Job Description
Job Title: Data Architect
Clearance Required: SC
Duration: 6 months
Location: Telford with 2 days/week in office
Data architect responsibilities:
* A data architect designs and builds data models to fulfil the strategic data needs of the organisation, as defined by chief data architects.
At this role level, you will:
* Design, support and provide guidance for the upgrade, management, decommission and archive of data in compliance with data policy
* Provide input into data dictionaries
* Define and maintain the data technology architecture, including metadata, integration and Business Intelligence or data warehouse architecture
Communicating between the technical and non-technical
* Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
* Support and host discussions within a multidisciplinary team, with potentially difficult dynamics
* Be an advocate for the team externally, and can manage differing perspectives
Communicating data
* Show an awareness that data needs to be aligned to the needs of the end user
* Create basic visuals and presentations
Data analysis and synthesis
* Undertake data profiling and source system analysis
* Present clear insights to colleagues to support the end use of the data
Data governance (data architect)
* Understand what data governance is required
* Take responsibility for the assurance of data solutions and make recommendations to ensure compliance
Data innovation
* Show an awareness of opportunities for innovation with new tools and uses of data
Data modelling
* Explain the concepts and principles of data modelling
* Produce, maintain and update relevant data models for an organisation's specific needs
* Reverse-engineer data models from a live system
Data standards (data architect)
* Develop data standards for a specific component
* Analyse where data standards have been applied or breached, and undertake an impact analysis of that breach
Metadata management
* Work with metadata repositories to complete complex tasks such as data and systems integration impact analysis
* Maintain a repository to ensure information remains accurate and up to date
Problem management
* Initiate and monitor actions to investigate patterns and trends to resolve problems
* Effectively consult specialists where required
* Determine the appropriate Remedy and assist with its implementation
* Determine preventative measures
Strategic thinking
* Explain the strategic context of your work and why it is important
* Support strategic planning in an administrative capacity
Turning business problems into data design
* Design data architecture by dealing with specific business problems and aligning it to enterprise-wide standards and principles
* Work within the context of well understood architecture, and identify appropriate patterns