Data Architect

Assistant Director (Data Architect) Institution: National Healthcare Group

Family Group: Administration

Job Purpose

The Data Architect provides strategic leadership in designing and governing the enterprise data architecture that supports the cluster's data-driven decision-making processes. This role is responsible for establishing and maintaining the data architecture strategy, governance frameworks, and technical standards while ensuring seamless integration across healthcare systems through the Databricks Lakehouse environment. Working in close partnership with the Data Engineering Lead, this position ensures that data architecture decisions align with infrastructure capabilities and enterprise technology standards.

MAJOR DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Data Strategy & Architecture

Define and maintain enterprise data architecture strategy and roadmap

Design scalable architecture for the Databricks Lakehouse environment

Establish data modeling standards and reference architectures; explore adoption across other healthcare clusters

Guide data integration patterns across healthcare systems

Drive data solutioning for new and existing use cases

Evaluate new technologies and make strategic recommendations to leadership on what new technologies should be adopted

Evaluate vendor-proposed / provided architectures, including validation of vendor deliverables against standards, and providing sign-offs on vendor solutions.

Data Governance & Quality

Develop and implement enterprise-wide data governance framework that spans across different data platforms

Establish and maintain data quality standards and monitoring approaches

Define metadata management strategies

Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations

Design data lineage and cataloguing solutions

Technical Implementation & Operations

Guide implementation of data pipelines using Informatica IDMC and Spark

Review and implement data operations best practices

Monitor and optimise data workflow performance

Leadership & Collaboration

Lead team assigned resources as required

Collaborate with Data Engineering Lead on infrastructure needs

Mentor team members on best practices

Drive knowledge sharing and documentation

Lead committee(s) as and where required

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education/Training/Experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

8+ years of data architecture experience

5+ years of healthcare industry experience

Proven experience leading data engineering teams

Technical skills in the following areas:

Databricks Lakehouse Architectures

Informatica IDMC

Apache Spark and Python

Healthcare data standards (HL7, FHIR)

Data modeling and design

SQL and Data Warehousing

Data security and compliance frameworks

Personal Attributes

Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities

Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Detail-oriented with strong analytical skills

Ability to balance technical excellence with practical implementation