Enterprise Data Architect

**Requirements
- OLAP architectures to increase data sharing and provide end users with relevant information
- Creates, enhances, or modifies OLAP and ETL (Extract-Transform-Load) designs to meet business needs
- Determines which data extracts can be integrated into BI tools
- Develops and implements real-time BI tools
- Owner, custodian and champion of the enterprise Information & Data capability, ensuring cross-group alignment of data assets with other functional areas and business functions, including alignment to the enterprise architecture
- Ensure the enterprise information architecture maps to the enterprise architecture, and that all existing data/information assets are identified, stewarded and leveraged across the enterprise
- Definition of appropriate Information architecture frameworks, reference models, standards, policies and practices Setup, implementation and governance over Information & Data architecture toolsets used to design communicate the enterprise and information architecture
- Ensure a focus on information/data quality by developing and publishing enterprise data standards such as a common business vocabulary, naming conventions, data standards, transformation rules and related enterprise consistency specifications
- Participates in the definition of technical standards and guidelines that pertain to data and information use, security, access and governance (including defining accountabilities in support of data quality mandates)
- Drives communication and use/alignment of the target Information strategy and architecture (Blueprint) across enterprise stakeholders
- Provides enterprise-wide assurance over the integrity and appropriateness of solution architecture designs, using approved standard
- Monitor emerging industry standards (such as XML, RDF, OWL and
- XBRL, GDPR) to determine impact on the enterprise information architecture, positioning improvements to the environment where appropriate
- Incremental review of data performance and value realisation objectives in support of data standardization, cleanliness and reuse
- Information & Data representative in architecture and design related forum(s) as a key decision-making stakeholder, including participation in data integration, business intelligence and content management committees
- Coordinate new Information architecture activities
- Group stakeholders, ensuring they are consistent and well-integrated with the established enterprise information architecture, using metadata management and/or a repository to promote reuse and standards adoption
- Active member in pre-execution analysis and business case
- Development of new projects impacting data and the enterprise
- Information architecture. Provides an enterprise view of dependencies, impact and overlap against the existing portfolio and roadmap
- Identifies Information & data risks, assesses the potential impact on the enterprise in line with the enterprise target architectures
- Collaboration with all project stakeholders to review the objectives, requirements, designs and constraints of each solution, determining conformance with the approved EA BluePrint
- Recommends the most suitable technical architecture and defines the solution at a high level whilst updating the Information Model as appropriate
- Models designed and updated using the standardized modelling tool, stored in the enterprise architecture repository
- Lead in design of project Conceptual, Logical Architecture(s) and roadmap(s), recommending the most suitable approach in alignment with the target Information architecture. The designs should consider the following:

- Business (and Functional area) & IT strategy - Across SA and MAL
- Enterprise architecture strategy
- Enterprise Information Model & Roadmap
- Digital trends and emerging technologies
- Existing Data & Information Initiatives (Incl. Overlaps)

**Qualifications
- BSc Computer Science or BComm Information Systems / Informatics or a similarly relevant Information Technology
- 8 years of experience as an architecture practitioner
- 5 years of experience in Information architecture and solution design
- 5 years of experience designing and implementing data architectures and databases for enterprise systems using various programming languages (e.g., C++, Java, PHP)
- 3 years of experience in leading/managing Information & data architecture teams
- 5 years of experience in implementing large, mid-size and small Information & data solutions/projects
- Detailed experience and successful track record in establishing Information & data architecture capabilities, defining and driving their adoption e.g., Data Integration, Business Intelligence, Data Quality, Data Governance, Data
- Knowledgeable in the design and construction of common information architectures that enable well-integrated transactional, collaborative, and analytical systems - internal, partner and 3rd party data integration
- Experience with different data management systems and struc