At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and implement data architectures for regulated environments, ensuring data quality and governance.
- Company: Optima Partners, a challenger consultancy driving AI transformation across various sectors.
- Benefits: Competitive contract rate, opportunity to work on impactful projects in London.
- Other info: 6-month contract with potential for future opportunities in a fast-paced environment.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team and shape data strategies that drive real business outcomes.
- Qualifications: Strong enterprise data architecture experience and deep data modelling skills required.
The predicted salary is between 72000 - 88000 £ per year.
We are currently looking for an experienced Data Architect to support a 6-month contract engagement based in London. This role is suited to someone with strong enterprise data architecture experience, deep data modelling capability, and a solid understanding of regulated, governed environments.
About Optima Partners: Optima Partners is a challenger consultancy focused on AI-driven transformation, helping organisations across Financial Services & Insurance, Energy, and Telecoms turn strategy into measurable outcomes. The team combines expertise across data, technology, design, marketing, and transformation to simplify complexity, build trusted partnerships, and deliver practical change that lasts.
Role: Data Architect
Location: London
Duration: 6 months
Clearance: Active SC clearance required
Engagement: Contract
Key experience required:
- Strong background in enterprise data architecture, information architecture, and data domain modelling
- Experience across conceptual, logical, and physical data modelling
- Ability to define canonical, domain, shared, reference, and analytical data models
- Good understanding of data governance, data quality, metadata, lineage, traceability, and auditability
- Experience shaping data strategy and translating it into practical roadmaps aligned to business outcomes
- Knowledge of data migration strategy, including source-to-target mapping, reconciliation, and phased cutover approaches
Additional experience:
- Experience defining enterprise data architecture principles, standards, models, and architecture repositories
- Understanding of data ownership, stewardship, and federated operating models
- Experience designing data architectures for regulatory, security, and compliance requirements
- Awareness of modern cloud data platforms such as Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, and Spark-based ecosystems
- Ability to communicate complex data concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Comfortable working independently in complex, regulated environments
Data Architect | 6 Month Contract | London | Active SC Clearance Required employer: Optima Partners
Optima Partners is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration in the heart of London. Employees benefit from comprehensive professional development opportunities, competitive remuneration, and the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies in a regulated environment, making it an ideal place for those looking to make a meaningful impact in data architecture.
