Data Architect and Team Lead at Coronation Fund Managers

Job Description    

• We are looking for a data expert who is able to confidently move from architectural definition and technical guidance to hands-on implementation and troubleshooting.

Duties and Responsibilities    
Design, implement and future-proof data solutions to provide and guarantee accurate, consistent, timeous data to meet the business needs.

•  Provide architecture artefacts in accordance with business and project requirements
•  Conceptualize on-premise, cloud components, security, networking and monitoring solutions to meet the data needs.
•  Provide plans to migrate existing complex on-premises data solutions to cloud platforms when applicable
•  Identify and lead cross-functional team members, partner with your peers in the organisation and connect business objectives with technical vision.
•  Lead, manage and grow a team of data specialists viz. analysts, modelers, engineers
•  Assist to hire and mentor engineers, and build a high-performing team
•  Work on project management tasks associated with allocating resources and identifying risk items.
•  Plan to explore and grow new technology in support of future organisational direction.
•  Participate in the evolution and direction of the company’s data strategy.
•  Champion the adoption of industry best practices to push the development standards
•  Provide thought leadership, knowledge-sharing and advisory services

Ideal Experience    

•  Background in designing high availability, highly performant data solutions
•  Experience in improving performance and reliability of complex systems
•  Knowledge of the Asset Management industry

Ideal Qualifications    
BSc or MSc degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.

•  Microsoft-certified Azure Data Engineer Associate
•  Track record in building and running large scale systems professionally for 10+ years
•  Experience in communicating with and presenting to Senior stakeholders
•  A minimum of 5+ years of experience in a technical leadership role, leading teams that design, architect and implement complex data-centric systems
•  Minimum of 5 years’ experience with technology development and delivery, with particular focus on on-premise, cloud and/or hybrid data platforms.
•  Experience using services and components such as ADF, Synapse, Databricks, Compute, containers, integration, storage, web and DevOps
•  Possess a deep understanding of database systems (E.g. MySQL, MS SQL, non-relational DBs) including modeling, design, scalability, performance and high-availability, clustering
•  Proficient in UML, BPM, and the use of Architecture Design tools e.g. Sparx or similar experience using tools such as Lucid or Visio

Most Important Attribute    

• A people leader who leads by technical example and has good management skills.

Systems Knowledge    

•  Microsoft SQL
•  Microsoft Azure
•  Other cloud storage platforms and services
•  Data analytics, business intelligence and reporting
•  Data ingestion and management processes
•  Understanding of security by design and principles for general security of applications, integration, networking and storage