Data Architect / BI Architect in Cheshire, Mere

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Hybrid

Function: Engineering

Permanent

Hours: Full Time (37 hours per week)

Security Clearance: Must be eligible to obtain or currently hold an SC Clearance

Designing, delivering, and transforming collective training so the British Army is ready to fight and win. You'll work in a matrix organisation and report operationally through OMNIA Training and functionally to the Data Lead. Ultimately, you'll work for the British Army, championing innovation, and helping shape the future of military collective training.

Responsibilities:

• Design our scalable, secure and cost-effective cloud hybrid data solution aligned with Omnia enterprise architecture and Army training objectives.
• Design innovative data models and metadata systems to interpret and enhance business needs, promoting data as a strategic asset.
• Develop transitional data architectures and road maps in alignment with Omnia digital transformation objectives, enabling the evolution of integrated training solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and partners to ensure data architectural integrity and alignment.
• Support horizon scanning to identify and assess emerging technologies and determine their potential impact on leveraging data analytics to improve training delivery.
• Membership and contribution to the Omnia Architecture Board(s) to review, define, refine and uphold data architectural principles, policies, and standards across Omnia Training.
• Work with engineering teams to support and guide the implementation of a variety of solutions across multiple domains, in an agile environment.
• Provide oversight and advice to engineers undertaking the design of data models and support the management of data dictionaries.
• Ensure the security and compliance of data environments through the implementation of appropriate architecture principles, security controls and governance frameworks.
• Produce High- and low-level design artifacts for data storage, processing, and retrieval systems.
• Stay current with data technologies, making recommendations for use based on business value.
• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Omnia Data Lakehouse, providing strategic guidance, technical oversight, and deep expertise in its architecture, implementation, and optimisation.

The Data Architect will provide strategic and practical leadership across the data architecture landscape of the Army Collective Training Service (ACTS). This role is pivotal in shaping and governing the enterprise data architecture to ensure it aligns with the ACTS vision and supports data as a mission-critical asset. Working closely with the Data Lead, Enterprise Architect and Chief Engineer, you will design, evolve, and maintain a secure, scalable, and interoperable data architecture, leveraging cloud services from AWS, Azure, and OCP where appropriate.

Requirements:

• Proven experience designing and implementing scalable, secure, and interoperable data architectures in complex environments with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) and cloud-native data services including use of services like S3, Lambda, Glue, Data Factory, etc.
• Experience designing and supporting implementation of large-scale data pipelines, data warehousing and Lakehouse technologies.
• Strong skills in conceptual, logical, and physical data modelling using tools like ER/Studio, ERwin, or Sparx EA (preferred).
• Experience reverse engineering models from existing databases.
• Proficiency in distributed data processing frameworks (e.g., Experience of RESTful APIs for ingesting and exposing data.
• Proven track record with data governance, quality, lineage, and security practices.
• Experience with real-time/streaming data technologies, data Ingestion / ETL (e.g., A working knowledge of MoD or Government IT Security environments and requirements at various classifications.
• Experience with BI/visualisation tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Looker, Elastic Stack).
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks (GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA) and their impact on data systems.
• Relevant Data and Architecture certification such as TOGAF, MODAF, AWS/Azure Certified Data Architect or Solutions Architect, DAMA Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP).

What we offer:

• Competitive salaries.
• 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr).
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution).
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary).
• 6 times salary 'Life Assurance' with pension.
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave.

Work Culture:

• Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
• A grownup flexible working culture that is output, not time spent at desk, focussed.
• More formal flexible working arrangements can also be requested and assessed subject to the role.

For this role the successful hire will need to be a permanent UK resident and be eligible to obtain or currently hold an SC Clearance.

Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, but with over 180,000 employees globally across every continent, RTX provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide and comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon.

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