Data Architect L ocation: Telford (Hybrid – 2 days/week in office) 6 Months Day Rate: £570 (Inside IR35) Security Clearance Required: SC Cleared My client is looking for an experienced Data Architect to join a high-impact government project focused on combatting fraud within Self-Assessment (SA) registrations. You’ll join a new Scrum team on the Minerva Platform, delivering ingestion and risking capabilities using the SAS Platform (including IDP) and aligned with approved Enterprise Architecture (EA) patterns. Key Responsibilities As a Data Architect, you will: Design, support and guide the upgrade, management, and archiving of data in line with data policies. Define and maintain data technology architecture, covering metadata, integration, BI, and data warehousing. Support and contribute to data dictionaries and metadata repositories. Drive alignment between data design and business needs, ensuring compliance with governance standards. Essential Skills & Experience You should be confident working at both strategic and hands-on levels. You’ll bring expertise in: Data Architecture & Modelling Create, update, and reverse-engineer data models Align data architecture to business problems and enterprise-wide standards Data Governance & Standards Ensure compliance with data policies Develop, assess and enforce data standards Data Integration & Metadata Management Perform impact analysis for data and system integration Maintain accurate metadata repositories Data Analysis & Communication Perform data profiling and analysis of source systems Present insights clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders Create visualisations and basic presentations Strategic Thinking & Innovation Support planning with a strategic lens Stay informed of new tools and innovative approaches to data Problem Management Investigate data issues, identify patterns and implement remedies