Hybrid Data Architect - Cloud & Governance Leader

GMCA; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

GMCA is seeking a Data Architect to set the organisation's data vision, guiding data design and governance. You will enable trusted, timely data delivery to stakeholders across the Digital Data & Technology strategy, shaping future data capabilities and analytics readiness.

You will design and implement complex architectures, model data across conceptual, logical, and physical layers, and guide ETL/ELT pipelines, while collaborating with technical and non-technical partners.

Qualifications

• Considerable experience in a data architecture or equivalent role.
• Design and implement complex data architectures with data modeling, database design and data integration.
• Deep knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases with performance tuning.
• Hands-on with cloud-based data solutions, especially Microsoft Fabric and Synapse.
• Strong data modelling: conceptual, logical and physical.
• Understanding of data warehousing, ETL/ELT processes.
• Knowledge of data governance, data quality, lineage and privacy.
• Experience with data integration strategies, APIs and data pipelines.
• Experience with BI tools such as Power BI and Tableau; design supporting analytics.
• Able to communicate complex data concepts to diverse stakeholders.

Skills

SQL

NoSQL

MS SQL

MySQL

MongoDB

Data modeling

Data integration

ETL/ELT

Cloud data solutions

Microsoft Fabric

Synapse

Data governance

APIs

Power BI

Tableau

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Synapse

Job description

GMCA is seeking a Data Architect to set the organisation's data vision, guiding data design and governance. You will enable trusted, timely data delivery to stakeholders across the Digital Data & Technology strategy, shaping future data capabilities and analytics readiness.

You will design and implement complex architectures, model data across conceptual, logical, and physical layers, and guide ETL/ELT pipelines, while collaborating with technical and non-technical partners.