Data Architect Sr. Cloud - Hybrid

The Architecture team is responsible for delivering technology solutions that support our divisional strategy. In addition, the team leads the development of our client Investments Canada’s technology vision and strategy. This involves conducting research into a variety of technologies and business focus areas that includes data warehouse, data integration, master data, big data, cloud services, data governance and quality, security and operational efficiency.


The Data Architect role assists with establishing and evolving the data standards, models and technical solutions. This will include active participation in key business and IS initiatives to ensure that solutions are architected and aligned with the Canada data strategy and technology directions. Data architects are senior visionaries who translate business requirements into technology requirements and define data standards and technology solutions.

Advantages
The Expertise You Bring
• Experience leading architectural design and transformative initiatives in AI
• Good project management skills and structured process mapping skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills, communication and presentation skills
• Able to build relationships and work effectively with cross-functional teams
• Architecture management and governance of structured and unstructured data
• Strong understanding of Data Governance’s principles and tools
• Experience Data Modelling and Technical Data Analysis


Total Rewards That Reflect Your Impact
We believe exceptional work deserves exceptional recognition. That’s why we offer a competitive compensation package designed to support your success today—and your financial well-being tomorrow.



Responsibilities
What You Will Do
• Overall alignment with enterprise data strategy, a key responsibility involves technology solutions in addition to close collaboration with our international partners
• Translating business requirements into technical specifications, including data streams, integrations, transformations, databases, and data warehouses
• Defining the data architecture framework, standards and principles, including modeling, metadata, security, reference data such as product codes and client categories, and master data such as clients, vendors, product and employees.
• Defining reference architecture, which is a pattern that others can follow to create and improve data systems
• Defining data flows, i.e., which parts of the organization generate data, which require data to function, how data flows are managed, and how data changes in transition
• Collaborating and coordinating with multiple departments, stakeholders, partners, and external vendors
• Develop data solutions to store and retrieve company information
• Design conceptual and logical data models and flowcharts
• Brings good knowledge of data governance best practices and tools experience
• Provide business analyst support to business and technology initiatives aimed at improving data quality, timeliness of delivery

Qualifications
What We’re Looking For
• University Degree, preferably in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience
• Minimum 7 years of experience as a Data Architect
• Experience implementing RAG architectures, fine-tuning LLMs, or integrating GenAI into enterprise systems
• Background in MLOps, CI/CD for Machine Learning pipelines, or automated model lifecycle management
• Proven experience in database logical and physical build, and expertise in BI and data visualization tools such as Tableau, Oracle, SAP, Salesforce, and PowerBI
• Advanced skills in Analytics, AI/ML, data source analysis, and overall data management
• Master Data Management experience with Ataccama or other industry-leading vendors like IBM and Informatica
• Proficiency with Cloud technologies (AWS preferred)
• Proficiency in data warehousing, ideally with experience in Snowflake
• Experience with data integration platforms, specifically Boomi iPaaS
• Strong database build skills and experience with Microsoft SQL, Oracle, AWS Aurora, MYSQL, PostgreSQL, and ProgressDB
• Familiarity with leading open-source tools like Apache Sqoop, KNIME, RapidMiner, Elasticsearch, Pig, Hive, and Kafka
• Experience with architecture enterprise management platforms (LeanIX preferred)

Summary
The Expertise You Bring
• Experience leading architectural design and transformative initiatives in AI
• Good project management skills and structured process mapping skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills, communication and presentation skills
• Able to build relationships and work effectively with cross-functional teams
• Architecture management and governance of structured and unstructured data
• Strong understanding of Data Governance’s principles and tools
• Experience Data Modelling and Technical Data Analysis


Total Rewards That Reflect Your Impact
We believe exceptional work deserves exceptional recognition. That’s why we offer a competitive compensation package designed to support your success today—and your financial well-being tomorrow.



Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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