Data Architect with Data Governance/Unity Catalog/Lineage

Role: Data Architect with Data Governance/Unity Catalog/Lineage/Retail Domain

Duration: Long Term Contract

Location: Toronto, ON - Hybrid- 3 Days

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 Skills

Required 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

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.