We are seeking a Data Solutions Architect on a Fixed Term 6 Month Contract (potential to be extended) to provide strategic architectural oversight and establish robust standards, governance, and frameworks for Azure-based data solutions. This role is pivotal to delivering a unified and scalable system architecture that aligns with the business’s ambition to expand its digital capabilities.
This contract presents an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping our digital transformation programme, as we strive to become a market leader in delivering a best-in-class digital customer experience for our clients.
Job Description
This is a delivery-focused role, responsible for shaping architectural practices, embedding standards, and enabling teams to deliver high-quality data and integration solutions.
Ideal for an innovative and technically grounded architect, this role offers the opportunity to solve complex challenges and deliver impactful solutions for mission-critical services.
* Define and document both the current ("As-Is") and future ("Target") state enterprise IT architectures.
* Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to translate functional and non-functional requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable solution designs.
* Own and develop a clear, actionable roadmap to achieve the target architecture.
* Assess and recommend the most effective integration methods between third-party platforms and the existing ecosystem.
* Establish and enforce architectural standards, patterns, and best practices across data and integration initiatives.
* Own and contribute to architecture decision records (ADRs) and support architectural governance processes.
* Promote reusability, modular design, and interoperability across systems to support a unified, extensible platform.
* Define and champion the data architecture vision, ensuring external vendors and development teams build solutions that align with internal standards and future-state models.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong blend of strategic thinking, deep technical expertise, and hands-on experience in working with cloud-based architecture.
* Proven experience as a Solution Architect on enterprise-level system design and delivery, ideally within aviation, logistics, or related B2B industries.
* Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure, particularly integration services and modern cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure)
* Solid understanding of architecture principles, frameworks and methodologies.
* Skilled in providing technical leadership and guiding development teams through solution implementation.
* Strong communicator, able to convey complex technical concepts effectively to business stakeholders.
* Strong understanding of data integration, data quality, and master data management principles.
* Experience designing platforms that support third-party integrations via modern APIs and integration tools.
Additional Information
* This is a 6 month FTC with the potential to be extended, please only apply if you are happy working on a fixed contract*
* 22 days holiday (pro rata)
* Free breakfast & Lunches in our onsite canteen "The Hangar"
* Free onsite gym and classes
* Pension
* 2x charitable giving back days per year