Senior Data Architect

Public Sector Resourcing; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 111,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is seeking a Senior Data Architect for a 12-month hybrid contract across multiple UK locations (Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield). You will lead data architecture for the New Style Modernisation Programme, designing and governing data models and metadata standards.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, architects and delivery teams to ensure data assets are trusted, accessible and aligned with government standards and

Qualifications

• Experience in data architecture design, modelling, and metadata management.
• Proven ability to present data architecture to governance forums.
• Strong knowledge of MDM, data cataloguing and data governance.
• Experience with event-driven patterns, Pub/Sub and data streaming.
• Knowledge of public cloud technologies (AWS, Azure or GCP).
• Experience in Agile delivery and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Design data models and metadata systems.
• Lead data architects to interpret organisational needs.
• Provide oversight to data architects designing data artefacts.
• Design and support data dictionaries.
• Ensure teams adhere to data architecture standards.
• Collaborate with Technical Architects to align systems with target data architecture.

Skills

Data architecture design

Data modelling

Metadata management

Data governance

Master Data Management

Event-driven architectures

Public cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Governance forums

Job description

On behalf of DWP, we are looking for a Senior Data Architect for a 12 month (Inside IR35) contract based Hybrid in either Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

As a Senior Data Architect within Working Age Services, you will provide strategic data architecture leadership for the New Style Modernisation Programme. You will design and govern data architectures that support the effective management, integration and reuse of data across services and systems, ensuring data remains a trusted and valuable organisational asset.

Working closely with business stakeholders, architects, engineers and delivery teams, you will develop data models, metadata standards and governance frameworks that support programme outcomes. You will provide expert guidance on complex data challenges, promote good architectural practice, and ensure solutions align with departmental standards, technology strategy and government best practice.

You will also help shape future data capabilities within Working Age Services, supporting service transformation through modern data architecture approaches, including cloud-native and event-driven patterns, while enabling successful delivery of New Style Modernisation objectives.

As a Senior Data Architect, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Design data models and metadata systems.
• Help lead data architects to interpret organisational needs.
• Provide oversight and guidance to data architects who are designing and producing data artefacts.
• Design and support the management of data dictionaries.
• Ensure teams adhere to organisational data architecture standards.
• Collaborate with Technical Architects to ensure systems align with the target data architecture.

Essential:

• Experience in Data Architecture design, data modelling, schema design, metadata management and data architecture standards.
• Experience presenting data architecture design to technical governance forums.
• Strong experience in Master Data Management (MDM), Data Cataloguing, Metadata Management and Data Governance.
• Experience with event driven architecture patterns, including Pub/Sub and data streaming.
• Knowledge of public cloud technologies and architecture patterns across AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.

Desirable:

• Experience supporting large scale service transformation or legacy modernisation programmes.
• Experience working across complex multi domain data landscapes and data flows.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, DWP guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

DWP guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following 'this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different'.