Technical Data Specialist

ZipRecruiter; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a highly ambitious Technical Data Specialist to drive major business transformation in a secure environment. This role involves setting the vision for data use within the organization, ensuring effective data management, and collaborating with partners to deliver robust data architecture. The ideal candidate will have expertise in data modelling, standards, and design, with a focus on cloud migration. Join a dynamic team committed to fostering an equitable and inclusive workplace where your contributions will lead to innovative solutions and exceptional outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing physical, logical, or conceptual data models.
• Ability to design and develop data catalogs or metadata repositories.

Responsibilities

• Set strategies for data standards to ensure interoperability.
• Contribute to data architecture across data management areas.
• Support the transition to a cloud-based architecture.

Skills

Data Modelling

Data Standards

Metadata Management

Data Design

Tools

Apache Atlas

Hive Metastore

AWS Glue

AWS Datazone

UML

Visio

Express-G

Sparx

Job description

Job Description

Technical Data Specialist

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

We're currently seeking an accomplished and highly ambitious Technical Data Specialist to work with our 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 requires security clearance prior to assignment. The Technical Data Specialist role operates in a dynamic environment; therefore, we are looking for a candidate who is exceptional in their field.

The Technical Data Specialist sets the vision for the organization's data use (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; understand data assets and set standards to ensure interoperability.
2. Collaborate with partners to establish and promote 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.
5. Support migration to Cloud, implementing a more data-centric and interoperable architecture.

Experience:

1. Data Modelling: Create 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 similar tools.
2. Data Standards: Develop data standards supporting interoperability; write technical specifications; ensure systems adhere to standards; champion data standards.
3. Metadata Management: Design/develop data catalogs or metadata repositories; utilize 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.

As an organization, Guidant Global is committed to fostering an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace where every employee and contractor feels valued and empowered. We actively seek to recruit talent from all backgrounds, drawing on a rich blend of experiences, perspectives, and creativity. We believe that respect and inclusion motivate individuals to bring their best selves, leading to innovative solutions and exceptional outcomes for all.