Data Architect

Hunter Selection; Wimborne Minster; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Hybrid working

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

25 days holiday increasing with length

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Hunter Selection is recruiting an Enterprise Data Architect to lead in-house data architecture initiatives. The role focuses on Databricks, Azure cloud, data lakes and governance to bring outsourced architecture back in-house.

You will own the data roadmap, work as an individual contributor within a team, and collaborate with stakeholders to set long-term strategy. Hybrid working with office attendance twice per week in the West Midlands.

Qualifications

• Enterprise-level data architecture experience.
• Databricks experience is essential.
• Experience taking over outsourced architecture and bringing it back in-house.
• Experience working as an individual contributor within a team.
• Experience with migration of customer data to newer cloud-based servers.
• Experience with canonical model design patterns.
• Experience with cleansing and ETL.
• Experience creating and designing data systems using best-practice standards and principles.
• Experience with data roadmap responsibility.
• Experience with data lakes, data visualisation, and enterprise service bus (ESB).
• Experience with data governance and compliance standards.
• Azure cloud experience.
• Excellent stakeholder communication skills.
• Experience setting long-term strategy.
• Technical authority / leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• We act as an enterprise-level data architect within the team.
• We take responsibility for the in-house architecture after it has been outsourced.
• We work as an individual contributor.
• We support upcoming projects including migration of customer data to newer cloud-based servers.
• We own the data roadmap.
• We work with Databricks, data lakes, data visualisation, and enterprise service bus (ESB).
• We ensure data governance and compliance standards are followed.
• We communicate effectively with stakeholders.
• We help set long-term strategy.

Skills

Data architecture

Databricks

Migration to in-house

Individual contributor

Data governance

Stakeholder communication

Long-term strategy

Tools

Azure

Databricks

ESB

ETL

Data Warehouse

Fabric

Job description

Salary: £80,000 - 80,000 per year

Requirements

• Enterprise-level data architecture experience
• Databricks experience is essential
• Experience taking over outsourced architecture and bringing it back in-house
• Experience working as an individual contributor within a team
• Experience with migration of customer data to newer cloud-based servers
• Experience with canonical model design patterns
• Experience with cleansing and ETL
• Experience creating and designing data systems using best-practice standards and principles
• Experience with data roadmap responsibility
• Experience with data lakes, data visualisation, and enterprise service bus (ESB)
• Experience with data governance and compliance standards
• Azure cloud experience
• Excellent stakeholder communication skills
• Experience setting long-term strategy
• Technical authority / leadership experience

Responsibilities

• We act as an enterprise-level data architect within the team
• We take responsibility for the in-house architecture after it has been outsourced
• We work as an individual contributor
• We support upcoming projects including migration of customer data to newer cloud-based servers
• We own the data roadmap
• We work with Databricks, data lakes, data visualisation, and enterprise service bus (ESB)
• We ensure data governance and compliance standards are followed
• We communicate effectively with stakeholders
• We help set long-term strategy

Technologies

• Architect
• Azure
• Cloud
• Databricks
• ESB
• ETL
• Support
• Data Warehouse
• Fabric

More

We are offering a Data Architect role in the West Midlands with a salary of up to £80k. The role is hybrid, with office attendance twice per week. We are looking for an enterprise-level Data Architect with Databricks experience to join our team. The architecture has been outsourced up to this point and is being brought back in-house, and this is an urgent vacancy.

• bonus scheme
• hybrid working
• life assurance
• cycle to work scheme
• 25 days holiday increasing with length of service
• employee assistance program

last updated 40 week of 2026