Job Description

Our client in the pharmaceutical industry is currently looking for a Data Architecture Lead to join their team in Johannesburg, to ensure the availability and quality of data in the business is adequate to make informed decisions.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Thorough understanding of data strategy.
• Designing and implementing data strategies, systems, and solutions.
• Lead, motivate, and manage technical teams.
• Overseeing the collection, storage, management, quality, and protection of data.
• Implementing data privacy policies and complying with data protection regulations.
• Knowledge of relevant applications, big data solutions, and tools.
• To design a centralized data architecture that can be used by all business units to retrieve information.
• Design instruments of data gathering.
• Ensure data quality.
• Oversee data management (Azure DW, SSIS) and data security.
• Ensure that the latest technology, data and information is central to the company's strategy.
• Understand the technological constraints of and address the business needs accordingly in the most optimal manner.
• Responsible for the architecture, design, and development of data solutions for the advancement of the organisation.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, information systems or related field.
• Data certifications preferred (SSIS, Microsoft).
• Minimum of 5 yearsxe2x80x99 experience in a senior-level data management role.
• Minimum of 3 yearsxe2x80x99 experience in the management of technical teams.
• Experience in building data architecture.
• Experience in designing and implementing data driven solutions.
• Thorough understanding of data architecture.
• Strong working knowledge of complex data warehouse design, architecture, development, and maintenance.
• Strong working knowledge of data solution architecture, design, and development.
• Strong working knowledge of data process automation and business process automation design, architecture, and development.
• Strong working knowledge of SSIS and SSAS.
• Strong experience working with dynamic coding as opposed to hard coded environments.
• Strong technical documentation expertise.
• Strong programming skills (Python, C#, java etc.)
• Understanding of data analytics (Power BI).
• Technologically minded.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Project management skills.
• Understanding data science (ML Tools/packages, AI).
• Analytically minded.
• Professionalism and ethical behaviour.

• R750 000 (negotiable) per annum

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