Contract Data Architect – Greenfield Data Platform
Initial 6 months | Start January
Hybrid - Manchester (1-2 days per week on site)
Overview
This is a great piece of work with a supply chain management consultancy who are building a greenfield data platform from scratch. Following a recent business split, data preparation is currently manual, and spreadsheet driven. The goal is to design a scalable, cloud-based platform to ingest, standardise, and enrich client data, initially for internal use and later as the foundation for client facing products.
This is a hands‑on Data Architect role with full ownership of architecture, standards, and core data modelling.
Key Responsibilities
* Design and own a universal core data model
* Define ingestion patterns for varied client data sources including APIs, file uploads, batch, streaming, and CDC
* Architect scalable ETL pipelines handling hundreds of millions of rows
* Recommend and help select the most appropriate cloud platform and data stack
* Set modelling standards and architectural principles in a fully greenfield environment
* Advise on AI and ML usage for data identification, categorisation, and enrichment
* Ensure alignment with GDPR and ISO requirements
* Support infrastructure as code practices using Terraform
* Fully greenfield data estate
* Cloud agnostic, with early AWS prototyping
* Client data from highly variable third party sources
* Microsoft 365 for internal operations
* Power BI used in a bespoke, consultant driven manner
Required Experience
* Strong Data Architecture experience on greenfield data platforms
* Modern ETL and data ingestion architecture experience
* Cloud architecture experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP
* Infrastructure as code, ideally Terraform
* Comfortable operating autonomously and hands on
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Contract
Job function
Information Technology
Industries
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage and IT Services and IT Consulting
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