Data Architect

Role Overview

Data Architect at alfanar. The role designs and governs enterprise data architecture, ensuring data is structured, integrated, secure, and high-quality to support business operations, analytics, and regulatory compliance.

Role 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 Responsibilities

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 for relational and non-relational systems.
• Optimize data systems for performance, scalability, and reliability.

Delivery & Performance

• Perform planned activities to meet operational and development targets according to delivery schedules.
• Utilize resources effectively to achieve objectives within efficient cost and time.
• Provide periodic reports detailing deviation and execution of planned tasks.

Problem-Solving & Quality

• Solve related problems and escalate complex operational issues.
• Ensure quality requirements to develop effective quality control and processes including specifications for products, processes, or related activities.

Business Process Improvements

• Coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, and procedures.
• Seek automation opportunities.

Compliance & Safety

• Comply with related policies, procedures, and work instructions.
• 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 and services.

Professional Development

• Obtain updated soft and technical skills related to the job.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor Degree in Information Technology or relevant field.
• 6 to 10 years of work experience.

Skills & Competencies

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