Senior Data Architect

Position: Senior Data Architect

Location: Riyadh/Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Duration: Yearly Renewable Contract

Job Description:

Description:

We are looking for highly experienced Senior Data Architects to lead the design, development, and rollout of the bank's Common Information Model (CIM). The role requires strong expertise in banking data architectures, canonical modelling, and enterprise integration, along with the ability to map complex legacy and modern systems to a unified data model. The ideal candidate will collaborate with enterprise architecture, business, technology, and regulatory teams to ensure alignment, compliance, and scalability across the bank's data and integration landscape.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• 1015 years of experience in data architecture, with significant exposure to banking.
• Deep hands-on expertise in data modelling (Erwin)conceptual, logical, and physical.
• Experience building canonical models and enterprise information architectures.
• Proven experience designing APIs/microservices derived from enterprise data models.

Technical Skills:

Understanding of:

• BIAN BOM / BIAN Service Landscape
• Core banking systems, especially STTM
• Data platforms: ODS, DWH, data lakehouse
• Experience producing EA artefacts using Abacus or similar tools.

Regulatory & Compliance Knowledge:

Understanding of:

• NDMO DAM framework
• SAMA ITGF
• AML/CTF, Risk, and Finance data requirements