Senior Data Architect: Cloud Data Platforms Lead (Leeds)

UST; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

UST is seeking an experienced Senior Data Architect to lead the design and delivery of modern, scalable data platforms across Azure, AWS, and GCP, including Snowflake and Databricks. The role demands hands-on data migration expertise and a track record of modernising both greenfield and legacy analytics environments.

The candidate will influence senior stakeholders, collaborate across business and technology teams, and shape cloud adoption strategies while building high-performing data teams.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in data architecture, engineering, and analytics
• Strong expertise in Azure, AWS, and GCP environments
• Proven experience with modern data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks)
• Experience delivering greenfield and brownfield data platform implementations
• Strong track record in pre-sales and solutioning (RFIs, RFPs, client engagement)
• Hands-on exposure to AI/ML within data ecosystems
• Experience building, leading, and mentoring data teams
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills

Responsibilities

• Define and implement enterprise data architecture aligned with business and technology strategy
• Lead large-scale data migration and legacy modernisation initiatives
• Architect and deliver data engineering, analytics, and AI‑driven solutions
• Design solutions leveraging hyperscalers (Azure, AWS, GCP) and modern platforms (Snowflake, Databricks)
• Drive solutioning and pre‑sales activities including RFIs, RFPs, proposals, and client presentations
• Build and scale data practice capabilities and delivery frameworks
• Provide strategic guidance on cloud adoption, data strategy, governance, and advanced analytics

Skills

Data Engineering

Data Analytics

Data Migration

AI/ML exposure

Data Modeling

Pre-sales

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Azure

AWS

GCP

SQL

Python

Apache Spark

Job description

UST is seeking an experienced Senior Data Architect to lead the design and delivery of modern, scalable data platforms across Azure, AWS, and GCP, including Snowflake and Databricks. The role demands hands-on data migration expertise and a track record of modernising both greenfield and legacy analytics environments.

The candidate will influence senior stakeholders, collaborate across business and technology teams, and shape cloud adoption strategies while building high-performing data teams.