As a Data Architect, you will design and establish programme data architecture in an environment where limited formal structures currently exist. You will define the foundational patterns, standards and models required to support a multi‑system implementation roadmap, ensuring the architecture is practical, scalable and able to mature alongside the programme.

Responsibilities

Architecture Leadership

• Define programme data architecture, including models, standards and integration patterns aligned to TOGAF or DAMA principles.
• Establish clear architectural principles and ensure solutions are proportionate, pragmatic and scalable.

Strategic Alignment & Governance

• Align architecture with the wider data strategy and support business case development and investment decisions.
• Contribute to governance forums, maintaining key artefacts such as reference architectures, decision records and data dictionaries.

Delivery Support

• Guide Agile delivery teams, providing architectural assurance across sprints, design sessions and backlog development.
• Collaborate with data engineer, modeller and solution architect to ensure designs are practical and technically sound.
• Identify and escalate architectural risks, issues and technical dependencies.

Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership

• Communicate architectural concepts to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Mentor and support members of the data team, fostering capability growth.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Data Architect in a large, complex organisation—ideally within the public sector.
• Strong understanding of enterprise data architecture frameworks, including TOGAF or DAMA‑DMBOK.
• Experience designing data warehouses, data lakes, integration layers and API‑driven data sharing patterns.
• Knowledge of cloud architecture concepts and modern data platform technologies.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with data modelling methodologies and practices.
• Familiarity with modern data platform patterns and cloud‑native architectures.
• Ability to contribute to multi‑disciplinary teams including engineers, solution architects and governance leads.

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