Enterprise Data Architect

Urgent Opportunity | Enterprise Data Architect | Abu Dhabi, UAE Must already be based in the UAE to be considered 3-Month Extendable Contract I'm working with one of our 5★ clients within their Chief Data & Analytics Office (CDAO) to hire an experienced Enterprise Data Architect for a high-impact transformation programme based in Abu Dhabi. Our client is seeking an experienced Enterprise Data Architect to lead the assessment and design of a reusable enterprise Gold Layer supporting analytics, self-service BI, APIs and AI initiatives. This engagement focuses on evaluating an existing Bronze/Silver data platform and producing a future-proof architecture capable of supporting enterprise reporting and AI at scale. This is a strategic architecture engagement where you'll assess the existing enterprise data platform and design a scalable Gold Layer, Common Data Model, and Semantic Layer to support analytics, self-service BI, APIs, and AI across one of the region's largest healthcare groups. Responsibilities • Assess end-to-end enterprise analytics architecture • Evaluate Bronze completeness and Silver readiness • Design enterprise Common Data Models • Define reusable semantic layer architecture • Develop enterprise KPI definitions and governance • Recommend orchestration architecture (native vs dbt) • Design governance, metadata and security frameworks • Define AI-ready architecture and metadata strategy • Present recommendations to architecture boards and senior stakeholders Required Skills • Enterprise Data Architecture • Medallion Architecture • Common Data Models • Data Warehousing • Kimball Modelling • Star Schema Design • Enterprise Semantic Layer Design • SQL • ETL/ELT • Airflow • dbt • Oracle GoldenGate CDC • SingleStore • SQL Server • Oracle Database • Power BI • DAX • Tabular Models • Row-Level Security • Data Governance • Purview or Collibra • Metadata Management • Performance Optimisation Nice-to-Have • Healthcare analytics • Cerner • Epic • HL7 • FHIR • Clinical Data Warehousing • AI platforms • Copilot • RAG • Vector Search • MCP Why Apply • Enterprise-scale transformation programme • Strategic architecture ownership • Healthcare AI and analytics platform • Executive stakeholder exposure • Opportunity to shape future enterprise data architecture Show more Show less

Assess end-to-end enterprise analytics architecture; Evaluate Bronze completeness and Silver readiness; Design enterprise Common Data Models; Define reusable semantic layer architecture; Develop enterprise KPI definitions and governance; Recommend orchestration architecture (native vs dbt); Design governance, metadata and security frameworks; Define AI-ready architecture and metadata strategy; Present recommendations to architecture boards and senior stakeholders