Senior Data Architect – Cloud Modernization & AI Transformation

Hitachi, Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

Gym membership

Volunteer day

Social events & trips

Job summary

GlobalLogic seeks a Principal Data Solution Architect to lead multi-million-pound BFSI data initiatives, bridging C-suite strategy with distributed engineering. You will set data standards across cloud platforms, drive zero-trust governance, and steer modern data programs including Lakehouse, MLOps, and GenAI.

You will engage with CFOs and CIOs, translate complex requirements into scalable blueprints, and mentor teams to deliver secure, compliant, and high-value architectures in a hybrid working

Qualifications

• 15+ years of digital engineering or IT consulting experience within BFSI.
• Deep technical proficiency in modern data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake) and toolsets (dbt, Airflow, Kafka).
• Mastery of Lakehouse, Data Mesh, Streaming, MLOps, and GenAI integration.
• Expertise in zero-trust security, lineage, privacy (GDPR, CCPA), and financial regulations (BCBS 239, DORA, Basel).
• Track record of establishing automated CI/CD pipelines and agile practices.
• Strong C-suite advisory experience aligning architecture with business strategy.

Responsibilities

• Architect and own enterprise data estates across modern cloud platforms (Databricks, Snowflake).
• Establish company-wide data modeling standards balancing quality, trust, and agility.
• Translate business goals into scalable blueprints, governance frameworks.
• Lead legacy-to-cloud modernization, AI/LLM workloads, and zero-copy sharing.
• Pilot new architectural patterns and define enterprise technical standards.
• Guide cross-functional teams to deliver resilient architectures.
• Standardize tooling, schema evolution, and canonical modeling guidelines.
• Enforce CI/CD, IaC, automated testing, and DataOps telemetry.
• Ensure compliance with info-security, privacy, and regulatory standards (BCBS 239, DORA, GDPR, HIPAA).
• Embed taxonomy, lineage controls into production pipelines.
• Mentor engineering leads and present roadmaps to executives.
• Drive presales by converting requirements into technical roadmaps.
• Partner with Technical Delivery Leads for aligned execution.

Skills

Leadership

Databricks

Snowflake

dbt

Airflow

Kafka

AI/GenAI

MLOps

Data Mesh

Lakehouse

Zero Trust

GDPR

DORA

BCBS 239

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

dbt

Airflow

Kafka

Job description

GlobalLogic seeks a Principal Data Solution Architect to lead multi-million-pound BFSI data initiatives, bridging C-suite strategy with distributed engineering. You will set data standards across cloud platforms, drive zero-trust governance, and steer modern data programs including Lakehouse, MLOps, and GenAI.

You will engage with CFOs and CIOs, translate complex requirements into scalable blueprints, and mentor teams to deliver secure, compliant, and high-value architectures in a hybrid working