Data Architect

Data Architect required by a market leading, award winning, financial services organisation who have 9 UK sites. This will be remote role with 1-2 days a month onsite at one of our clients sites.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled and motivated Data Architect to join an award-winning team within a leading financial services organisation. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact by designing and managing the data architecture that supports the business's digital transformation efforts.

The Data Architect will play a key role in shaping the company's data strategy and driving innovative data solutions across multiple business areas. The role offers a blend of business strategy, technical expertise, and creative problem-solving.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead data initiatives for a business digital transformation program, ensuring seamless data integration and usage across the organisation.
• Promote best practices for data management and embed a data-driven culture within the business.
• Foster relationships with stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into scalable, secure data solutions.
• Develop and maintain a reference architecture to optimise data ingestion, storage, processing, reporting, and analytics.
• Support the rollout of the UK Data Strategy and contribute to the implementation of the strategic roadmap.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert, offering consultancy to the business and mentoring internal data teams.
• Ensure effective data governance, including metadata management, reference data management, and maintaining data estate reference architecture.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging trends, technologies, and best practices in the data and financial services sectors.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Proven experience in a data-focused role, such as Data Architect, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, Data Analyst, or Data Modeller.
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms (Snowflake, AWS, Azure) or traditional databases (SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, NoSQL, Hadoop).
• In-depth knowledge of data structures, data warehousing, data lakes, ETL/ELT processes, and big data technologies.
• Proficiency in data modeling, data product design, and the use of data development, ETL, and visualisation tools.
• Strong understanding of data governance, compliance, and security requirements.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a critical and analytical mindset.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present technical information to diverse audiences, from executives to development teams.
• Practical experience in building and executing a data strategy and roadmap.
• A desire to continuously learn and adapt to new data trends and technologies.

Why Join Us?

• Flexible working options, including part-time, flexible hours, and remote work, to support a work-life balance.
• An inclusive environment where diverse perspectives are valued, and employees are supported to perform at their best.

Benefits:

• 10% annual bonus
• 5% contributory pension
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Full private medical cover
• Discounted tech offers
• Discounted gym membership

…..plus many more

If you are passionate about data and are ready to contribute to the strategic data direction of a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation, we encourage you to apply.