Spencer Rose are urgently seeking a Solutions Architect with experience in Migration & Data Platforms, to work for our banking client in Manchester. 6-12 month contract, Immediate start
Start: ASAP
Location: Manchester - must be on site 2 days a week
Rate: £450-480pd Inside IR35
Duration: 6-12 months
The role:
Define and govern the end-to-end architecture for large-scale data migration solutions. Ensure migration designs align with enterprise standards, target-state platforms and strategic technology direction, whilst enabling successful delivery across Migration Factory, Data Engineering and business teams .
Key Responsibilities
Define end-to-end migration architectures, patterns and technical solutions.
Produce and govern solution designs, HLDs and architecture decision records.
Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, security and data governance standards.
Define migration approaches for data ingestion, transformation, reconciliation and target consumption.
Provide design oversight and technical guidance to Data Engineers and Software Engineers.
Identify and manage architecture risks, technical debt and cross-platform dependencies.
Support tooling and platform decisions across migration programmes.
Collaborate with business, engineering and platform teams to shape migration roadmaps and delivery plans.
Drive reusability, standardisation and continuous improvement across migration solutions.
Essential
Solution architecture and system design
Cloud-native architectures
Data architecture and modelling
Data integration and transformation patterns
Large-scale data migration programmes
Security, governance and design assurance
Architecture documentation and stakeholder management
Strong communication and influencing skills
Desirable
Banking or financial services experience
Foundation Data Product (FDP) architectures
dbt and modern data platform tooling
Event-driven and distributed architectures
GCP and cloud data services
Data quality, reconciliation and migration controls
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Solutions Architect employer: Spencer Rose Ltd
As a leading financial services organisation based in the heart of the City of London, we pride ourselves on fostering a dynamic and inclusive work culture that champions innovation and collaboration. Our commitment to employee growth is reflected in our robust training programmes and opportunities for career advancement, ensuring that our team members are equipped to thrive in a rapidly evolving industry. With a hybrid working model, we offer the flexibility to balance professional and personal commitments while being part of transformative projects that shape the future of data architecture.
