Role: Data Architect Location: Burgess Hill/Brighton (3 days in a week) Employment: Fulltime Financial Service / Financial Markets / Enterprise Data Architecture Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Data Architect to join a large-scale financial services transformation project. The successful candidate will play a critical role in understanding, documenting, and architecting enterprise data structures across both traditional relational database platforms and modern distributed NoSQL environments. This role requires strong expertise in designing data models for OLTP systems, understanding different architectural patterns, and enterprise/domain modeling. The candidate must have the ability to work closely with business and technology stakeholders to define scalable, resilient, and well-governed data solutions for complex financial systems. Familiarity with Wide Column Database technologies such as Cassandra and distributed databases such as YugabyteDB or Google Cloud Spanner will be an advantage. The ideal candidate combines deep technical knowledge with excellent communication and presentation skills and has prior experience working within financial markets, banking, or capital markets environments. Key Responsibilities Understand, analyze, and document existing and target-state data architectures for large financial systems. Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, application teams, and engineering leads to define enterprise data models and integration patterns. Develop and maintain: Domain models Conceptual data models Logical data models Physical data models Design scalable and high-performance database solutions across: Relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL) Distributed NoSQL platforms (Cassandra, YugabyteDB) Support enterprise-wide data strategy initiatives and contribute to architecture governance reviews. Produce architecture documentation, presentations, and technical artifacts for both technical and non-technical audiences. Assess current-state systems and recommend modernization or optimization opportunities. Work closely with development and infrastructure teams to ensure implementation aligns with architectural guidelines. Participate in data migration, integration, and transformation planning activities. Support performance, scalability, resiliency, and disaster recovery considerations within data architecture designs. Required Skills
Data Architect employer: Cognizant
Cognizant is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, making it an ideal place for professionals seeking to excel in their careers. With a strong emphasis on employee growth and development, you will have access to mentorship opportunities and the chance to lead transformative projects in a dynamic environment. Located in a vibrant area, Cognizant offers unique advantages such as a diverse team and a commitment to work-life balance, ensuring that your contributions are both meaningful and rewarding.
