Enterprise Data Architect

Why Zensar?

We’re a bunch of hardworking, fun-loving, people-oriented technology enthusiasts. We love what we do, and we’re passionate about helping our clients thrive in an increasingly complex digital world.

Zensar is an organization focused on building relationships with our clients and with each other—and happiness is at the core of everything we do. In fact, we’re so into happiness that we’ve created a Global Happiness Council, and we send out a Happiness Survey to our employees each year.

We’ve learned that employee happiness requires more than a competitive paycheck, and our employee value proposition—grow, own, achieve, learn (GOAL)—lays out the core opportunities we seek to foster for every employee. Teamwork and collaboration are critical to Zensar’s mission and success, and our teams work on a diverse and challenging mix of technologies across a broad industry spectrum.

These industries include banking and financial services, high-tech and manufacturing, healthcare, insurance, retail, and consumer services. Our employees enjoy flexible work arrangements and a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), among other benefits.

If you are looking for a place to have an immediate impact, to grow and contribute, where we work hard, play hard, and support each other, consider joining team Zensar!

Zensar is looking for Enterprise Data Architect in Cape Town

4 days in a week to work from office, 1 day can work remote

Role Overview

Job Spec

• 18+ 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

Zensar believes that diversity of backgrounds, thought, experience, and expertise fosters the robust exchange of ideas that enables the highest quality collaboration and work product. Zensar is an equal opportunity employer.

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

Zensar is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women. Zensar is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. Accommodation made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodation