Technical Data Specialist

The Client; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An exceptional opportunity awaits a Technical Data Specialist to join a world-class brand in London. This contract role demands a visionary who can drive major business transformation through effective data management and architecture. You will work in a dynamic environment, collaborating with internal and external partners to establish data standards and ensure interoperability. Your expertise in data modelling, metadata management, and cloud migration will be crucial as you contribute to innovative solutions that enhance organizational efficiency. If you are passionate about data and ready for a challenging role, this position offers the perfect platform to showcase your skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing data models and data flow diagrams.
• Strong understanding of data standards and metadata management.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategic data architecture and ensure interoperability.
• Collaborate to establish data standards and promote best practices.
• Support migration to Cloud with a focus on data-centric architecture.

Skills

Data Modelling

Metadata Management

Data Standards

Data Design

Tools

Apache Atlas

AWS Glue

Hive Metastore

UML

Visio

Express-G

Sparx

Job description

Technical Data Specialist

Contract onsite in London. Day rate: £650 - £858 per day inside IR35.

We are currently seeking an accomplished and highly ambitious Technical Data Specialist to work with our exceptional client, a world-class brand, in a secure environment to drive major business transformation, process, and technical change across this complex organization.

This contract role will require you to undergo security clearance prior to assignment. The Technical Data Specialist role operates in a dynamic, challenging environment that demands excellence.

The Technical Data Specialist sets the vision for the organization’s data usage (through data design) to ensure proper data management that meets organizational needs. You will collaborate with internal and external partners to deliver data architecture supporting various stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

1. Develop strategic and conceptual data architecture, understanding data assets and setting standards to ensure interoperability.
2. Collaborate with partners to establish and promote relevant data standards and patterns.
3. Work with delivery teams to ensure data interoperability and quality.
4. Contribute to the data office’s strategy and data architecture initiatives across data management domains.
5. Support the migration to Cloud, implementing a more data-centric and interoperable architecture.

Experience:

1. Data Modelling: Develop physical, logical, or conceptual data models; design databases; produce data flow diagrams; work with ontologies or knowledge graphs; use UML, Visio, Express-G, Sparx, or other modeling tools.
2. Data Standards: Develop data standards to support interoperability; write technical specifications; ensure systems comply with standards; advocate for data standards.
3. Metadata Management: Design and develop data catalogs or metadata repositories using tools like Apache Atlas, Hive Metastore, AWS Glue, or AWS Datazone.
4. Data Design: Design data lakes, data warehouses, data lakehouses, data pipelines, data meshes, or data marketplaces.

At Guidant Global, we are committed to fostering an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace where every employee and contractor feels valued and empowered. We actively seek talent from all backgrounds, believing that diversity of perspectives leads to innovative solutions and exceptional outcomes.