Guardrisk, part of Momentum Group Limited, is South Africa’s leading provider of cell captive business and alternative risk transfer solutions, offering tailor-made risk financing and access to professional reinsurance markets. As the market leader, we specialize in innovative cell captive structures that allow clients to operate their own insurance products within a ring-fenced facility, including underwriting, actuarial, legal, compliance and financial reporting services – without the costs and complexities of establishing an insurance company. Registered for most statutory classes of non-life and life insurance, we provide customized cover and strategic risk solutions. Our services cater to corporates that are serious about risk management, those facing complex or high-cost risks, and businesses looking to offer their own branded insurance products.

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**Role Purpose**

The Technology Data Architect designs and governs enterprise-grade Azure data platforms, delivering secure, scalable, and high-performance solutions aligned to business and regulatory needs. The role drives data modernization, analytics, automation, and integration, reporting to the Enterprise Solutions Architect.

**Requirements**

**Qualifications**

– Relevant 3–4 year IT or Business qualification (BCom, BSc, or equivalent)
– Relevant Microsoft/Azure certifications advantageous

**Experience**

– 7+ years enterprise data architecture experience
– Proven delivery of large-scale data platforms (cloud and hybrid)
– 5+ years insurance industry experience

**Strong expertise in:**

– Azure data services (SQL, Synapse, Cosmos DB, Data Lake, Data Factory)
– Data modeling (dimensional, star/snowflake schemas, semantic layers)
– Data governance, MDM, quality, and observability frameworks
– Power BI and automation tools
– Cloud security and compliance (POPIA, GDPR)
– DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code

**Duties & Responsibilities**

**Architect Scalable Data Platforms**Design and implement Azure-based data solutions (Azure SQL, Synapse, Cosmos DB, Data Lake, Databricks, Dataverse).

Ensure performance, resilience, cost optimization, and security.

Establish conceptual, logical, and physical data models aligned to business domains.

**Lead Data Modernization**

Transform legacy systems into cloud-native architectures.

Oversee migration strategies, schema conversion, data mapping, and validation.

Promote adoption of modern analytics and data services.

**Data Governance & Compliance**

Define and enforce standards for data lifecycle management.

Ensure compliance with POPIA, GDPR, and internal governance frameworks.

Support metadata management, lineage tracking, cataloging, and sensitive data monitoring.

**Enable Analytics & Business Intelligence**

Deliver integrated analytics solutions using Power BI, Azure Analysis Services, and Azure Machine Learning.

Support semantic modeling and KPI standardization.

Collaborate with business units to deliver actionable insights.

**Application Integration & Automation**

Provide architectural guidance for data-driven applications.

Enable integration across Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Dynamics 365.

Implement CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), and automated data pipelines (ADF, Power Automate).

**Data Quality & Observability**

Implement data quality frameworks and monitoring standards.

Leverage Azure Monitor, Purview, and related tools to ensure lineage, reliability, and performance.

**Leadership & Collaboration**

Work across architecture, engineering, and business teams.

Participate in governance forums and steering committees.

Mentor junior architects and promote continuous learning.

**Competencies**

**Interpreting data:** Applies strong analytical and technical expertise to design robust data models, evaluate quality, assess performance, and make sound architectural decisions.

**Examining information:** Analyses complex data environments, integrations, and risks; solves architectural and migration challenges methodically.

**Upholding standards:** Ensures compliance, security, governance, and architectural discipline across data platforms (critical in insurance and regulated environments).

**Convincing people:** Influences engineers, architects, and business stakeholders to adopt standards, modern platforms, and best practices.

**Embracing change:** Drives cloud modernization and transformation initiatives; adapts architecture to evolving technologies and regulatory requirements.

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