About the Institution
The Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) is on a mission to translate scientific discovery into real world impact. We bring together visionary scientists, technologists, engineers, researchers, educators, and innovators to tackle humanity’s greatest challenges across four transformative areas:
* Health, Medical Science & Generative Biology
* Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture
* Climate Change & Managing CO₂
* Artificial Intelligence & Robotics
Pathogen Project
The Pathogen Project exemplifies EIT’s dedication to groundbreaking science. It seeks to transform pathogen risk management, detection, and response by leveraging Whole Genome Sequencing‑based metagenomic and pathogen‑specific analytical tools. The goal is to power metagenomic devices using long‑read sequencing technologies by building a comprehensive database of pathogen information to inform response. Enabled by Oracle Inc.’s cloud‑computing scale and security, the project is advancing toward certified diagnostic tools for deployment in laboratories, hospitals, and public health organisations worldwide.
Your Role
We are seeking an experienced and detail‑oriented Data Architect. You’ll shape the future of our data platform and collaborate with platform and product teams to deliver analytical and AI products to transform pathogen monitoring and diagnostics. You will define data standards, data models, and best practices to ensure the integrity, security, and accessibility of our data assets. You will also optimise data processes and workflows, drive efficiencies, and foster a data‑driven culture within the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
* Understand and manage data requirements by working with stakeholders to analyse needs and identify those of architectural significance.
* Formulate the data model and standards to be used by the data platform to support interoperability and federation for pathogen monitoring and research.
* Communicate data architecture to various stakeholder groups within EIT.
* Develop data architectures, including data flows, lifecycle, security, durability, and maintain consistent documentation standards and architecture methods.
* Support developers, ensuring they can realise the architecture through mentoring and direct involvement.
* Produce architecture artifacts and present them through architecture governance.
* Verify implementations to ensure the delivered systems meet requirements and remain consistent with the agreed architecture.
* Define architecture data standards, ensuring compliance (including Medical Device Accreditation where relevant).
* Provide squads with a set of standard patterns, guidance, and technical standards to help them deliver.
* Ensure solutions are documented and assured through defined architecture governance processes.
Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience
* Architecting and delivering modern data platform standards, tools, and patterns, including data lakes, lake houses, iceberg, data mesh.
* Architecting, building, and delivering modern data platforms at scale.
* Familiarity with TOGAF and other enterprise architecture frameworks.
* Experience in data governance, data quality, and data cataloguing.
* Knowledge of master, metadata and reference data management.
* Understanding of Agile practices and sprint‑based methodology.
* Capacity for knowledge sharing and collaboration.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience
* Knowledge of genomics.
* Experience with cloud‑based data platforms, preferably Oracle OCI or equivalent AWS and Azure services.
* Understanding of federation standards for genomics (GA4GH).
* Understanding of data standards for pathogen data interoperability (PHA4GE).
* Experience architecting data standards for research environments.
* Experience with healthcare clinical data and associated standards (OMOP, SNOMED).
Key Attributes
* Collaboration.
* Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment.
* Willingness to learn and cross‑train/up‑skill in new technology.
* Willingness to be hands‑on, exploring new technology or developing POCs.
Benefits
* Competitive Salary + Travel Allowance + Bonus.
* Enhanced holiday pay.
* Pension.
* Life Assurance.
* Income Protection.
* Private Medical Insurance.
* Hospital Cash Plan.
* Therapy Services.
* Perk Box.
* Electric Car Scheme.
Working Together – What It Involves
* Right to work permanently in the UK, willingness to travel as necessary. Sponsorship considered case‑by‑case.
* Live in or within easy commuting distance of Oxford (or be willing to relocate).
* Hybrid working (3 days onsite).
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