Role: Information Architect
Location: Macclesfield, UK
Hybrid: 3 days a week from office
6 Months extendable contract
We are looking for Information Architect for our client who is a Global information technology services company specializes in digital engineering and technology services, offering solutions across various industries.
The (Enterprise Information Architecture) EIA practice is seeking an Information Architect, that aligns to the Operations line of business encompassing Global Supply Chain and Manufacturing.
The Operations Information Architecture team supports the following business capability areas:
* Develop: Development and commercialisation of medicines emerging from R&D
* Plan: Supply chain planning and optimisation
* Source: Procurement of externally sourced materials and contract manufacturing
* Make: Manufacturing and quality release of medicines in a validated (GMP) environment
* Delivery
The role will focus on the definition and governance of enterprise information architectures, strategies, designs, models and consolidating thinking and artefacts across Operations, one or more projects/programmes, to drive out enterprise thinking and delivery across
Required Skills and Experience:
Essential:
* Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent number of years of experience in a Computer Science or Data Management related field.
* Experience in leading and delivering enterprise data platform architectural thinking, and its practical application.
Experience in the use of conceptual and logical data modelling technologies.
* Experience in defining and working with information and data regulatory governances.
The role holder will possess a blend of data/information architecture, analysis, and engineering skills.
* Experience in known industry IT architectural patterns and IT architecture ways of working/methodologies (e.g. FAIR data principles, Data Mesh).
* Understanding the appropriate data structure and technology based on business use case and completely familiar with data lifecycles
Desirable:
* Experience in a data architect role with practical examples of designing and providing data engineering/architectural blueprints that have been implemented.
* Experience of Information and Data Governance frameworks and their application in a commercial organisation
* Understands Data Platforms concepts and cloud-based containerization strategies for hybrid cloud environments.
* Experience in Agile data definition scrums.
* Experience in the use of tooling, e.g. metadata cataloguing tools, data modelling tools, EA tools
* Understanding of, or familiarity with, Data Mesh approaches (as distinct from Data Fabric or Data Platform
* Experience working in matrix-based environment with multiple stakeholder groups identifying priorities.
* Experience of working in the Pharmaceutical industry.