Senior Data Architect – Enterprise Platform & Data Mesh

Hydrogen Group; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data solutions company is seeking a Data Architect for a 6-month FTC with potential for full-time employment. This hybrid role involves defining data structure, modelling, and connectivity across the organization to ensure scalability and strategic alignment. Responsibilities include setting data principles, leading architectural decisions, and collaborating across teams. The ideal candidate should have deep experience in data architecture and modern cloud-based services, alongside strong stakeholder collaboration skills. This role is located in Liverpool/Glasgow.

Qualifications

• Deep experience in data architecture and data modelling across enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of modern data platforms and cloud‑based data services.
• Understanding of data integration and transformation patterns.
• Knowledge of modern data concepts such as Data Products and Data as a Product.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and collaborate with IT architects.

Responsibilities

• Set principles and patterns for how data is structured, modelled and connected.
• Develop and maintain the roadmap for the future‑state Enterprise Data Platform.
• Evaluate and recommend modern data architectures such as data mesh, data fabric and data lakehouse.
• Provide data-centric architectural leadership within programmes, projects and delivery squads.
• Define and maintain conceptual, logical and physical data models.
• Review data aspects of engineering designs for alignment with data standards.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering, Data Governance and IT architecture teams.

Skills

Data architecture

Data modelling

Cloud-based data services

Data integration

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Snowflake

Power BI

MuleSoft

DBT

Airflow

Fivetran

SQL Server

Oracle

NoSQL

AWS

Azure

Python

R

Alteryx

Business Objects

Job description

A leading data solutions company is seeking a Data Architect for a 6-month FTC with potential for full-time employment. This hybrid role involves defining data structure, modelling, and connectivity across the organization to ensure scalability and strategic alignment. Responsibilities include setting data principles, leading architectural decisions, and collaborating across teams. The ideal candidate should have deep experience in data architecture and modern cloud-based services, alongside strong stakeholder collaboration skills. This role is located in Liverpool/Glasgow.