Our client, a leading financial institution, is looking for a Data Architect for their growing data needs. The selected candidate will be leading their data architecture, governance, and management strategies. This role will be the lead person in leading their Data development across the firm.

Responsibilities:
– Design the Data Management Framework which creates a data-driven environment for the whole organization.
– Lead the definition of the enterprise data models, policies, and standards that support and align with the firm’s vision and objectives.
– Build a Data CoE across the business and technology in the organization.
– Work with the senior leaders in defining the technology strategy, solutions, and architecture in data.
– Establish and maintain core data models, information standards, and data management lifecycle controls.
– Provide End-to-end data design and management for data acquisition and processing, data quality, and governance for the Enterprise Data platform.
– Develop and improve data governance standards including records management, data quality, metadata, modeling, and data provisioning.
– Work with the application teams in creating technology platforms across:
— Data Management and Governance Platform
— Integration Platform between applications running on-premise and on the cloud
— Data Lake / Data Visualization / Data Analytics Solutions (Informatica, HDInsight, etc)

Requirements:
– At least 10 years of working experience in IT Data Management and Data Architecture.
– Proven experience in establishing a data governance model and framework.
– Strong project management skills in managing business data governance solution implementation and delivery projects.
– Experience in implementing data solutions on Cloud platforms would be preferred.
– Strong knowledge and experience in Data warehouse and relational databases.
– Strong knowledge and experience in NoSQL DBs such as MongoDB, Azure Cosmos DB, ElastiCache, Redis, Neo4j, and others.
– Knowledge and experience in Big Data solutions including Data Lake, HDInsight, Hadoop, Spark, etc.
– Strategic thinking and communication, which are able to coach and lead all levels of people.
– Good leadership and influencing skills.
– Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from a reputable University.
– Excellent communication skills in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

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