Enterprise Data Solution Architect — Hybrid (Cloud)

Asda Stores Ltd; Ledston; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary company bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched

Company Car allowance of £5,700

15% colleague discount in store and on

Wellbeing services access

Asda Allies Inclusion Networks

Excellent parental leave policies

Job summary

Asda Stores Ltd is seeking an experienced Data Solution Architect to shape data across one of the UK's largest retailers. You will lead end-to-end data architecture, ensure security, scalability and alignment with enterprise strategy, and collaborate with engineering, product and business teams.

This role requires attendance at Asda House in Leeds for at least three days a week, and offers a hybrid working pattern with a competitive benefits package and opportunities to influence strategic data

Qualifications

• Experience collaborating with business, technology and data stakeholders to understand priorities, requirements and constraints.
• Proven experience designing scalable and maintainable data architectures on modern cloud platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
• Strong architecture and solution design skills, including current-state assessment, gap analysis and future-state definition.
• A strong understanding of modern data platforms, including data ingestion, transformation, storage, governance, security, analytics and data product delivery patterns.
• The ability to translate ambiguous business requirements into practical, scalable technical solutions.
• Experience producing high-level designs, solution documentation, architecture artefacts and data flows.
• A good understanding of data integration, observability, resilience and non-functional requirements.
• Experience applying architecture principles, standards and governance processes to ensure alignment with enterprise strategy and platform direction.
• The ability to identify and mitigate technical, operational and data-related risks, ensuring solutions meet regulatory and organisational requirements.
• Confidence working with product, engineering, security, delivery and business stakeholders across multiple levels.
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to distil complex architectures into clear and consumable documentation.
• The ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences in a compelling and accessible way.
• Experience presenting at Design Authority and other governance forums, building consensus and influencing decision-making.
• A collaborative approach to managing complexity, influencing outcomes and delivering robust, cost-effective solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end solution architecture for data initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, data strategy, principles and standards.
• Shape data solutions that support Asda’s business objectives and digital transformation programmes.
• Act as the architecture lead for major data initiatives, partnering with engineering, product and business teams to deliver strategic outcomes.
• Translate business requirements into high-level solution designs, data flows, integration approaches, architectural decisions and supporting documentation.
• Develop reusable architecture patterns and standards that improve consistency, reduce complexity and accelerate delivery.
• Support programmes and products from discovery and planning through detailed design, build, production transition and continuous improvement.
• Champion best practice across data architecture, governance, security and compliance.
• Contribute to the continued evolution of Asda’s enterprise data capabilities and technology landscape.

Skills

Enterprise-scale data architecture

Stakeholder collaboration

Cloud data platforms

Communication skills

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Microsoft Fabric

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Ardoq

Job description

Asda Stores Ltd is seeking an experienced Data Solution Architect to shape data across one of the UK's largest retailers. You will lead end-to-end data architecture, ensure security, scalability and alignment with enterprise strategy, and collaborate with engineering, product and business teams.

This role requires attendance at Asda House in Leeds for at least three days a week, and offers a hybrid working pattern with a competitive benefits package and opportunities to influence strategic data