Data Architect
+ Salary: 85,000 - 100,000
+ Security Clearance: Must hold SC or DV
+ Location: Romsey or Woking (Hybrid)
UK Eyes only - Dual Citizenship or overseas card not eligible due to nature of projects
Areas of Responsibility/Tasks:
- Help Defence customers develop their strategy for data as a strategic asset and define the appropriate level of governance needed and the appropriate processes.
- Communicate the data strategy to non-technical stakeholders and technical experts.
- Define and the architecture for data software and analytics solutions, either as standalone engagements or within a larger multi-disciplinary programme environment.
- Support the Sales and Campaign functions to develop and foster client relationships and elaborate high level technical requirements.
- Provide technical guidance and coaching to junior members of the team.
Essential skills/experience:
Alongside your skills with Data specific technologies, you have a broad technical background which allows you to rapidly understand new systems and domains, and prototype solutions based on your experience and hands on approach. As a Data Architect, you will have a degree level qualification in a STEM subject, or you will have an education and level of experience which is comparable. You will have:
- Experience of Data Architecture and Data Strategy in a UK Defence or other Public Sector context.
- Good understanding of structured and unstructured data, and the techniques needed to exploit them in different ways.
- Experience of working with Data and Software Engineers to provide deliverable solutions to complex data problems.
- Experience of working in an Agile Framework
- Appreciation of the different approaches required when working with cloud solutions versus traditionally hosted systems.
- Experience of working with in Business Development and contributing to complex technical bids.
Desirable skills/experience:
- Experience of building specifying Data Pipelines in a Cloud environment (Azure, AWS, GCP)
- Knowledge of commercial and contractual frameworks
- Scrum-master and/or Product Owner experience.
If you'd like to discuss the role in more detail, please send your updated CV to (url removed) and I will get in touch.