Data Solutions Engineer

Standard Chartered; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international bank is seeking a Business Data Architect to support data management initiatives within its Corporate & Investment Banking division. This role involves delivering data architecture solutions, implementing data quality standards, and guiding transformation programs while collaborating with technology architects. The position calls for proven expertise in data modeling and governance, making it essential to positively impact the bank's data-driven initiatives.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits

Flexible working options

Core bank funding for retirement savings

Time-off including annual leave and parental leave

Proactive wellbeing support

Continuous learning culture

Qualifications

• Proven experience in enterprise-level data modelling and metadata management.
• Experience working with large datasets and relational databases.
• Strong understanding of data quality risks in financial services.

Responsibilities

• Deliver data architecture solutions by developing conceptual and logical data models.
• Implement DQ standards and support transformation programs.
• Collaborate on physical data models and promote governance forums.

Skills

Data modeling

Data quality management

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Data storytelling

Stakeholder engagement

Automation mindset

Data governance

Education

Proficient in data modeling tools (e.g., Erwin)

Experience with data analysis platforms such as Alteryx or Informatica

Background in banking or financial services

Job description

Job Summary

CIB Data Management is a function that sits within Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) COO organisation and is responsible for the data management activities within Client Coverage, Financial Markets and GCM.

The role of the Business Data Architect” is to primarily support and implement data by design with-in their changes and projects. This involves building an understanding of business data requirements for critical business data attributes, building/ mapping to the conceptual, logical data model, enhancement of the Logical data model, help programs with the target state data architecture, design/ implement DQ standards and work with technology counterparts to ensure accurate implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver data architecture solutions for CIB Coverage by developing conceptual and logical data models that meet business needs.
• Implement data quality (DQ) standards, reference data principles, and metadata governance frameworks.
• Lead the adoption of best practices in data classification, security, privacy, records keeping, and regulatory compliance.
• Support transformation programs by providing end-to-end data architecture guidance and execution.
• Collaborate with Technology Architects on physical data models and architecture alignment.
• Provide expert consultation on data design across enterprise change initiatives.
• Promote and maintain governance forums to oversee and authorize data standards and models.
• Map business processes to data models to support impact analysis and data lineage

Skills and Qualifications

Skills

• Proven experience in enterprise-level data modelling and metadata management.
• Expertise in developing data definitions, standards, and governance across complex data environments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and data storytelling skills.
• Experience working with large datasets and relational databases.
• Familiarity with data query tools (e.g. SQL), metadata tooling, and data quality frameworks.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with an ability to collaborate across functions and levels.
• A proactive mindset with a focus on automation, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Deep understanding of the risks associated with poor data quality in financial services.

Qualifications

• Proficient in data modeling tools (e.g., Erwin).
• Experience with data analysis platforms such as Alteryx, Dataiku, Informatica (preferred).
• Familiarity with data visualization tools like Tableau or similar (a plus).
• Background in banking or financial services strongly preferred.

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thingand are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle,continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together,we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter,we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance,with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-offincluding annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible workingoptions based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing supportthrough Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills,global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning cultureto support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation,one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.