Smart City Data Architect
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Job Description
Summary Introduction:
We are seeking a Smart City Data Architect to lead the design and governance of data ecosystems that support smart city operations and digital services. The ideal candidate will possess strong experience in data modeling integration governance and analytics particularly within urban and smart infrastructure contexts. The Data Architect will ensure that smart city data is accessible secure and usable for city leaders citizens and technology platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain smart city data architectures including data models data flow diagrams and integration blueprints.
- Define and implement data governance frameworks metadata management and data quality standards across smart city platforms.
- Design and oversee data integration between IoT devices city systems cloud platforms and digital applications.
- Collaborate with solution architects application teams and domain experts to ensure data alignment across smart city use cases.
- Support the development of urban analytics dashboards and digital twins by ensuring data availability consistency and interoperability.
- Ensure compliance with data privacy laws ethical AI principles and cybersecurity policies.
- Contribute to open data strategies and facilitate secure data sharing between public and private sector stakeholders.
- Provide data architecture inputs to procurement processes vendor evaluations and technology roadmap development.
- Promote a data-driven culture within the city or organization through capacity building and training.
Qualifications :
Required Qualifications & Skills:
- Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in Data Science Computer Science Information Systems or a related field.
- 8 years in data architecture data engineering or enterprise data management.
- At least 3 years of experience in smart city urban innovation or public sector data projects.
- Proven experience designing scalable and secure data platforms and integrations.
- Proficiency in data modeling ETL/ELT pipelines big data platforms and cloud-based data services (e.g. Azure AWS GCP).
- Familiarity with open data standards smart city frameworks (e.g. FIWARE OASC) and IoT data ingestion.
- Experience in using tools like Power BI Tableau ArcGIS and digital twin platforms.
- Strong analytical and communication skills to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Bilingual (English and Arabic) is highly desirable.
- Certification in data architecture data governance or cloud data services (e.g. DAMA CDMP Azure Data Architect GCP Data Engineer).
- Experience with AI/ML model integration and smart city analytics platforms.
- Knowledge of international standards such as ISO 37120 ISO 8000 or INSPIRE.
Additional Information :
Business Unit: Strategy & Transformation
Level: Mid- Senior Level
Industry: Smart Cities / Digital Transformation / Urban Innovation
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
