Data Architect

Valtech is the experience innovation company, combining the uncommon to unlock a better way for people to experience the world. We work at the intersection of diverse disciplines, cultures and perspectives to create solutions that achieve the exceptional – helping brands make the leap beyond the competition and become leaders in a digital world. We deliver innovation with a purpose. With expertise across experience design, technology and marketing, our passion is in addressing transformational business challenges for our clients.

Challenges where we re‑imagine the customer journey and build new connected experiences. Challenges where we make data work in this new era and help our clients transform the way they operate and optimise business‑critical digital platforms for multichannel commerce and marketing. From discovery to optimisation, clients trust Valtech to remove complexity and deliver innovative, frictionless solutions that close the experience gap between customer expectation and reality.

We are a network of more than 6,500 makers, thinkers, marketers, creatives, and developers spanning 5 continents with 60+ offices in 20+ countries.

Role

You’ll take overall responsibility on behalf of Valtech for the design and quality of data‑centric solutions delivered to our customers. Our architects are involved in the detail, and you can expect to work closely with the engineering team. You’re also likely to become a ‘go‑to’ authority within the company when it comes to data solutions, keeping up to date with industry developments and using your experience to assess the risk profiles of new projects.

What you will be doing:

• Architectural design for new systems, primarily focused on data flow pipelines, storage and analytics.
• Analysis of business problems to understand system requirements, including quality attributes such as performance, availability and security.
• Undertaking information assurance where required.
• Engagement of technical and non‑technical customer stakeholders at various levels in the organisation, advising and managing expectations where required.
• Technology evaluation/assessment; identifying & recommending platforms and services.
• Technical leadership of engineering teams, including mentoring where needed.
• Representing the company in public forums.
• Be instrumental in helping to build an Architecture function and work alongside a strong team of Data Scientists, Analysts and Data Engineers.

Our preferred candidate:

• You’ll have several years of experience, having gone through the full project lifecycle on numerous occasions; you’ve seen how design decisions play out in production.
• You may have worked in traditional data warehousing environments, but you are up to speed with more contemporary data architectures based on open source technologies.
• Strong written, diagrammatic and spoken communication; ability to present to senior stakeholders.
• Experience with varied types of data: tabular, connected, time‑series, geospatial, image, etc.
• Different types of database – relational; document; graph; columnar; key‑value.
• Large scale data processing platforms, typically based on Hadoop / Spark.
• Business intelligence / analytics products or frameworks.
• Data analysis and data modelling requirements.
• Experience working with cloud platforms and working with relevant PaaS / SaaS offerings.
• Knowledge of data integration technologies.
• Knowledge of distributed computing & information security.
• Programming experience in languages such as Java or Python is a bonus.
• While you may not have an exclusively agile background, you strive to work to these principles.

Here at Valtech we’re big believers that our staff are our most important asset, and as such we want to make sure we look after you. As well as all the usual corporate benefits (hybrid & flexible working, pension, life insurance, 25 days holiday, phone, laptop, private healthcare & dental etc), we pride ourselves on our commitment to continuous learning and development, which means you’ll have a clear growth and development path, alongside access to professional coaching and online learning courses.

You’ll be joining an inclusive and diverse workforce, working on truly exciting projects with collaborative teams at a local and global level, with a big focus on health and social well‑being (Cycle to Work Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, eye tests, Flu Jab, regular Company Days etc).

Commitment to reaching all kinds of people

We design experiences that work for all kinds of people - and that starts with our own teams. At Valtech, we’re intentional about building an inclusive culture where everyone feels supported to grow, thrive and achieve their goals. No matter your background, you belong here. Explore our Diversity & Inclusion site to see how we’re creating a more equitable Valtech for all.