Data Architect - Design Office

Job description / Role

Job Description

The main purpose of the solution architect position is designing software solutions and providing technical leadership to software delivery teams. The role is accountable for the technical acceptance of the delivered solution by the customer.

• Participates in vendor assessment and selection.
• Collaborates with the presales team in the proposed solution design during the bidding phase.
• Prepares the team Scope of Work (SoW) proposal write-up for bidding in software projects.
• Prepares team professional services sizing, assumptions, and prerequisites for bidding in software projects.
• Participates in customer demonstrations and presentations to discuss and convince the customer of our software solutions.
• Attends requirement gathering workshops and prepares business requirements documents.
• Prepares strategy documents for the project (i.e., configuration management strategy, migration strategy document, go-live strategy, etc.).
• Participates in and reviews the testing strategy document.
• Prepares high-level design documents including end-to-end solution architecture and integration scenarios with the help of the technical architects.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an architect and engineering lead in Data & Analytics stream.
• In-depth understanding of data structure principles and data platforms.
• Problem-solving attitude and solution mindset with implementation expertise.
• Working experience on modern data platforms involving big data technologies, data management solutions, and data virtualization.
• Well-versed with end-to-end data management philosophies and governance processes.
• Pre-sales experience and involvement in RFP/RFI/RFQ processes.
• Creative problem-solver with strong communication skills.
• Excellent understanding of traditional and distributed computing paradigms.
• Excellent knowledge of data warehouse, data lake technology, and business intelligence concepts.
• Good knowledge of relational, NoSQL, and big data databases, with the ability to write complex SQL queries.

Technical Skills

• Data integration: ETL tools like Talend and Informatica; ingestion mechanisms like Flume and Kafka.
• Data modeling: Dimensional and transactional modeling using RDBMS, NoSQL, and big data technologies. Experience in Snowflake modeling is an advantage.
• Data visualization: Tools like Tableau, Power BI, and Kibana.
• Master data management (MDM): Concepts and expertise in tools like Informatica and Talend MDM.
• Big data: Hadoop ecosystem, distributions like Cloudera and Hortonworks, Pig, and Hive.
• Data processing frameworks: Spark and Spark streaming.
• Hands-on experience with multiple databases like PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Oracle, MS SQL Server, and NoSQL (HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB).
• Knowledge of various data modeling techniques and hands-on experience with data modeling tools like ERWin, TOAD, and PowerDesigner.
• Experience in cloud data ecosystems: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Demonstrated strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Good understanding of the data ecosystem, both current and future data trends.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

About the Company

Giza Systems, a leading systems integrator in the MEA region, designs and deploys industry-specific technology solutions for asset-intensive industries such as the telecoms, utilities, oil and gas, hospitality and real estate among other market sectors. We help our clients streamline their operations and businesses through our portfolio of solutions, managed services, and consultancy practice. Our team of 1000 professionals are spread throughout the region with anchor offices in Cairo, Riyadh, Dubai, Doha, Nairobi, Dar-es-Salaam, Abuja, Kampala and New Jersey, allowing us to service an ever-increasing client base in over 40 countries.