Senior Data Architect

End date: Monday 22 July 2024

Salary range: £100,657 - £118,420

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Agile Working Options: Job Share; Hybrid Working

Salary: £100,657 - £118,420

Location(s): London

Hours: [Full-time]

Working Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week currently, or 40% of our time, at our London Office.

About this opportunity…

A great opportunity has arisen for a Senior Data Architect to work within the Personalised Experiences and Communications Platform to join product engineering cross functional teams. As a Senior Data Architect your responsibilities will be delivering the highest quality data capability, drawing upon your engineering expertise, whilst being open minded to the opportunities the cloud provides.

About us…

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

Here's where you’ll make a difference

An ideal Senior Data Architect will need to be able to display broad and deep technical experience with a passion for engineering excellence. We are looking for a dynamic and adaptable individual, able to use and learn new skills in varying circumstances. You'll be curious about technology and understanding how things work and influence positively - demonstrating the right values and behaviours and encouraging this in team members.

What you'll be doing...

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of scalable and robust cloud-native data architectures.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive data models (conceptual, logical, and physical) to support business processes and requirements.
• Design and optimize real-time data streaming solutions to ensure high availability, low latency, and efficient data processing.
• Implement and promote a data mesh architecture, ensuring decentralized data ownership and domain-oriented data products.
• Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment of data architecture with business goals and product mindset.
• Establish and enforce data architecture guidelines, standards, and best practices.
• Evaluate and recommend data management tools, technologies, and practices.
• Oversee data integration and interoperability across various data sources and systems.
• Ensure data quality, consistency, security, and compliance across all data platforms.
  Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior data architects and data engineers
• Stay current with emerging trends and technologies in data architecture, data modelling, real-time data processing, and security.
• Work extensively with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and leverage its services to build and manage data architectures.

We would be looking for the following...

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in data architecture, data modelling, and real-time data streaming.
• Strong proficiency in data modelling techniques and tools.
• Proficiency in SQL and experience with NoSQL databases.
• Strong understanding of data mesh principles and product mindset in data management.
• In-depth knowledge of data security practices and compliance requirements.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically about data architecture.
• Proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Certifications in data architecture or related fields are a plus.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares!
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people?

Join our journey.

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