Data Architect

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd; Leeds; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd is recruiting a Data Architect for a 12-month contract in Leeds. The role focuses on defining and driving data architecture, governance, quality, and metadata practices across the enterprise data platform.

You will lead design artefacts, collaborate with stakeholders and engineering teams, and ensure scalable, governed data solutions to support trusted decision-making within the energy sector’s complex environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on data architecture experience in complex enterprise environments.
• Experience with AWS and Databricks for large-scale data platforms.
• Expertise in data governance, data quality, metadata management and data product design.

Responsibilities

• Define and document architecture standards, patterns and best practices for data management and governance.
• Design frameworks covering data products, data quality, metadata management and layered data architecture.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure architectural standards are consistently adopted.
• Partner with business stakeholders to translate requirements into practical, maintainable solutions.
• Produce logical and physical data models to support solution delivery.
• Create clear and detailed ETL specifications for development teams.
• Provide architectural oversight for the implementation of a scalable medallion architecture.
• Work closely with enterprise architects and technology leaders to align with wider organisational standards.
• Support delivery teams with guidance on data engineering best practices and solution design.
• Exposure to delivering data foundations for analytics and AI initiatives.

Skills

Data architecture

Data governance

Data quality

Metadata management

Data product design

Stakeholder engagement

Enterprise data platforms

Tools

AWS

Databricks

Medallion architecture

Job description

We are currently recruiting for a Data Architect. This opportunity sits at the centre of a major data transformation programme, helping a leading energy company establish trusted, governed data foundations while delivering a business-critical financial analysis platform.

The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping how data is managed, consumed and leveraged across the organisation.

• 12-Month Contract
• Start Date: January

This is a hands‑on architecture role that combines strategic leadership with detailed solution design. You'll work closely with business stakeholders, architects, engineers and delivery teams to create scalable, governed data solutions that enable trusted decision‑making across the organisation.

The Role

You will be responsible for defining and driving the organisation's data architecture approach, ensuring that governance, quality, metadata and data product principles are embedded throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Working across multiple workstreams, you'll provide architectural leadership, produce high-quality design artefacts and support engineering teams in implementing robust and scalable data solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and document architecture standards, patterns and best practices for data management and governance
• Design frameworks covering data products, data quality, metadata management and layered data architecture
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure architectural standards are consistently adopted
• Partner with business stakeholders to translate requirements into practical, maintainable solutions
• Produce logical and physical data models to support solution delivery
• Create clear and detailed ETL specifications for development teams
• Provide architectural oversight for the implementation of a scalable medallion architecture
• Work closely with enterprise architects and technology leaders to align with wider organisational standards
• Support delivery teams with guidance on data engineering best practices and solution design
• Strong experience as a Data Architect within complex enterprise environments
• Hands‑on experience with AWS
• Strong knowledge of Databricks
• Expertise in data governance, data quality, metadata management and data product design
• Experience gathering and analysing business requirements
• Knowledge of layered data architectures and modern data platform design
• Experience designing and implementing medallion architecture
• Ability to create comprehensive ETL and integration specifications
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Previous experience within the energy or utilities sector
• Exposure to delivering data foundations for advanced analytics and AI initiatives