Data Architect

Role: Data Architect

Length: Initial 6-month engagement 

Location: Hybrid - Telford

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Pay Rate: £550 - £650 per day

Clearance: Active SC Clearance

They're looking for a Data Architect who can take ownership of the solution design and guide delivery teams through complex technical decisions ensuring solutions are robust, governable and deliverable into live service.

Essential Skills & Experience

Strong, hands-on data architecture experience and the ability to lead technical delivery in complex environments.
Senior client stakeholders and internal delivery leadership
Experience with multiple data storage technologies used in data warehouse and data lake solutions, such as: Relational DBMS, NoSQL, Graph databases, Cloud object storage & DB as a service
Architecture and design concepts for ETL/ELT solutions, using a range of tooling
Designing and applying data virtualisation technologies, particularly at enterprise scale
Architecture and design concepts for data exploitation solutions and technologies, including: Analytics, Reporting, APIs 
Expertise in data modelling within large, complex IT estates, implementing multiple data architectures and integrating data management / governance tooling
Modern ways of working such as Agile, CI/CD, DevOps and test automation
Delivery across on-premise, cloud and hybrid environments, including cloud migration programmes
Key responsibilities include:

Designing data architectures, including cataloguing, metadata, lineage, quality, ownership and classification, to ensure data is trusted, discoverable, secure and fit for purpose from source to consumption.
Providing architectural direction on the safe and governed adoption of AI and agent based capabilities within data and analytics platforms
Producing architectures and designs for complex end-to-end data solutions, including data storage and management, ETL/ELT, reporting and analytics
Advising clients on architecture/infrastructure, platform and engineering best practices across data warehouse / data lake solutions and modelling concepts
Taking ownership of client requirements, deliverables and accountabilities, ensuring adherence to architecture governance processes, industry best practices and alignment with the client’s architecture vision
Driving solution development and documentation, ensuring good architectural practices are applied throughout the lifecycle
Managing relationships with vendors, third parties and key internal stakeholders
Are you interested in this position? If so, then please respond with your CV and I will be in touch ASAP
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed