key aspect of this role involves defining and enforcing the target-state architecture, including the implementation of Medallion (Bronze, Silver, Gold) design principles, and ensuring seamless integration between diverse data platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and govern the end-to-end Data Lakehouse architecture, encompassing data ingestion, storage, processing, consumption, and governance.
- Define and enforce the target-state architecture, including the implementation of Medallion (Bronze, Silver, Gold) design principles.
- Ensure seamless integration and interoperability across Cloudera, Teradata, Informatica, Denodo, and other related data platforms.
- Conduct thorough assessments of the existing data architecture, identify critical gaps, and define comprehensive remediation and modernization strategies.
- Govern enterprise data models, establish data standards, develop aggregation frameworks, and ensure readiness for reporting and analytics.
- Ensure strict compliance with all data governance, security, metadata management, data lineage, and regulatory requirements.
- Define robust architecture patterns to ensure scalability, high availability, disaster recovery, and optimal performance of the data platform.
- Lead architecture reviews and foster strong collaboration with business stakeholders, governance teams, security experts, and technology teams.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Possess strong experience in Enterprise Data Architecture, Data Warehousing, and Data Lakehouse modernization.
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of Medallion Architecture and enterprise data modeling frameworks.
- Proven experience with the following technologies: Cloudera CDP (including Spark, Hive, Kafka, HDFS), Teradata Vantage, Informatica BDM / PowerExchange, Denodo, and Kafka-based data integration.
- Hold strong knowledge of metadata management, data lineage, data quality, security, and governance frameworks.
- Exhibit expertise in performance optimization, scalability planning, and the design of resilient architectures.
- Strong BFSI domain experience is highly preferred, with exposure to enterprise banking data models such as FSLDM and FSAS.
- Experience supporting data programs driven by regulatory, audit, and compliance requirements is advantageous.
- A proven track record of successfully delivering large-scale data transformation and modernization initiatives.
Technical Skills
- Enterprise Data Architecture
- Data Warehousing
- Data Lakehouse Modernization
- Medallion Architecture
- Enterprise Data Modeling Frameworks
- Cloudera CDP (Spark, Hive, Kafka, HDFS)
- Teradata Vantage
- Informatica BDM / PowerExchange
- Denodo
- Kafka-based Data Integration
- Metadata Management
- Data Lineage
- Data Quality
- Data Security
- Data Governance Frameworks
- Performance Optimization
- Scalability Planning
- Resilient Architecture Design
Work Environment and Additional Information
This is a full-time, onsite position located in Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The role is part of a Data Lakehouse Implementation program within the Banking & Financial Services (BFSI) domain. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience in Enterprise Data Architecture or related leadership roles, with a preference for experience leading complex enterprise data platform programs in BFSI environments. Architecture certifications and an advanced data engineering background are considered advantageous.
Requirements
- Requires +10 Years experience
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