Data Architecture Principle Expert

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Date: Dec 25, 2025

Location: SA

Company: stc

Job Purpose

The role holder is responsible for developing and maintaining the overall  Digital technology architecture models and roadmap providing technical leadership and consulting across. This position exists to evaluate current Cybersecurity architectures, define gaps, develop transition roadmaps and establishing principles. The role holder shall carry out his duties in accordance with the stipulated business policies and procedure

Job Responsibility

  • Ensure to define the processes for maintaining data flows for EDW’s sources & between OLTP systems
  • Ensure to define the processes and best practices of build, modeling and documenting various enterprise information/data models and build a coherent and integrated set of repositories of data
  • Develop optimization solutions architecture and propose domain specific remedial high-level architecture guidance solutions to existing data inconsistencies and lack of integrity in order to optimize data storage and reduce costs
  • Authorized to endorse and co-sign off architecture design blueprint of systems and solutions implemented within the BI Platform data to ensure consistency with overall Data Architecture

 

Job Responsibility (cont.)

  • Manage the design of data architecture modelling , and the evaluation of the impact as needed
  • Ensure to update the Architecture repository with relevant architecture’s artifacts, deliverables, and architectural details
  • Define Architecture principles , frameworks , guidelines and roadmap for Technology Architecture Governance to be aligned with Group Architecture Governance & Enablement and shared with stc group subsidiaries
  • Manage E2E architectural engagement (blueprinting, assessment, etc.) as per the E2E architecture development processes
  • Evaluate and assess the as-is architecture and conduct the assessment to define the to-be architecture
  • Ensure to define the gaps between As-Is and To-Be data architectures and define the transition architecture and roadmap for addressing those gaps
  • Ensure to support Technology Excellence & Control to translate architecture roadmap into materialized demands and executable projects/programs as needed
  • Evaluate and review technical & architecture proposals such as RFIs & RFP and provide insights
  • Develop and maintain principles, guidelines, policies , and reference architectures for the respective domain.
  • Ensure to Identify and materialize the studies around technology efficiency and optimization.

 

Years of Experience

A minimum of 8 years of relevant experience with at least 3 - 4 years of experience in a similar role.

Nature of Experience

  • Prior experience in managing large scale Technology Architecture Transformation and Implementation programs
  • Preferred prior experience in leading large scale technology organizations (Network or IT)
  • Exposure to emerging trends and technologies in previous roles

Job Band

STP- Similar Director Manager

Skills

  • Strong leadership skills with ability to influence C-level executives
  • Sound knowledge of the telecom industry, related technology innovation and vendor / platform landscape
  • Strong knowledge of Management and Financial systems
  • Strong change management skills
  • Strong Decision making and problem solving skills
  • Strong knowledge for Enterprise Technologies.

Education

Bachelor Degree in Technology or Computer Technology
Masters Degree in Computer Science

Additional Education

Certifications

Preferred relevant certification in Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF)