Senior Data Architect
Our client, a leading global supplier for IT services, requires Senior Data Architect to be based at their client’s office in London, UK.
This is a hybrid role – you can work remotely in the UK and attend the London office 2 days per week .
This is a 6+ month temporary contract to start asap
Day rate: Competitive Market rate
As a Data Architect on this engagement, you will play a pivotal role in defining the data strategy for a global industry leader with iconic brands across food, pet care, and confectionery. Your contributions will directly influence how the organization uses data and analytics to drive innovation, optimize supply chains, and elevate customer experiences worldwide. This is more than an architecture role it’s an opportunity to enable data-driven transformation at scale for one of the most recognized brands in the world.
Key Responsibilities
- Align architecture, business, product, and technical priorities with senior stakeholders
- Gather and translate functional and non-functional requirements into technical solutions
- Analyze current processes and identify opportunities for Data & Analytics solutions
- Estimate complexity, effort, and cost for proposed solutions
- Design and document solution architecture, scope, and timelines
- Identify risks, assumptions, and dependencies
- Provide oversight and guidance to delivery teams
- Apply strong data modeling skills (Delta Lake, Lakehouse, dimensional modeling)
- Maintain and improve architecture services and portfolio artifacts
- Define end-to-end architecture and support implemetation planning
- Ensure architecture compliance and accessibility of standards and patterns
- Hands on Secure by Design principle
Key Requirements
Essential Skills:
- 10+ years as Solution/Data Architect (preferably in CPG or Retail)
- Hands on experience in Medallion architecture in Azure + Databricks environment
- Strong hands-on skills in data modeling, Pyspark, and SQL
- Working experience in Agile methodologies
- Ability to identify and manage non-functional requirements (NFRs)
- Experience leading cross-functional delivery teams (product/engineering)
- Experience in managing Sr stakeholder
- Strong analytical and problem-solving approach
- Understanding of Data Quality and Data Governance
- Understanding of Finops and able to provide best cost-effective solution
- Large scale cloud transformation experience
Desirable Skills:
- Experience with Design Thinking techniques.
- Familiarity with coaching and learning frameworks.
- Excellent Team skill.
- Certification in Cloud Architecting.
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