Lead Data Architect

Sopra Steria - UK; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000

Job description

We are looking for a Lead Data Architect to join our growing Data & AI Practice. You will be responsible for the successful technical delivery of data and AI solutions, ensuring they meet time, budget, and quality requirements. You will provide specialist technical knowledge for bids and delivery projects, lead data engineering and science efforts, and drive technical excellence. Our team is collaborative, innovative, and committed to leveraging data in novel ways to create impactful solutions.

We can offer great career progression opportunities, the ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs, and training and development opportunities.

This role will require occasional travel to London.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading the design and successful delivery of data and AI solutions.
• Providing technical expertise for bids and projects.
• Directing data engineering and data science on projects.
• Leading and mentoring project engineering teams.
• Innovating with data technologies to drive better customer outcomes.
• Architecting solutions leveraging simulation, predictive analytics, and AI.

What you’ll bring:

• Strong experience in enterprise and solution data architecture (TOGAF preferred).
• Expertise in data modelling, transformation, integration, and analytics.
• Deep knowledge of data lake, data integration, and warehousing technologies.
• Proven knowledge of metadata management tools, data quality tools, and pipeline development tools.
• Understanding of data governance, GDPR, and AI ethics.
• Ability to act as a trusted advisor to clients.

It would be great if you had:

• Experience with data obfuscation and synthetic data generation.
• Hands-on experience with AI and Machine Learning tools.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply; we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time Permanent.

Location: UK Wide.

Security Clearance Level: SC.

Internal Recruiter: Annecia.

Salary: up to £80,000

Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress, and improve performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.