AI-Driven Enterprise Data Architect

DAC Beachcroft LLP; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Income protection insurance

Discounted gym membership

Job summary

DAC Beachcroft LLP is seeking an experienced Enterprise Data Architect in London to lead our target-state data architecture and governance. You will connect core systems across case management, finance, CRM, analytics and AI platforms, shaping a scalable data ecosystem for growth and compliance.

You will partner with senior leaders to drive modern integration, data security, and AI-enabled analytics, delivering roadmaps and standards that reduce complexity and enable strategic technology

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing & delivering enterprise data architectures in complex or regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of modern data platform patterns incl. Data Warehouses/Data Lakes/Data Lakehouses, Data Mesh, API-led architectures, and event-driven integration.
• Experience architecting solutions for operational reporting and advanced analytics incl. AI/ML workloads.
• Knowledge of Azure-based data platforms and cloud architecture principles.
• Familiarity with Master Data Management (MDM) frameworks & technologies.
• Experience integrating multiple critical systems in a hybrid environment.
• Ability to balance short-term needs with long-term architectural strategy.
• Strong stakeholder management & ability to explain complex concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Experience producing architecture standards, roadmaps and governance documentation.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise data architecture across conceptual, logical and physical models.
• Design integration strategies connecting case management, finance, CRM, document management and analytics systems.
• Drive adoption of API-led and event-driven integration over point-to-point solutions.
• Evaluate technologies for data platform like data warehouses, lakehouses and API frameworks.
• Design data foundations to support AI/ML initiatives with high-quality, trusted data.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering, Governance and Analytics teams to ensure standards are applied.
• Define enterprise data security and access architecture with governance & security teams.
• Produce architecture roadmaps, standards and documentation.
• Support major transformation programmes, platform migrations and vendor selections.

Skills

Enterprise data architecture

Azure cloud

Data mesh

API-led integration

Stakeholder management

Education

TOGAF certification

Tools

Azure Data Factory

MDM frameworks

Job description

DAC Beachcroft LLP is seeking an experienced Enterprise Data Architect in London to lead our target-state data architecture and governance. You will connect core systems across case management, finance, CRM, analytics and AI platforms, shaping a scalable data ecosystem for growth and compliance.

You will partner with senior leaders to drive modern integration, data security, and AI-enabled analytics, delivering roadmaps and standards that reduce complexity and enable strategic technology