Enterprise Architect - Data Intelligence Platform

Capgemini; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consulting firm seeks a Senior Data Architect to oversee the Data Intelligence Platform, focusing on data architecture and ensuring scalability, data security, and alignment with business objectives. Successful candidates will have extensive experience with Databricks, cloud computing, and a strong understanding of AI/ML technologies. This role offers a hybrid work model combining company offices and remote work.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Flexible working conditions

Wellbeing programs

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in data architecture, warehousing, and engineering with a focus on large-scale data platforms.
• Proven track record of designing and delivering data platforms on Databricks or similar platforms.
• Strong technical expertise in data governance, quality, and security.
• Excellent understanding of AI/ML technologies, including machine learning and deep learning.

Responsibilities

• Define a data architecture and strategy for a scalable data platform.
• Develop and manage the platform's technical roadmap.
• Lead the design and deployment of enhancements for the Data Intelligence Platform.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure integration of the platform.

Skills

Data architecture

Data engineering

Cloud computing

Machine learning

Excellent communication skills

Data governance

Education

Certification in data architecture

Certification in AI/ML technologies

Tools

Databricks

Apache Spark

Azure

AWS

GCP

ETL tools

Job description

About the job you're considering

We are looking for an experienced and highly skilled Data Architect to join our Design Authority Team to determine and advance the technology deployed within CIS Managed Services. As our Data Intelligence Platform Architect, you will oversee our Data Intelligence Platform built on Databricks.

You will be responsible for defining the vision, strategy, data architecture, and the solution design of our data platform, ensuring scalability, data security and alignment with business objectives and driving innovation through the adoption of emerging technologies. This is a senior leadership role that requires strong expertise in Data architecture, business acumen, and excellent communication skills.

Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

Your role

• Define a data architecture and strategy for a scalable, performant and secure Data Platform to operate cloud and hybrid services.
• Define data standards, governance frameworks and integration patterns that align the architecture to Cloud Infrastructure Services business objectives.
• Lead the design, development, and deployment of enhancements and backlog items for the Data Intelligence Platform on Databricks, including data architecture, data ingestion, data engineering, machine learning/AI, data visualization and analytics.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Operations, Transformation/Industrialization, Delivery, and Shared Services stakeholders to ensure seamless integration, relevance, and adoption of the platform.
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the organization's data landscape, including data governance, quality, and security.
• Stay up to date with emerging trends and technologies in data architecture, AI/ML, and cloud computing, and apply this knowledge to drive innovation and improvement in the platform.
• Develop and manage the platform's technical roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives, Generative AI demands for data, and industry trends.
• Develop and deploy related client-facing services into our Enterprise Automation Fabric.
• Develop the annual budget to support data platform priorities for the coming year.
• Develop, submit, and defend enhancement project requests based on a researched and supported business case for securing your annual product investments.
• Lead a team of architects, engineers, and data scientists to design, develop, and implement the platform's components, including data pipelines, data lakehouses, and analytics.
• Ensure the platform's scalability, reliability, and performance, and develop strategies to optimize resource utilization and reduce costs.
• Participate in and drive Vendor Onboarding when implementing new tools/technologies.
• Develop and manage relationships with key stakeholders, including business leaders, data scientists, and engineers to ensure the platform meets business needs and expectations.

Your skills and responsibilities

• Extensive experience in data architecture, warehousing, and engineering with a focus on large-scale data platforms and cloud computing.
• Proven track record of designing and delivering data platforms on Databricks or similar platforms such as Snowflake, including experience with related technologies such as Apache Spark, PySpark, Delta Lake, and ETL tools.
• Strong technical expertise in data architecture, data governance, data quality, and data security.
• Excellent understanding of AI/ML technologies, including machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI.
• Experience with cloud computing platforms, including AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Strong business acumen, with the ability to understand business objectives and develop technical strategies to support them.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of data governance frameworks and standards, such as GDPR and CCPA.
• Certification in data architecture, cloud computing, or AI/ML technologies.
• Experience with agile development methodologies and DevOps practices.

You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.

What does ‘Get The Future You Want’ mean for you?

You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.

You’ll be bringing your unique skills and perspectives to the team, inspiring and taking inspiration from your teammates as you unlock value in everything you do. You’ll be joining a professional community of experts, who have got your back and will support you, every step of the way.

You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions.
To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organisations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.

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