Overview
Data Architect Jobs in City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa at Skywaves Rise
Title: Data Architect
Company: Skywaves Rise
Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- 12 to 15 + years of experience in data, with at least 8 years as an Enterprise Data Architect.
- Expertise in data governance, metadata management, and data quality frameworks
- Expertise in data privacy, and data lifecycle management policies
- Solid understanding of conceptual, logical, and physical data models
- Experience with AWS platform and data services
- Proficient in modern data architecture paradigms such as data lakehouse, data mesh, Data Integration Hub, Data Fabric
- Expertise in Lambda and Kappa Architecture
- Proficient in SQL and Python
- Hands on experience of creating, and modelling data warehouses
- Hand on experience of data engineering methods such as ETL and ELT
- In-depth understanding of feature store and associated pipelines
- Overarching knowledge of AI, and how to leverage it for IT and business benefits
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Should be able to work independently and as a team player
- Should have experience of working in a geo-diverse team of high performers
- Should be able to interact, influence, and guide IT and business leaders.
Good to have Skills –
- Experience in creating / modeling Reporting semantic layers
- Hands on experience with any reporting tool (PowerBI preferred)
- Data Integration and transformation on Confluent Cloud
- Certifications in architecture or governance (e.g., DAMA, TOGAF, CDMP)
- AWS certified Solution Architect
- Understanding of MS Fabric