🧑‍💻 Experience: 10+ Years

🌐 Industry: Data / Technology / Analytics

⏳ Notice Period: Candidates who can join on or before 15 October 2026

🔹 Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Data Architect to own the end-to-end architecture of an enterprise data platform, covering data integration, lakehouse, governance, security and data consumption. The ideal candidate will ensure the platform is scalable, secure, cost-efficient, sovereign and AI-ready.

🔹 Mandatory to Have

✅ 10+ years of experience in Data Management / Data Engineering, with at least 5 years as a Data Architect on enterprise data platform programs

✅ Strong experience designing Cloud Data Platforms and Lakehouse / Medallion Architecture

✅ Hands-on experience with Azure / Microsoft Fabric, Databricks or Synapse

✅ Expert knowledge of Relational, Dimensional (Kimball), Data Vault, Canonical and Semantic Data Models

✅ Strong experience with Microsoft Purview – Catalog, Lineage, Classification & Data Quality

✅ Experience with Enterprise MDM platforms

✅ Strong knowledge of Azure Data Factory / Fabric Pipelines and batch, streaming, API & CDC integration patterns

✅ Strong understanding of Data Security, IAM, RBAC/ABAC, Encryption, Network Isolation and Data Residency

✅ Experience designing Bronze / Silver / Gold data layers

✅ Strong understanding of Data Governance, Metadata, Lineage, DQ and MDM

✅ Experience with Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and architecture governance

✅ Knowledge of UAE PDPL, Dubai Data Law and DESC ISR

✅ Strong understanding of DAMA-DMBOK2, TOGAF or equivalent architecture frameworks

✅ Excellent English communication, documentation and executive stakeholder-management skills

⭐ Preferred

• UAE Government / regulated-sector experience

• Experience designing AI-ready data platforms, feature stores, vector/search layers and governed data products

• Experience with FinOps, platform sizing, capacity planning and performance optimization

• Azure Solutions Architect Expert / Fabric Data Engineer / TOGAF / DAMA CDMP certification

⚠️ Important Note

📌 Only candidates who are currently available in the UAE will be considered.