Senior Data Architect
Paracon
- R Undisclosed
- Contract Specialist position
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Braamfontein (Braampark)
- Posted 31 Mar 2026 by Paracon
- Expires in 33 days
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Job 2636364 - Ref 884362206295668
About the position
Position Summary
The Senior Data Architect role for the PPB Data Architecture team. This role is critical to maintaining momentum across AWS migration, Lakehouse build, and the rewards re-platform program, while also chairing the Data Design Forum.
Key Responsibilities
Architectural Leadership
- Lead AWS-native architecture design and implementation.
- Drive Lakehouse architecture and integration planning.
- Oversee technical enablement for PPB Data Platform MVP delivery.
Governance & Collaboration - Chair the Data Design Forum to ensure architectural alignment, data quality, and solution integrity.
- Resolve design conflicts and facilitate cross-functional collaboration between engineering and architecture teams.
Strategic Program Support - Provide architectural oversight for the rewards re-platform initiative, including data sourcing and integration.
- Support modernization efforts across PPB platforms and ensure alignment with business outcomes.
Documentation & Process - Maintain high-level process flows and technical documentation for tiering, accruals, and data processing.
- Contribute to job design and evaluation processes in line with the Job
Evaluation Policy.
Required Skills & Experience - AWS Solution Architecture certification and hands-on experience.
- Proven expertise in Lakehouse architecture and data platform modernization.
- Experience in loyalty platform design and integration (e.g., U-Count).
- Strong leadership in governance forums and cross-functional alignment.
- Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF).
Preferred Attributes - Strategic thinker with ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to mentor and guide junior architects and engineers.
Desired Skills:
- TOGAF
- AWS Solution Architecture
- Lakehouse architecture
- loyalty platform design and integration
Paracon
About the agency
Paracon facilitates the delivery of your business strategy through finding you the top ICT and technology talent. Our reputation, industry leadership and national reach enables us to empower our clients through attracting the ICT talent you need for your permanent and temporary employment workforce solutions.
Paracon forms part of the Adcorp Group of Companies, an international parent company to a group of recruitment specialist brands who are engaged in the provision of comprehensive human capital; effective and efficient workforce management styles and skills development services.
With ever-changing technology, choose us as your partner in the evolution of ICT talent. Trusted, experienced and dynamic in the way we do ICT talent management.
Resourcing
• Contracting recruitment: Utilising contractors allows you flexibility in your resourcing solutions. We manage all contract negotiation and administration through our professional and timeous processes. From short-term projects to long-term engagements, moving your business forward.
• Permanent recruitment: Permanent placement of ICT professionals, includes full background checks and references.
• Recruitment process: We will provide a tailored workforce managed solution, to search, source and identify talent to match the job specifications provided by our clients, Paracon is able to assess CVs via our various recruitment channels.
Talent Development
Talent Consulting
PPM (Portfolio, Program and Project management services)
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