Job Description
Data Architect - Financial Services - Up to £73K
Solihull - Hybrid working (3 days per week onsite)
We're partnering with a forward-thinking, highly regulated organisation that's investing heavily in its data capability - and they're looking for a Data Architect to play a pivotal role in defining and delivering their data vision.
This is a high-impact position where you'll influence long-term strategy, modernise architecture, and help shape a best-in-class data platform.
The role:
As a key member of the data leadership ecosystem, you'll:
* Drive the data vision and design architecture aligned with enterprise principles and long-term business objectives
* Define and deliver best-in-class architecture across data platforms, management, modelling, quality, and storage
* Partner with IT, Data Office, business stakeholders, analysts and data science teams to translate consumer needs into scalable solutions
* Develop conceptual, logical and physical data models to support analytics, APIs and advanced data use cases
* Identify limitations in legacy models and design clear transition paths to target-state architecture
* Establish and govern data standards, processes and guidelines to ensure robust data quality
* Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies across data management and analytics
* Contribute to training and upskilling initiatives across architecture and data disciplines
Experience needed:
* Proven experience designing enterprise-level data architectures in complex, regulated environments
* Strong expertise in data modelling (conceptual, logical, physical)
* Experience building or modernising data platforms
* Deep understanding of data governance, quality frameworks and regulatory compliance (e.g. GDPR, BCBS239 or similar)
* Ability to operate strategically while remaining hands-on when required
* Confident stakeholder engagement skills across technical and non-technical audiences
Please apply asap if interested - Glee IT - Data architect
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