Data Architect

Role: Data ArchitectLocation: Toronto, ON (4 days/week hybrid)Duration: 6 monthsThe RoleWe are looking for a hands‑on Data Architect to support a strategic data controls and governance initiative. This role will be responsible for assessing data flows, designing remediation solutions, defining data controls, supporting architecture decisions, and working with platform teams to implement improvements related to data minimization, encryption, tokenization, access controls, logging controls, and customer identifier management.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data architecture, data governance, data security, integration architecture, and cloud data platforms.
Key Responsibilities
Data Architecture & Analysis
Analyze end-to-end data flows across batch and API integrations.
Develop current-state and target-state architecture diagrams.
Perform data lineage, impact analysis, and dependency assessments.
Identify data exposure risks across enterprise platforms.
Document integration patterns and data movement across systems.
Support architecture reviews and solution approvals.
Data Governance & Controls
Perform PII and sensitive data assessments.
Define data classification, retention, and handling requirements.
Design data minimization and data protection strategies.
Support enterprise data governance initiatives.
Define data ownership and stewardship models.
Data Security & Privacy
Design data protection controls including:
Encryption
Tokenization
Data Masking
Hashing
Secure Logging
Support RBAC and ABAC design.
Review access models, service accounts, and privileged access requirements.
Support security and privacy compliance initiatives.
Integration & Platform Architecture
Assess batch, API, messaging, and data lake architectures.
Design secure data movement and interface patterns.
Support modernization of customer and loyalty data integrations.
Work closely with platform teams to implement approved architecture solutions.
Stakeholder Management
Collaborate with Business, Security, Data Governance, Platform, and Engineering teams.
Facilitate architecture workshops and design sessions.
Prepare executive and architecture review documentation.
Support program planning, risk management, and roadmap development.
Qualifications and SkillsRequired Skills:
Data Architecture & Solution Design
Data Modeling (Conceptual, Logical, Physical)
Data Lineage & Impact Analysis
Integration Architecture
Enterprise Data Management
API & Batch Processing Architecture
Data Governance
PII Classification & Data Privacy
Data Governance Frameworks
Metadata Management
Data Quality & Data Stewardship
Data Retention & Archival Strategies
Data Security
Encryption (Data at Rest & In Transit)
Tokenization & Data Masking
RBAC & ABAC
Access Governance
Secure Logging & Monitoring
Key Management Concepts
Platforms & Technologies
Experience with some of the following:
Microsoft Azure
Azure Data Factory (ADF)
Azure Data Lake (ADLS)
Azure SQL
Databricks
Hadoop / Data Lake platforms
IBM DataStage
Kafka / Event Streaming platforms
REST APIs
Middleware / ESB platforms
Salesforce
SQL
Preferred Experience:
Retail, Loyalty, Financial Services, Banking, or Customer Data domains.
Experience with customer identity and master data management.
Experience in data remediation, data governance, or security transformation initiatives.
Experience working with cross-functional architecture and engineering teams.
Success Criteria:
Analyze complex enterprise data flows and integrations.
Identify data governance and security gaps.
Design scalable and secure data architectures.
Define remediation solutions for data exposure risks.Develop target-state data governance and protection frameworks.
Support implementation of enterprise data controls and modernization initiatives.
About TekNinjasTekNinjas is a global IT staffing partner placing skilled professionals with leading enterprises and system integrators across the US, Canada, UK, India, and the EU. We focus on the right fit - not just the fast fill - and stay engaged with our consultants well beyond the start date.
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TekNinjas is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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