Data Architect Financial Services

Net2Source (N2S); Burgess Hill; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

We are seeking a data-centric professional for a Data Architect role in Burgess Hill, UK. The position is hybrid, with three days on site weekly, and offers permanent/fixed-term employment for 12+ months.

The role involves analyzing and documenting current and target state data architectures for large financial systems, designing scalable database solutions across Oracle and PostgreSQL, and collaborating with stakeholders to define enterprise data models, governance, and metadata documentation.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in data architecture and enterprise data modelling.
• Deep expertise in relational database design and modelling.
• Familiarity with cloud and hybrid data architectures is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Understand analyze and document existing and target state data architectures for large financial systems.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders’ architects’ application teams and engineering leads to define enterprise data models and integration patterns.
• Develop and maintain logical data models and physical data models.
• Design scalable and high-performance database solutions across relational databases like Oracle and PostgreSQL.
• Define data standards modelling conventions governance principles and metadata documentation.
• Support enterprise-wide data strategy initiatives and contribute to architecture governance reviews.
• Produce architecture documentation presentations and technical artifacts for both technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Assess current state systems and recommend modernization or optimization opportunities.
• Work closely with development and infrastructure teams to ensure implementation aligns with architectural guidelines.
• Participate in data migration integration and transformation planning activities.
• Support performance scalability resiliency and disaster recovery considerations within data architecture designs.

Skills

Data architecture

Relational databases

Oracle

NoSQL databases

YugabyteDB

Data modelling

Data normalization/denormalization

Partitioning/replication

High availability

Hackolade

Tools

Hackolade

Job description

About the Role:

Location – Burgess Hill, UK

Mode of Work – Hybrid (3 Days Onsite Per Week)

Type of Hiring – Permanent / Fixed Term Employment (FTE – 12+ Months)

Required Skills Experience:

Technical Skills-

• Strong experience in data architecture and enterprise data modelling
• Deep expertise in relational database design and modelling
• Oracle
• Strong hands‑on experience with NoSQL distributed databases
• YugabyteDB
• Solid understanding of
• Data normalization and denormalization
• Data partitioning and replication strategies
• High availability and scalability patterns
• Experience creating
• Conceptual models
• Logical models
• Physical models
• Hands‑on experience with data modelling tools such as
• Hackolade preferred

Strong knowledge of enterprise integration and data governance principles

• Familiarity with cloud and hybrid data architectures is advantageous
• Functional Domain Experience
• Experience working within
• Capital markets
• Investment banking
• Trading platforms
• Risk or regulatory environments

Strong understanding of financial data domains and transactional systems preferred

Communication Soft Skills:

• Excellent English communication skills written and verbal
• Strong presentation and stakeholder engagement capabilities
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both business and technical audiences
• Strong analytical and documentation skills
• Ability to work independently in a fast‑paced enterprise environment
• Collaborative mindset with strong problem‑solving capabilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand analyze and document existing and target state data architectures for large financial systems
• Collaborate with business stakeholders’ architects’ application teams and engineering leads to define enterprise data models and integration patterns
• Develop and maintain
• Logical data models
• Physical data models
• Design scalable and high-performance database solutions across
• Relational databases Oracle PostgreSQL
• Solutions on prem or on the Cloudaces
• Define data standards modelling conventions governance principles and metadata documentation
• Support enterprise-wide data strategy initiatives and contribute to architecture governance reviews
• Produce architecture documentation presentations and technical artifacts for both technical and nontechnical audiences
• Assess current state systems and recommend modernization or optimization opportunities
• Work closely with development and infrastructure teams to ensure implementation aligns with architectural guidelines
• Participate in data migration integration and transformation planning activities
• Support performance scalability resiliency and disaster recovery considerations within data architecture designs

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science information systems engineering or related discipline
• Experience working on large enterprise transformation programs
• Exposure to data governance and enterprise architecture frameworks
• Financial industry certifications or architecture certifications are a plus