Technical Data Architect in Belfast

We are seeking a highly skilled Technical Data Architect to design and implement scalable, secure, and future‑proof data architectures that support advanced analytics, business intelligence, and enterprise data needs. This role is central to defining data models, integration patterns, and governance frameworks across cloud and hybrid environments. You will collaborate closely with engineering, analytics, and business teams to translate strategic objectives into robust technical solutions. You will join a dynamic, resourceful team supporting both banking and retail clients as they navigate complex transformational goals.

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise‑wide data architecture strategies aligned with business and technical objectives.
• Define and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models across multiple domains.
• Create data flow diagrams, integration patterns, and canonical models to support consistent, scalable data delivery.

Platforms & Technology

• Design, build, and optimise data platforms leveraging AWS, GCP, and hybrid cloud environments.
• Implement real‑time and batch processing pipelines using modern data engineering frameworks and tools.
• Evaluate new technologies and recommend solutions that enhance performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.

Data Governance & Security

• Define and enforce data governance standards, including metadata management, data lineage, and data quality.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and industry frameworks (GDPR, HIPAA).
• Implement encryption, key management, and security best practices across all data platforms.
• Partner with engineering, analytics, product, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into targeted data solutions.
• Provide architectural guidance, technical leadership, and mentorship to data engineering and development teams.
• Support solution design reviews and ensure architectural consistency across initiatives.

Required Experience & Technical Expertise

• Strong expertise in data modeling, database design, and architecting conceptual, logical, and physical models.
• Proven experience with SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, Bigtable) and hands‑on experience building ETL/ELT pipelines with optimisation.
• Practical knowledge of AWS (Kinesis, S3, Redshift) and GCP (Pub/Sub, BigQuery).
• Experience with streaming technologies such as Kafka, Confluent, and real‑time processing engines (Spark, Flink).
• Knowledge of data governance tools and frameworks (Collibra, Apache Atlas, GDPR, HIPAA).
• Familiarity with encryption standards and key management solutions (AES‑256, TLS, KMS, Vault).
• Strong understanding of performance optimisation techniques including indexing, partitioning, caching, and query tuning.
• Experience working with multi‑cloud and hybrid‑cloud environments, including cost optimisation considerations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to design for scale and reliability.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to articulate complex architectures to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Ability to work collaboratively in cross‑functional teams while providing strong technical leadership.

The Benefits

• Ability to buy and sell holiday days as well as the ability to bank days (tenure dependent).
• Flexible working options – hybrid working model with 3 days a week from the office.
• Pension: Hargreaves Lansdown – up to 6 % matched contribution.
• Employee share scheme.
• Generous family‑friendly cover.
• Income protection.
• Critical illness cover.
• Life insurance cover.
• Optical cover.
• Yulife app for access to employee wellbeing and discounts.
• Perks at Work – cashback/discount shopping site.
• Salary sacrifice programme including cycle‑to‑work scheme, electric‑car scheme and season‑ticket loans.
• Company events (Christmas party, all‑company event and other social/hosted events during the year – we have an active social committee!); Team socials.

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Engineering and Advertising

Industries: Advertising Services, Financial Services, and Marketing Services