Senior Data Architect

Salary: Up to £70,000 per annum depending on skills and experience

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The position plays a pivotal part in aligning Data & Analytics initiatives with broader enterprise goals, ensuring solutions integrate seamlessly across the organisation.

A core focus is driving the Data & Analytics Data Architecture Office, contributing to the definition, development and governance of a standard approach to the practice of data architecture across some of our largest and most complex transformation projects.

This role will also ensure we have a clear strategy and roadmap for our data layers such as storage, staging, conformed and marts including the definitions of medallion architecture into our data lakes.

• You will be the custodian of the appropriate Enterprise Data Models associated with the Data & Analytics services (e.g. the Dimensional model used within BI and the Master Data model used within data management), within the context of the overall Data & Analytics Enterprise Architecture Information and Data Models, working closely with the Data & Analytics Centre of Excellence
• You will define what good looks like in terms of Data Architecture best practices and approaches including the creation of blue prints for conceptual, logical and physical models
• Database development and optimization - defining our approach to data systems (warehouses & lakes) across our data & analytics landscape creating roadmaps for change towards new technologies
• Support our large transformation projects in their data journeys, defining re-usable artifacts to generate mature data architectures within our enterprise

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Job Title: Senior Data Architect

Location: Preston or Frimley.

• Degree in a STEM subject or equivalent in a relevant discipline
• Proven experience in an IT-related role
• Experience in Information/Data architecture development
• Experience of information/data analysis in large scale business systems