Data Architect

Role: Senior / Principal Data Architect
Salary: £115,000 - £118,000 + Bonus
WFH: 3 Days/Week Onsite (Shoreditch)

Overview

Our client, a leading global technology and business consultancy focused on financial services, is hiring a Senior / Principal Data Architect to join their award-winning Data Practice. This is a hands-on architecture and leadership role, supporting major banking and financial services clients with modernising data infrastructure, guiding cloud transformation, and shaping scalable, best-in-class data platforms.

You'll join a team of 800+ data professionals in a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages innovation and values individuality. If you're passionate about strategy, architecture, and delivering meaningful impact in data-driven transformations, this is an opportunity to lead from the front.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead complex agile consulting projects focused on data architecture design and delivery
• Advise technology leaders on modern best practices in data management
• Develop cloud-based enterprise data platforms using AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Define services and frameworks that enable efficient, scalable, and secure data management
• Contribute to internal IP and delivery frameworks across the firm's data practice
• Manage small project teams and support capability building and business development

Ideal Candidate

• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise data strategies and governance
• Deep knowledge of contextual, logical, and physical data modelling
• Hands-on experience with cloud data migration and architecture (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Strong grasp of metadata management, data privacy/security frameworks, and cloud ecosystem best practices
• Financial services project experience preferred, with stakeholder-facing communication skills
• Comfortable operating across complex environments, leading multiple workstreams

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Cloud architecture certifications (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Experience designing data lakes and modern cloud storage patterns
• Familiarity with data cataloguing, classification, and semantic/graph modelling
• Exposure to ESG data, risk/compliance platforms, or financial crime data architectures
• An understanding of cloud cost management, automation, and network architecture

Tech Domains

• Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP
• Data Management: Metadata tools, privacy frameworks, security architecture
• Modelling: ER, Contextual, Semantic, Logical/Physical
• Orchestration & Integration: API design, DevOps support, cloud-native workflows

Why Join?

• Work on high-impact transformation projects with top-tier global banks
• Join an agile, innovation-focused culture with flat structure and open collaboration
• Learn and grow in a highly supportive environment with extensive L&D support
• Inclusive and diverse culture with enhanced family-friendly policies
• Join the multi-award-winning data team, voted Best Consultancy in Data Management and ESG

Interview Process

1. Initial Discussion - Culture, expectations, and mutual fit
2. Technical/Project Interview(s) - Assessing delivery experience and architectural thinking
3. Final Interview - Client-facing alignment and career progression discussion