Solution Architect: Data Analytics Enterprise Datawarehouse Posted

Position: Solution Architect: Data Analytics  Enterprise Data warehouse Posted 13 h[...]
## Solution Architect:
Data Analytics Cape Town, South Africa##
** Role Purpose/Business Unit:
** As the recognized authority in data and analytics architecture, the Solution Architect provides strategic guidance and technical leadership in the design, development, and implementation of enterprise-wide data and analytical solutions. This role is pivotal in translating complex business requirements into scalable, secure, and high-performing data architectures that enable advanced analytics, data-driven decision-making, and digital transformation.##
** Your responsibilities will include:
*** Enterprise Data Strategy Alignment – Ensure all data and analytics architecture designs align with the organisation’s enterprise architecture principles, business strategies, and technology roadmap.
* Solution Design Leadership – Lead end‑to‑end design of scalable, secure, and high‑performance data platforms, including data warehouses, data lakes, streaming pipelines, and analytics platforms.
* Stakeholder Collaboration – Partner with business, IT, and analytics leaders to translate complex business requirements into technical architectures and implementation roadmaps.
Technology Evaluation & Selection – Assess, recommend, and govern the adoption of data management, integration, and analytics technologies based on business needs, scalability, and total cost of ownership.
* Standards & Best Practices – Define and enforce architectural standards, frameworks, and patterns for data modelling, governance, and security.
* Data Governance Enablement – Support and embed data governance policies for data quality, lineage, stewardship, privacy, and compliance with relevant regulations (e.g., GDPR, POPIA).
* Solution Delivery Oversight – Provide architectural guidance throughout the project lifecycle — from proof‑of‑concept to production — ensuring solutions meet non‑functional requirements (performance, reliability, scalability).
* Risk & Issue Management – Identify technical risks, develop mitigation plans, and proactively address architectural challenges.
* Thought Leadership – Keep abreast of emerging trends in data architecture, analytics, cloud, and AI, and translate these into actionable innovation opportunities.##
** The ideal candidate for this role will have:
*** Degree in Information Systems / BSc Computer Science / BSc engineering (or similar tertiary qualifications)
* 5+ years in data warehousing, ETL integration
* 7+ years’ experience with all aspects of IT projects from business analysis, architectures, system analysis and design through development, testing, implementation, and production support (SDLC).
* 2+ years leading an architectural development process and collaborate with application development teams, architects and other members of the software development team.
* AWS/GCP Certifications would be advantageous.
** Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
*** Expert-level proficiency in SQL, including complex query design, performance optimization, data modelling, and integration across cloud platforms and BI tools to support advanced analytics and business decision-making.
* Able to analyse complex use cases to model and interpret data through critical thinking.
* Deep subject matter knowledge of data staging, data lakes, data warehousing, data marts and operational data stores, big data, and analytics as applicable to the telecoms business domain is essential.
* Experience with modern data processing and analytics technologies such as Big Query, Redshift, Teradata, Exadata, Abinitio, Cloudera, etc.
* Demonstrated expertise in implementing and managing IT controls within an analytics environment, including proficiency in ensuring data integrity, system reliability, and compliance with relevant governance frameworks and risk mitigation practices.
* Experience working high-volume data and file processing (real-time and batch processing).
** Advantageous
* *** We make an impact by offering:
** Closing date for Applications:
** 23 February 2026.
** The base location for this role is
** Century City.
** The company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As…