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Data Lead Jobs in Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates at Socium – Teams Done Differently
Title: Data Lead
Company: Socium – Teams Done Differently
Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
General Description
Join a leading enterprise organization in the UAE supporting large-scale data transformation, modernization, and migration initiatives across critical business platforms.
We are looking for an experienced Data Lead with strong expertise in data modelling, data migration, and enterprise data engineering to support a high-impact onsite engagement in Dubai.
This opportunity is ideal for professionals who can lead end-to-end data initiatives, drive data architecture and migration strategies, and work closely with business and technology stakeholders to deliver scalable, high-quality data solutions.
This is a contract / freelance engagement (initial 6 months) with an immediate hiring timeline.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead enterprise data transformation and modernization initiatives across multiple business domains
- Define and govern conceptual, logical, and physical data models to support business and technology objectives
- Plan and execute large-scale data migration programs, including data mapping, transformation, validation, and reconciliation activities
- Design, develop, and oversee ETL/ELT pipelines to support data integration and migration requirements
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams to define data requirements and delivery roadmaps
- Establish data governance, quality, lineage, and data management best practices
- Support the design and implementation of enterprise data platforms and reporting solutions
- Identify data risks, dependencies, and migration challenges and provide mitigation strategies
- Ensure data integrity, accuracy, security, and compliance throughout migration and transformation activities
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to data engineering and data management teams
- Drive stakeholder engagement and provide regular updates on project progress, milestones, and deliverables
- Support cloud-based data initiatives and platform modernization programs.
Required Experience
- Proven experience working as a Data Lead, Lead Data Engineer, Data Architect, Data Migration Lead, Enterprise Data Architect, or similar role
- Minimum 8–10 years of experience in data engineering, data management, or enterprise data transformation environments
- Strong hands-on experience in data modelling, including conceptual, logical, and physical data models
- Proven experience delivering large-scale data migration and data transformation programs
- Strong expertise in ETL/ELT design, development, and optimization
- Experience working with enterprise data warehouses, data lakes, and integration platforms
- Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, metadata management, and data lifecycle management
- Ability to work closely with business and technical stakeholders to define and deliver data solutions
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience working within large enterprise environments
- Immediate or short-notice availability is highly preferred.
Preferred Experience
- Strong experience with Microsoft Azure data services, including Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Lake, Databricks, or related technologies
- Experience supporting cloud migration and modernization initiatives
- Banking, financial services, government, telecommunications, or large enterprise experience
- Arabic language skills are highly advantageous
- Experience leading geographically distributed teams and large-scale transformation programs.
Work Setup
• Full Onsite – Dubai, UAE
• Contract / Freelance Engagement
• Initial 6-Month Contract (Extendable)
• Immediate Hiring Timeline
