Senior Data Architect: Governance, Integration & Modelling

Connect2Luton; England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Connect2Luton is seeking a Senior Data Architect to lead data architecture across multiple platforms, shaping conceptual, logical and physical data models and driving governance and security in analytical environments.

You will collaborate with data engineers, analysts and service teams, translate requirements into scalable designs, and ensure interoperability across systems while attending meetings at various locations as required.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a data architecture or senior data engineering role within a complex organisation.
• Experience designing conceptual, logical and physical data models.
• Experience providing architectural assurance or design governance for data/analytics solutions.
• Experience working across multiple systems and data sources, including integration approaches.
• Experience contributing to the delivery of data platforms or analytics initiatives.
• Strong ability to design and articulate data architectures and models.
• Clear communication skills, able to explain architectural concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Working knowledge of data architecture principles, including data modelling, integration patterns, governance and secure data design within analytical environments.
• Able to attend meetings and work at various locations as required.
• Able to work outside normal office hours on occasion to meet service and project demands.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain data architecture principles, standards and patterns across data platforms and solutions.
• Design conceptual, logical and physical data models to support organisational requirements.
• Define approaches for integrating data from multiple internal and external sources.
• Ensure interoperability between systems and platforms to enable joined-up data use.
• Ensure data architecture supports governance, security, data-protection and retention requirements.
• Work with relevant teams to embed appropriate controls and design-time safeguards.
• Work closely with data engineers, analysts and service teams to translate requirements into effective architectural designs.
• Review and evolve data architecture in response to changing organisational needs and technology developments.
• Contribute to the development of architectural documentation and reusable artefacts.

Skills

Senior data engineering

Data modeling

Architectural governance

Data integration

Data platforms

Data architecture

Communication

Data governance

Flexible hours

Travel meetings

Job description

Connect2Luton is seeking a Senior Data Architect to lead data architecture across multiple platforms, shaping conceptual, logical and physical data models and driving governance and security in analytical environments.

You will collaborate with data engineers, analysts and service teams, translate requirements into scalable designs, and ensure interoperability across systems while attending meetings at various locations as required.