Salary: £37,000 - 68,500 per year
Requirements
- Professional experience within the UK Healthcare or Public Sector.
- Strong technical expertise across data modelling, data analysis, metadata management, data transformation, data migration and master data.
- A proven track record of providing technical leadership across data projects and programmes.
- Experience providing architecture assurance, mentoring and technical standards definition.
- Strong knowledge of recognised data architecture methodologies, patterns and best practices.
- Experience selecting data products and technologies at project or enterprise level.
- Demonstrable ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Confidence providing technical thought leadership to clients and internal teams.
- Strong knowledge of at least three mainstream data technologies, together with an understanding of wider developments within the data technology landscape.
- A proactive approach and the ability to operate effectively when requirements, priorities or technical environments are uncertain.
- Previous experience managing, coaching or developing junior data professionals.
- Experience in defining information-handling models across heterogeneous data-storage technologies.
- Capacity planning across complex data environments.
- Establishing and embedding data governance processes and frameworks.
- Designing and implementing data lake architectures.
- Working with solutions built within modern data lake ecosystems.
- Enterprise-level Data Architecture and strategic data planning.
- Experience within highly regulated, complex or large-scale public-sector environments.
- Awareness of modern cloud data platforms and emerging Data & AI technologies.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design of robust and scalable data architectures across complex transformation programmes.
- Provide specialist guidance across data modelling, data structures, data flows, data sourcing, data transformation, data migration and master data.
- Translate business and technical requirements into practical data architecture solutions.
- Assess existing data environments and identify opportunities for improvement, modernisation and optimisation.
- Provide architecture assurance throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring solutions meet business, technical and regulatory requirements.
- Establish and promote data architecture standards, patterns, methodologies and best practices.
- Support the resolution of complex data definition, ownership, mastering and information-management challenges.
- Contribute to solution-level and enterprise data architecture decisions where required.
- Evaluate and recommend appropriate data technologies and products based on client requirements.
- Work directly with clients to understand their data challenges, requirements and strategic objectives.
- Build effective relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior decision-makers.
- Communicate complex data architecture concepts clearly to audiences with different levels of technical expertise.
- Provide independent advice and thought leadership on data architecture, technology and emerging industry practices.
- Facilitate discussions and workshops to help clients establish clear data strategies and architectural direction.
- Act as a trusted advisor, challenging assumptions and helping clients make informed technology decisions.Help organisations establish effective data governance frameworks, processes and controls.
- Support the definition of information-handling models across heterogeneous data environments.
- Address data quality, ownership, metadata and master-data challenges.
- Contribute to capacity planning and architectural decision-making across multiple data-storage technologies.
- Help clients develop sustainable approaches to managing data throughout its lifecycle.
- Design and assure solutions across modern data-platform environments.
- Contribute to data lake architecture and solutions operating within data lake ecosystems.
- Assess different approaches to data storage, integration, processing and analytics.
- Maintain awareness of emerging cloud, data platform, analytics and AI technologies and their practical application within enterprise environments.
- Manage, coach and develop a small team of data professionals.
- Support individual performance, career planning and professional development.
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior and experienced members of the wider data community.
- Create an environment that encourages knowledge sharing, collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Help strengthen organisational data architecture capability through the development of standards, reusable approaches and technical expertise.
Technologies
- AI
- Cloud
- Support
- Architect
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We are a leading digital transformation and technology organisation with a strong reputation built through long‑term client relationships and repeat business. Our expanding Data & AI capability delivers innovative solutions using modern data technologies to address complex, real‑world challenges across the public sector and healthcare. This is a senior hybrid role based in Birmingham, West Midlands, offering the opportunity to combine hands‑on data architecture, client consulting, technical leadership and people management while helping shape our growing Data & AI practice.
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