The Data Architect will be the technical leader responsible for defining the end-to-end data architecture and strategy for our modern data platform. You will design scalable, resilient, and secure data solutions from the ground up, ensuring alignment with long-term business goals. This role requires deep hands-on expertise (5-7 years) to both design and drive the implementation of the data roadmap, focusing on performance, integrity, and accessibility across massive datasets.Lead the conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling efforts for the Data Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, and operational data stores, ensuring high quality and optimal performance.Define the overall data architecture roadmap and technology stack (Cloud, tools, services) to support high-volume data ingestion, transformation, and consumption across the enterprise.Design and document scalable, resilient, and cost-optimized ETL/ELT data integration patterns for diverse data sources (tourism platforms, social media, internal systems).Establish and enforce data governance frameworks, standards, policies, and best practices for data quality, metadata management, lineage, security, and compliance.Act as the expert consultant and technical mentor to the Data Engineering team, guiding them on complex implementation, optimization (e.g., Spark tuning), and troubleshooting of data pipelines.Collaborate with CTO/Leadership and business stakeholders to translate strategic business requirements into feasible, high-impact data architecture solutions.Evaluate and recommend new data technologies, tools, and platforms to ensure the data ecosystem remains cutting-edge and future-proof.Manage and maintain the overall data security model, including access control and data masking/anonymization techniques.