IT Data Architect

• Relevant 34 year IT or Business qualification (BCom BSc or equivalent)
  
• Relevant Microsoft/Azure certifications advantageous
  

Experience

• 7 years enterprise data architecture experience
  
• Proven delivery of large-scale data platforms (cloud and hybrid)
  
• 5 years insurance industry experience
  

Strong expertise in:

• Azure data services (SQL Synapse Cosmos DB Data Lake Data Factory)
  
• Data modeling (dimensional star/snowflake schemas semantic layers)
  
• Data governance MDM quality and observability frameworks
  
• Power BI and automation tools
  
• Cloud security and compliance (POPIA GDPR)
  
• DevOps CI/CD Infrastructure-as-Code
  

• Design and implement Azure-based data solutions (Azure SQL Synapse Cosmos DB Data Lake Databricks Dataverse).
  
• Ensure performance resilience cost optimization and security.
  
• Establish conceptual logical and physical data models aligned to business domains.
  
• Transform legacy systems into cloud-native architectures.
  
• Oversee migration strategies schema conversion data mapping and validation.
  
• Promote adoption of modern analytics and data services.
  
• Define and enforce standards for data lifecycle management.
  
• Ensure compliance with POPIA GDPR and internal governance frameworks.
  
• Support metadata management lineage tracking cataloging and sensitive data monitoring.
  
• Provide architectural guidance for data-driven applications.
  
• Enable integration across Microsoft 365 Power Platform and Dynamics 365.
  
• Implement CI/CD Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and automated data pipelines (ADF Power Automate).
  
• Implement data quality frameworks and monitoring standards.
  
• Leverage Azure Monitor Purview and related tools to ensure lineage reliability and performance.