Enterprise Data Architect for AI-Driven Cloud Platform

DAC Beachcroft LLP; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Income protection insurance

Discounted gym membership

Professional funding

ESG activities

Job summary

DAC Beachcroft LLP is seeking an experienced Enterprise Data Architect in Birmingham to define and lead the organisation's target-state data architecture. You will shape a scalable data ecosystem spanning case management, finance, CRM and analytics, ensuring data accessibility, regulatory compliance, and readiness for AI-driven innovation.

You will partner with Data Engineering, Governance, and Analytics teams, delivering architecture roadmaps, security standards, and platform governance to

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise data architectures in complex or regulated environments.
• Strong knowledge of data platform patterns including Data Warehouses, Data Lakes, and Data Mesh concepts.
• Experience with Azure-based data platforms and cloud architecture principles.
• Familiarity with Master Data Management (MDM) frameworks and technologies.
• Ability to architect solutions for both operational reporting and advanced analytics with AI/ML workloads.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise data architecture across conceptual, logical, and physical models.
• Design integration strategies connecting core systems such as case management, finance, CRM, and analytics.
• Drive adoption of API-led and event-driven architectures over point-to-point solutions.
• Evaluate technologies for data platform including data warehouses, lakehouses, and API frameworks.
• Design data foundations to support AI/ML initiatives with high-quality data.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering, Data Governance, and Analytics teams to apply architecture standards.
• Define enterprise data security and access architecture with governance and security teams.
• Produce architecture roadmaps, standards and documentation.
• Support transformation programmes, platform migrations, and vendor selection.

Skills

Enterprise data architecture

Azure-based data platforms

Data governance

MDM frameworks

API-led architectures

Event-driven integration

AI/ML data foundations

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Azure

Data Lakehouse

MDM

Job description

DAC Beachcroft LLP is seeking an experienced Enterprise Data Architect in Birmingham to define and lead the organisation's target-state data architecture. You will shape a scalable data ecosystem spanning case management, finance, CRM and analytics, ensuring data accessibility, regulatory compliance, and readiness for AI-driven innovation.

You will partner with Data Engineering, Governance, and Analytics teams, delivering architecture roadmaps, security standards, and platform governance to