Data Architect

Applicable Limited; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a highly skilled Data Architect to join their dynamic team. The role involves developing data models, ensuring compliance with standards, and collaborating with stakeholders to meet business needs. Candidates should have extensive experience in data architecture and modeling, along with strong communication and analytical skills. The company promotes an inclusive environment and offers flexible work options along with continuous learning opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible work options

Continuous learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data architecture and modeling.
• Proficiency in data modeling standards and techniques.

Responsibilities

• Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
• Define and maintain data architecture standards and best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design solutions.

Skills

Data Modeling

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Analytical Mindset

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Erwin

Lucidchart

SAP PowerDesigner

AWS

Snowflake

Job description

The team you'll be working with:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Data Architect to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in the full data modeling lifecycle, including designing, implementing, and maintaining complex data models that align with organizational goals and industry standards. This role requires a deep understanding of data architecture, data modeling methodologies, and experience with real-time data integrations. The successful candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure optimal data structures supporting business intelligence, analytics, and operational needs. This role involves creating, assuring, and overseeing the implementation of data models within analytical and real-time streaming domains.

What you'll be doing:

• Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models to support data analytics, streaming, and data product implementation.
• Define and maintain data architecture standards, principles, and best practices.
• Ensure data models are aligned with business requirements and scalable for future needs.
• Work closely with business stakeholders, data engineers, data solution architects, and data product teams to gather requirements and design solutions.
• Provide guidance on data integration, transformation, and migration strategies.
• Establish and maintain enterprise data models, data dictionaries, metadata repositories, and data lineage documentation.
• Ensure data models comply with organizational policies and regulatory requirements.
• Optimize data products and their components for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Evaluate and recommend data modeling tools and technologies.
• Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies in data architecture.
• Identify and resolve data inconsistencies, redundancies, and performance issues.
• Provide technical leadership in addressing complex data-related challenges.

What experience you'll bring:

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in data architecture and modeling.
• Proven experience in data modeling, data architecture, and data product design.
• Proficiency in data modeling standards and techniques (e.g., dimensional model, 3NF, Vault 2.0).
• Experience with analytical and real-time/streaming data solutions.
• Hands-on experience with data modeling tools (e.g., Erwin, Lucidchart, SAP PowerDesigner).
• Knowledge of Python and SQL (e.g., Snowflake or similar warehousing technology, real-time systems).
• Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, SNS, S3, EKS, API Gateway.
• Knowledge of data warehouse design, ETL/ELT processes, and big data technologies (e.g., Snowflake, Spark).
• Understanding of data governance and compliance frameworks (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA).
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Analytical mindset with attention to detail.
• Leadership and mentoring abilities in data modeling best practices.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Certifications in data modeling, cloud platforms, or database technologies.
• Experience developing and implementing enterprise data models.
• Experience with interface/API data modeling.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions or similar.
• AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Data Engineer.
• Knowledge of Snowflake, SQL, Apache Airflow, and DBT.
• Familiarity with Atlan for data cataloging and metadata management.
• Understanding of iceberg tables.

Who we are:

We’re a global business empowering local teams with exciting work that is making a difference. Our portfolio includes consulting, applications, business process, cloud, and infrastructure services, enabling you to achieve great things with talented colleagues and clients.

Our inclusive environment fosters mutual respect, accountability, continuous learning, collaboration, well-being, growth, and agility. We are proud to have diverse Inclusion Networks such as: Women’s Business Network, Cultural and Ethnicity Network, LGBTQ+ & Allies Network, Neurodiversity Network, and Parent Network.

Learn more about our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives here.

What we'll offer you:

We provide benefits supporting your physical, emotional, and financial well-being, along with continuous learning and development opportunities. Flexible work options are available.

More about NTT DATA UK & Ireland: https://uk.nttdata.com/

We are an equal opportunity employer and a Disability Confident Committed Employer, dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We guarantee an interview for applicants who declare a disability and meet the role's minimum requirements. Please inform us of any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.

Join us in building a truly diverse and empowered team.