Data Solution Architect

The Dot Collective; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A modern consultancy in the UK is seeking a data architecture professional to help build their new Data Architecture practice. The role involves working with technical teams to design data solutions and ensuring effective communication of complex technical concepts. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data platforms and a commitment to employee wellbeing. This role offers flexible working arrangements and a positive work culture.

Benefits

Mental health support

Flexible working arrangements

Comprehensive wellbeing program

Qualifications

• Proven experience of designing and building data platforms.
• Strong understanding of modelling data and making it work at scale.
• Ability to explain complex technical solutions to a non-technical audience.

Responsibilities

• Work with technical teams to clarify and refine architecture.
• Help the customer articulate their requirements and formulate suitable solutions.
• Recognise ways to describe the structure and behaviour of applications.

Skills

Data architecture

Microservices

Serverless architectures

Data governance

Agile delivery methods

Communication skills

Cloud technologies

Technical writing

Job description

We are a new generation consultancy based across UK and EU and founded on the premises of the engineering excellence and empowering people to make an impact.

We work with all modern tech stacks and typically run agile scrum on all our projects.

About you

Are you passionate about data and its transformational powers? Do youlike being able to make a huge difference in a limited period of time? We might be just the right place for you.

A little bit about the role

In time, we are looking to build out a fully-fledged Data Architecture practice and this hire would represent one of the first permanent hires in that space for The Dot Collective. So, if you are ready to play a major part in the future success and growth of The Dot Collective, please read on and apply!

Responsibilities

• Work with technical teams to clarify and refine architecture so as to maintain consistency during deliver
• Recognise ways to describe the structure and behaviour of applications used in a business, with a focus on how they interact with each other and with business users or actors
• Help the customer articulate their requirements and formulate a suitable solution architecture
• Proven experience of designing and building data platforms.
• A strong understanding of modelling data and how to make data work at scale
• A grasp of modern data governance is also appreciated
• Have an understanding of Microservices and Serverless architectures.
• Be able to describe the structure and behaviour of the technology platform that underpins user applications and understand on-premise, Cloud hosting and end-user compute
• Knowledge of open source, open standards and cloud technologies
• An understanding of architectural concepts, methodologies and approaches
• Knowledge and demonstrable experience of both traditional and agile delivery methods
• Effectively explain complex technical solutions to a non-technical audience

Our promise to you

We will always see you as a human being and will do our very best to support your needs and wellbeing – well-designed co-working and collaboration spaces, remote working patterns that work for you, parenting leave, sabbaticals and ability to work on personal projects.

We believe that a geled team is worth its weight in gold – we will do everything we can to avoid breaking well-performing teams – your team will be stable across different projects and you will work with people you trust and like.

We are committed to prioritising the wellbeing of our employees. To fulfill this promise, we provide a comprehensive employee wellbeing program that includes mental health support, flexible working arrangements, wellness activities, and a positive work culture.

We recognise that the world of tech delivery has moved on significantly in the last 15 years and know a thing or two about how to bring projects over the line without experiencing lots of despair and burn-out. In fact, we like to believe that our projects are the opposite of that – they are run smoothly and most of the time are fun to work on.