Cloud Data Platform Architect — Lakehouse & Governance

M&G; Stirling; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 18%

Share Save Plan

38 days leave

Inspiring Families policy

Private Healthcare

Job summary

M&G is seeking a Data Platform Solution Architect to design trusted, governed data products that support reporting, MI, analytics and operations. You will translate business outcomes into scalable designs aligned with enterprise standards and risk controls.

You will partner with Product Owners, Engineers, Security and Architecture to deliver high‑quality designs across ingestion, storage and analytics, embedding governance and security from inception.

Qualifications

• Design modern data platforms using lakehouse and warehouse patterns.
• Experience with Azure, AWS, GCP and Snowflake/Databricks.
• Strong data modelling across conceptual, logical and physical.
• Knowledge of governance: ownership, lineage, metadata and access control.
• Non‑functional design: resilience, scalability, cost, observability.
• Clear communication to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Delivery‑focused with pragmatic execution.
• Desirable: experience in highly regulated financial services.

Responsibilities

• Produce end‑to‑end data platform designs for ingestion, storage and analytics.
• Translate business outcomes into data product definitions with SLAs and controls.
• Embed governance, security and privacy into designs from inception.
• Provide design assurance through walkthroughs and release governance.
• Develop reference architectures, reusable patterns and templates.
• Define integration approaches across APIs, events and file interfaces.
• Support governance forums with architecture reviews and risk surfacing.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture to align with strategy and roadmaps.
• Coach engineers and analysts on good design practice and stakeholder communication.

Skills

Lakehouse patterns

Cloud data services

Snowflake/Databricks

Data modelling

Governance & security

Communication skills

Delivery mindset

Regulated environment experience

Job description

M&G is seeking a Data Platform Solution Architect to design trusted, governed data products that support reporting, MI, analytics and operations. You will translate business outcomes into scalable designs aligned with enterprise standards and risk controls.

You will partner with Product Owners, Engineers, Security and Architecture to deliver high‑quality designs across ingestion, storage and analytics, embedding governance and security from inception.