Data Architect-1 at FNB South Africa

Are you someone who can:

• Analyse and understand the workings of data
• Delve into data analysis and enjoy uncovering its intricate details
• Incorporate your knowledge of ETL design across various technologies including exception handling
• Map out current, future and transitional architectures to meet business objectives
• Apply data design principles across business pillars and provide holistic designs
• Produce consistently high-quality outputs within agreed deadlines
• Convert business requirements into databases, data warehouses, and data streams
• Research data acquisition opportunities and develop APIs to retrieve data
• Analyse and understand the workings of data
• Understands data modelling and how to design for best performance on different technologies

You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• Have a degree in Information Technology, Informatics or similar
• Have 8+ years of experience in the Business Intelligence and/or Data space.
• Have experience in SAS and SQL
• Have exposure to Teradata and/or AbInitio (advantageous)

Additional Responsibilities will include:

• Good understanding of system landscape
• Knowledge of Information Management
• Data analytics and reporting: understanding of data analytics, reporting and business intelligence tools and technologies to support data-driven decision-making.
• Knowledge of Master Data Management, Data Warehousing (different architectural approached) and BI
• Good understanding of system development
• Understanding of advanced analytics techniques, technologies, standards and best practices as it relates to Data Architecture
• Understanding of Agile methodologies, frameworks and practices and ability to apply
• Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, etc.
• Design of efficient solutions to enable rapid deployment of advanced analytical solutions
• Data modeling and database design: ability to design and implement efficient and scalable data models to support business requirements.
• Data warehousing: knowledge of data warehousing concepts, methods and technologies to support data integration, data quality, data security and data governance.
• Big Data: knowledge of big data technologies, such as Hadoop, Spark, and NoSQL databases, to support the storage and processing of large data sets.
• Cloud computing: knowledge of cloud computing platforms, such as AWS, Azure, and GCP, to design and implement data solutions that leverage the cloud.
• Data governance and management: understanding of data governance policies, procedures, and standards to ensure data security, privacy and compliance.
• Data integration and ETL: expertise in data integration and ETL (extract, transform, load) processes to support the transfer of data from disparate sources to a central data repository.
• Project management: knowledge of project management methodologies, such as Agile, Waterfall and DevOps, to lead and manage data architecture projects

We’ll make a good match if you’re:

• Curious - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more.
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it.
• Courageous - you're brave enough to think and do things differently and are always ready to put your hand up and take ownership.
• A team player - you believe in the power of teams so you're always part of one, building and leveraging your networks.
• Emotionally intelligent - you have a high EQ that enables you to truly connect with people, no matter how technical or specialist your role is.

You’ll benefit from our changeable benefits like:

• Opportunities to network and collaborate.
• Inspiring work environment
• Work that is challenging
• Space to make a difference.
• Opportunities to innovate.
• Conditions that are flexible
• Focus on health and wellbeing (onsite wellness center, gym and crèche at our main campus to innovative employee wellbeing and financial fitness programmes)
• Resources to help you with your professional development.
• Generous leave policy
• Preferential employee banking rates
• When it comes to learning and development, we encourage our changeable to expand their knowledge, on their own, with others, in person or online.
• As for our workspace, it is immersive, collaborative, and energetic because at FNB, innovation is our lifeblood and change in our DNA.

End Date: September 26, 2025