Solution Architect – Informatica BDM & PowerExchange📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Salt is seeking an experienced Solution Architect specializing in Informatica BDM & PowerExchange to join a global leader in IT services, consulting, and business solutions. This full-time position is based in Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, and candidates who are immediately available are preferred. The role involves designing and implementing robust data integration and migration solutions for complex, large-scale projects. This is a critical role requiring extensive experience in data architecture, big data technologies, and the Informatica suite of products. The successful candidate will be instrumental in driving data modernization initiatives and ensuring the performance, scalability, and governance of data platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement Informatica-based ETL/ELT and Change Data Capture (CDC) architectures.
• Lead PowerExchange-based ingestion and data migration initiatives.
• Build scalable batch and near real-time data pipelines.
• Drive migration remediation, reconciliation, and data quality activities.
• Optimize platform performance and ensure data governance compliance.
• Collaborate with business, architecture, and reporting teams to deliver end-to-end data solutions.
• Produce comprehensive architecture, design, and source-to-target mapping documentation.

Required Qualifications

• A minimum of 10 years of overall IT experience is required.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale data migration and modernization programs.
• Banking/BFSI experience is preferred.

Technical Skills and Expertise

• Informatica & Data Integration: Strong expertise in Informatica Data Engineering Integration (BDM/DEI), designing scalable ETL/ELT frameworks and reusable components, knowledge of Spark-based processing and pushdown optimization, and experience with batch and near real-time data ingestion.
• PowerExchange & CDC: Hands-on experience with Informatica PowerExchange and Change Data Capture (CDC), and designing real-time and incremental data ingestion from Oracle, PostgreSQL, and other RDBMS platforms.
• Data Lakehouse & Big Data: Strong understanding of Data Lakehouse architectures and Medallion (Bronze/Silver/Gold) design, experience with Spark, Hadoop, Hive, and large-scale data processing. Familiarity with Iceberg, Hudi, or Delta Lake is preferred.
• Data Architecture & Migration: Experience designing historical and incremental migration pipelines, ability to assess legacy environments and define migration, remediation, and optimization strategies, and strong data modeling knowledge (ODS, DWH, Dimensional Models).
• Governance & Performance: Experience with data quality, lineage, security, and governance frameworks, and expertise in performance tuning, partitioning, and high-volume data processing.
• Leadership & Collaboration: Demonstrated experience in Solution Architecture or Technical Leadership roles, strong communication and collaboration skills.

Work Location and Availability

This is a full-time position located in Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Candidates who are immediately available are preferred for this role.