Defence Data Architect – Enterprise & Integration

Amentum; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free medical cover

Digital GP services

Enhanced family-friendly policies

Employee assistance programmes

Matched funding for volunteering

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Data Architect to lead enterprise data architecture across Defence programmes in the UK. You will define data principles, standards and reference models while delivering data models, data flows, and integration patterns to support CADMID lifecycle solutions.

You will design governance frameworks, drive data quality, metadata, lineage and cataloguing, and contribute to AI governance and horizon scanning.

Qualifications

• Degree in Data, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to define solutions to complex challenges.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills to influence at all levels.
• Ability to produce high-quality technical documentation for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to lead, mentor, and collaborate within high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise data architecture with principles, policies, standards, and reference models.
• Develop architecture artefacts including data models, data flows, and blueprints.
• Translate business needs into data architecture designs aligning strategy and implementation.
• Design data integration patterns (APIs, pipelines, event-driven) for interoperability across Defence systems.
• Establish and support data governance frameworks including data quality, metadata, lineage, and master data management.
• Contribute to AI/data governance principles, emerging technology assessments, and horizon scanning.
• Support reusable patterns, guidance, and Communities of Practice to uplift data architecture capability across Defence.

Skills

Data architecture

Enterprise architecture

Data modelling

Data governance

APIs

ETL/ELT

NoSQL

Cloud-native data platforms

Documentation

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree in Data/CS/Engineering

Tools

Relational DBs

NoSQL databases

Cloud data platforms

Job description

Amentum is seeking a Data Architect to lead enterprise data architecture across Defence programmes in the UK. You will define data principles, standards and reference models while delivering data models, data flows, and integration patterns to support CADMID lifecycle solutions.

You will design governance frameworks, drive data quality, metadata, lineage and cataloguing, and contribute to AI governance and horizon scanning.