Senior Data Architect – Enterprise Data Modeling & Strategy

Sainsbury's; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discounts

Pensions & life cover

Bonus up to 20%

Holiday allowance & schemes

Season ticket loans

Private healthcare

Job summary

Sainsbury's is seeking a Senior Data Architect to design and deliver enterprise-wide data solutions. You will be custodian of data models, collaborating with engineering teams to shape data architecture across domains in an agile environment.

You will mentor partners, define modelling standards, and ensure scalability, performance and governance in North Star architecture. The role spans conceptual, logical and physical modelling with Data Warehouse and Data Mesh familiarity.

Qualifications

• In-depth expertise in conceptual, logical and physical data modelling.
• Experience working with partner consultancies to align data models.
• Strong communication and influencing skills to drive data design.

Responsibilities

• Define data modelling standards and governance across domains.
• Lead architectural decisions and ensure scalable data solutions.
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to project teams.

Skills

Data modelling

Data warehousing

Technical leadership

Stakeholder influence

North Star Architecture

Mentorship

Education

Computer science degree

Tools

SQL

Python

ETL tools

Job description

Sainsbury's is seeking a Senior Data Architect to design and deliver enterprise-wide data solutions. You will be custodian of data models, collaborating with engineering teams to shape data architecture across domains in an agile environment.

You will mentor partners, define modelling standards, and ensure scalability, performance and governance in North Star architecture. The role spans conceptual, logical and physical modelling with Data Warehouse and Data Mesh familiarity.