Data Architect

Stepchange; Leeds; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000

Job description

Are you ready to shape the future of technology in our charity?

Do you have what it takes to lead with innovation?

Can you transform lives through data?

Step into the pivotal role of Data Architect and be the driving force behind our strategic technological transformation. You'll leverage your expertise in architectural thinking and practice to support and deliver challenging but extremely meaningful change for our charity. By elaborating on and realizing the StepChange data strategy, you'll contribute to our architectural direction, governance, and standards, ensuring we remain at the forefront of innovation and impact.

Your role

In the Data Architect role, you will maintain and utilize enterprise conceptual and logical data models to inform solutions, develop the 'to-be' data architecture and its roadmap, and define data principles and standards. Your leadership expertise will support StepChange’s solution governance and feasibility assessments during project inception, as well as provide support and direction to the Data Analysts.

You'll present and justify solutions to stakeholders, collaborate with business and solution architects on complete proposals, and support the transition to Cloud platforms. Additionally, you'll optimize data storage and processing, identify technological opportunities, mentor colleagues, and stay updated with emerging trends to drive innovation. Your efforts will ensure our data designs align with the charity's needs and support our continued growth.

About you

We are seeking an experienced data-focused architect with extensive expertise in areas such as master data management, data governance, data modeling, data lineage, data provenance, and data observability. The ideal candidate will have in-depth experience with data and application processes throughout the solutioning and project lifecycle, and a proven ability to use data to create management information that informs business decision-making. Additionally, candidates should have experience designing and implementing data architectures on modern cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) for data collection, management, and analytics, along with comprehensive knowledge of cloud-based data services like AWS RDS, Glue, Athena, Redshift, ECS, Lambda Functions, and Airflow.

The successful candidate will be knowledgeable in techniques for data ingestion, curation, storage, presentation, and consumption, and able to identify and mitigate risks associated with data migration and transformation projects. They should also have experience supporting architectural governance frameworks, creating reference data architectures, and modeling data to inform solutions. Strong problem-solving and analytical skills are essential, along with the ability to think strategically and stay current with emerging technologies. With excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, the ideal candidate will be approachable, collaborative, and committed to supporting the charity's objectives. Confident knowledge and understanding of the benefits in architectural frameworks and methodologies is required.