At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and govern data structures for financial services transformation.
- Company: Join a leading financial services firm with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Hybrid work model, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborate with cross-functional teams and engage with senior stakeholders.
- Why this job: Make a significant impact on data architecture in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Experience as a Data Architect with expertise in GCP and relational databases.
The predicted salary is between 72000 - 88000 £ per year.
Location: Burgess Hill, West Sussex, UK (Hybrid – 3 days/week on-site)
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent / Fixed-Term Contract
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Data Architect to join a high-impact, enterprise-scale financial services transformation initiative. In this role, you will be instrumental in analyzing, designing, and governing data structures across hybrid cloud ecosystems, bridging traditional enterprise relational platforms with high-throughput, distributed NoSQL environments. You will collaborate directly with cross-functional engineering leads, enterprise architects, and business stakeholders to design scalable, resilient, and well-governed data architectures that support mission-critical financial applications.
Key Responsibilities
- Data Modelling: Develop and maintain domain, conceptual, logical, and physical data models for core financial domains.
- Architecture Strategy: Lead end-to-end data architecture design on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and hybrid environments, ensuring high availability, performance, and disaster recovery.
- Hybrid Storage Ecosystems: Architect robust solutions across enterprise relational systems (Oracle, PostgreSQL) and distributed NoSQL platforms (Cassandra, YugabyteDB).
- Governance & Standards: Establish data modeling conventions, governance principles, metadata standards, and integration patterns across the enterprise.
- Modernization & Migration: Evaluate current-state architectures, recommend optimization paths, and support migration strategies to modern cloud-native architectures.
- Stakeholder Alignment: Translate complex business requirements into clear technical designs and architectural artifacts for technical and non-technical audiences alike.
Candidate Profile & Requirements
- Core Experience: Proven track record as a Data Architect or Enterprise Data Architect delivering large-scale data transformation initiatives.
- Cloud Expertise: Strong hands-on architectural experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) data solutions.
- Database Depth: Deep technical knowledge of: Relational platforms: Oracle and PostgreSQL; Distributed NoSQL engines: Apache Cassandra and YugabyteDB.
- Data Modelling Acumen: Strong proficiency in normalization/denormalization, distributed partitioning, and replication strategies; hands-on familiarity with tools such as ER/Studio or Hackolade is highly advantageous.
- Domain Knowledge: Prior background within Financial Services, Banking, Capital Markets, FinTech, or Transactional Systems.
- Communication: Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with demonstrated success managing senior stakeholder relationships.
Data Architect in Burgess Hill employer: Infinity Quest
As a Senior SAP Consultant at our company, you will thrive in a dynamic and supportive remote work environment that prioritises employee growth and development. We offer competitive benefits, a collaborative culture, and opportunities to lead innovative projects that make a real impact on our clients' success. Join us to advance your career while working with cutting-edge technologies and a team of dedicated professionals committed to excellence.
