DDAT - Senior Data Architect (DV)

Ministry of Defence; West of England, Hipswell, City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A governmental body in the UK seeks a Data Architect to enhance data management capabilities and governance. The role involves building data architecture, collaborating with data leads, and ensuring adherence to data standards across the organisation. Candidates should have experience in data architecture and governance, along with strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience liaising with data architecture leads and subject matter experts.
• Capability to create and review data models aligned with strategic objectives.
• Experience in implementing data governance and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Deliver data architecture functions and support data leads.
• Enhance technical skills of data architects.
• Create comprehensive Conceptual and Logical Data Models.
• Contribute to enterprise-wide data consistency and quality.

Skills

Data architecture

Data governance

Communication

Job description

Overview

Defence Digital are seeking a creative individual to advance their career in Data & Information Management and help the MoD integrate data-driven changes. You will join the Chief Data Office, Enterprise Data & Information Architecture Team. The team ensures the adoption of data standards and best practices, supporting data architects across the Ministry of Defence. Reporting to the Head of Enterprise Data Architect, you will build our data architecture capability, drive coherence, and reduce inefficiencies. You will also implement best practices and governance, liaising with senior architects and non-technical subject matter experts.

Responsibilities

1. Delivering the data architecture function across the Ministry of Defence:
   • Liaising with business areas’ data architecture leads, Data SMEs and supporting them to produce local data architecture strategies, create/update policies and designs & delivery plans
   • Provide supporting to data architects in enhancing their technical data skills
   • Working with data architects to continually refine data architecture activities and processes
   • Create or Review Conceptual and Logical Data Models to ensure that these models are comprehensive and align with the overall data strategy. They should accurately represent the data requirements and relationships within the organisation.
   • Contribute to Creating an Enterprise Data Model for MoD by integrating various data models into a cohesive enterprise-wide model. It should support data consistency, quality, and governance across the organisation.
2. Acting as a key data architecture governance stakeholder
   • Supporting data architecture leads to bring their outputs for review and sign-off at the Data Architectural Reference Authority or Technical Design Authority
   • Acting as critical friend to lead data architects of different business functions and informally supporting their data & information architectural design work
3. For more information on the Data Architect role please see the Government Digital and Data Framework;
4. Senior Data Architect