Senior Data Architect — Cloud, Governance & Modernisation

AtkinsRéalis; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working culture

Flexible holiday allowances

Training and professional development

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Data Architect to design modern, scalable data architectures across defence, security and government programmes. You will work with Solution and Enterprise Architects, data engineers and client stakeholders to govern data, enable cloud migrations and deliver data platforms that unlock value.

You will contribute to data strategies, governance, information management and integration patterns while collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure architecture

Qualifications

• Experience designing data architectures at enterprise and solution level.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise and solution-level data architectures.
• Design conceptual, logical and physical data models.
• Develop data strategies, governance frameworks and information management approaches.
• Design secure and scalable data integration patterns across complex landscapes.
• Produce architecture artefacts aligned to frameworks and business strategies.
• Support cloud transformation and digital modernisation programmes.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to maintain alignment from concept to delivery.
• Influence technical direction through governance forums and design authorities.
• Present recommendations and business cases to stakeholders.
• Contribute to business development activities including proposals and workshops.
• Advance the Secure Government Data Architecture Practice.

Skills

Enterprise Data Architecture

Solution Data Architecture

Data Strategy

Information Architecture

Data Modelling

Data Governance

Metadata Management

Master Data Management

Data Quality

Reference Data

Tools

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

PostgreSQL

Azure Data Factory

API-led Integration

Kafka

ETL/ELT

Streaming Architectures

ArchiMate

Sparx Enterprise Architect

Microsoft Purview

Collibra

Informatica

Security by Design

Data Classification

Information Assurance

Job description

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Data Architect to design modern, scalable data architectures across defence, security and government programmes. You will work with Solution and Enterprise Architects, data engineers and client stakeholders to govern data, enable cloud migrations and deliver data platforms that unlock value.

You will contribute to data strategies, governance, information management and integration patterns while collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure architecture