Senior Data Architect – Banking | Sharjah, UAE

Location

Sharjah, UAE

Job Category

• Information Technology (IT) & Software
• Engineering & Technical
• Banking & Insurance
• Finance & Accounting

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Data Architect with a strong background in the banking sector to define and drive enterprise data architecture and data management strategy for a banking organization in Sharjah, UAE. The role will focus on developing scalable data architectures, establishing data standards and governance frameworks, and enabling effective data integration across core banking, digital banking, regulatory, analytics, and enterprise platforms.

The successful candidate will be responsible for designing Data Warehouse, Data Lake, and Lakehouse architectures, enterprise data models, data integration frameworks, and governance capabilities. The position requires strong knowledge of banking data domains, including customer, accounts, deposits, lending, payments, cards, transactions, risk, and finance.

This is a 12-month extendable contract under Marc Ellis payroll, offering opportunities for professional development through exposure to enterprise data architecture, banking transformation, cloud adoption, data governance, advanced analytics, AI/ML, and regulatory data environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the bank’s enterprise data architecture, including conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
• Develop data architecture principles, standards, policies, and roadmaps aligned with technology and digital transformation strategies.
• Design scalable data platforms, Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, and Lakehouse architectures.
• Architect data integration across Core Banking, Digital Banking, CRM, Payments, Cards, Risk, Finance, Treasury, and regulatory systems.
• Establish frameworks for data governance, data quality, metadata management, data lineage, and Master Data Management (MDM).
• Design batch and real-time data integration using ETL/ELT, APIs, streaming, and event-driven architectures.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering, BI, AI/ML, Application, Infrastructure, Security, and Business teams.
• Enable trusted enterprise data for business intelligence, advanced analytics, AI/ML, and regulatory reporting.
• Ensure data architecture complies with security, privacy, regulatory, and data-retention requirements.
• Review existing data architecture and identify opportunities for modernization, consolidation, and cloud adoption.
• Define architecture patterns for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
• Conduct architecture reviews and provide technical guidance to implementation teams and technology vendors.
• Maintain architecture documentation, data flows, integration maps, and enterprise data models.

Requirements & Qualifications

Education & Experience

• 8–12 years of experience in Data Architecture.
• Minimum 3–5 years of relevant banking experience.
• UAE banking experience is strongly preferred.
• Strong experience designing enterprise Data Warehouse, Data Lake, and/or Lakehouse architectures.
• Proven experience working with enterprise-scale data architecture and integration environments.

Banking Domain Knowledge

• Strong understanding of banking data domains, including:
  • Customer
  • Accounts
  • Deposits
  • Lending
  • Payments
  • Cards
  • Transactions
  • Risk
  • Finance
• Understanding of UAE banking regulatory and data-governance requirements is highly desirable.

Technical Skills

• Strong knowledge of data modeling and enterprise data architecture.
• Experience with ETL/ELT, APIs, data integration, and database technologies.
• Experience with modern data platforms such as Azure, AWS, Snowflake, Databricks, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL technologies.
• Experience with data governance, data lineage, data quality, and metadata-management frameworks.
• Understanding of batch and real-time data integration.
• Knowledge of cloud adoption and modern data architecture patterns.
• Strong technical documentation and architecture review capabilities.

Salary, Benefits & Career Growth

The job description does not specify salary or compensation details.

This position offers professional development opportunities through exposure to enterprise banking data architecture, cloud platforms, Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, Lakehouse architectures, data governance, regulatory reporting, AI/ML, and digital transformation initiatives.

The role can support long-term career development in areas including Enterprise Data Architecture, Banking Data Management, Data Governance, Cloud Data Architecture, Data Engineering, and Digital Transformation.

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