Lead Data / MDM Architect
About the role
The Lead Data / MDM Architect will be responsible for owning the end-to-end data and master data management (MDM) architecture, serving as the technical design authority across the program. The role involves defining and maintaining architecture principles, leading the design for Azure-based data platforms, and ensuring integration, governance, security, and downstream consumption are coherently architected. The position requires significant experience in enterprise data engineering and architecture, with a focus on Azure, Databricks/Spark, and MDM best practices. The architect will also mentor engineers, participate in strategic forums, and ensure that architecture is practical and implementable.
Must have
- 8+ years in enterprise data engineering/architecture with significant solution architecture responsibility.
- Strong Azure data-platform architecture experience.
- Strong Databricks/Spark, Delta Lake/lakehouse and ADLS Gen2 understanding.
- Practical MDM knowledge: canonical models, entity resolution, Golden Records, survivorship, source authority, stewardship and global IDs.
- Strong API/integration architecture and distributed-system design.
- Ability to work with security, privacy, governance and multi-region constraints.
- Strong stakeholder communication and architecture documentation.
Nice to have
- Hands-on Profisee experience or another enterprise MDM platform.
- Microsoft Purview / data catalog / lineage experience.
- Experience with large global Customer/Supplier/Organisation master-data programmes.
- Azure architecture certification and/or Databricks certification.
Technologies
- Azure
- Data Engineering
- Databricks
- Delta Lake
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Lakehouse
- MDM
- Microsoft Purview
- REST
- Spark
Highlights
This is a full-time, 2-year onsite contract paid in USD, with working hours from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday. Occasional overseas travel is required for assignments of up to two weeks. The role offers benefits such as performance bonus, private health insurance, flexible work arrangement, and accelerated career growth.
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