Data Architect

About Certis

Certis is a company that values structured and robust data management to enhance business capabilities and digital transformation.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Data Architect responsible for establishing and administering the enterprise data architecture. This role involves designing comprehensive data models, platforms, and integration frameworks that align with business goals, enable analytics, and support innovative initiatives such as AI and automation, ensuring data remains secure, scalable, and fit for its intended uses.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise data architecture including conceptual, logical, and physical data models that align with business and technology strategies.
• Create scalable and fault-tolerant data structures to facilitate operational processes, analytics, reporting, and advanced applications.
• Set architectural standards, guiding principles, and patterns for data platforms, integration, and data consumption.
• Serve as design authority by reviewing and endorsing data solution designs to maintain architectural integrity and quality.
• Collaborate with IT and engineering teams to design and enhance data warehouses, data lakes, and streaming data systems.
• Define data integration and interoperability approaches across various enterprise systems, cloud services, and third-party collaborators.
• Guide selection and design of technologies related to data storage, processing, and analytical tools.
• Ensure architectures achieve high performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
• Integrate data governance, quality, and metadata requirements into the architectural planning.
• Develop and enforce data standards, naming conventions, and modelling best practices organization-wide.
• Work closely with governance and security teams to ensure compliance with data quality, lineage, classification, and regulatory demands.
• Document vital data assets and ensure alignment with enterprise metadata and governance frameworks.
• Design data systems with built-in security, privacy, and compliance safeguards.
• Partner with security, risk, and compliance departments to implement access controls, encryption, and data protection mechanisms.
• Ensure compliance with data protection regulations such as PDPA and GDPR as well as internal security policies.
• Support audits by providing comprehensive architectural documentation and expert advice.
• Liaise with business stakeholders and technical teams to understand requirements and convert them into effective data architectures.
• Act as an intermediary to ensure data solutions meet technical standards and business needs.
• Offer architectural guidance, training, and mentorship to architects, engineers, and data teams.
• Communicate complex architecture concepts clearly to senior leadership and governance bodies.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent fields.
• Between 8 and 12 years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise architecture positions.
• Expertise in data modeling, data warehousing, data lakes, integration methodologies, and analytics architecture design.
• Hands-on experience with architectures in cloud and hybrid environments.
• Thorough knowledge of data governance, metadata management, and data quality principles.
• Strong understanding of data security, privacy practices, and regulations such as PDPA and GDPR.
• Proven ability to influence architectural choices and collaborate effectively with senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Analytical mindset paired with pragmatic problem-solving skills and effective communication abilities.

Recognition & Reward

Certis values and rewards the contributions of its employees, fostering an environment of collaboration and growth.