Senior Data Architect

Senior Data Architect Opportunity – Scotland – Hybrid / Remote 

The Bridge IT have partnered with a leading energy supplier who are due to undertake a large data transformation spanning across the organisation. 

As a Senior Data Architect, you will play a pivotal role in designing, creating, and managing our clients data architecture. Reporting to the Lead Data Architect, you will be instrumental in establishing a solid foundation for data analytics and data management, ensuring data is organised, accessible, secure, and aligned with business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, create, and manage comprehensive data architecture to support data analytics and management. Understand and address business issues, events, and activities, considering their wider implications and long-term impact.
• Ensure that detailed designs and solutions align with the solution data architecture. Manage and resolve design issues, working closely with the applications/integration team to ensure standards adherence and proper documentation.
• Design the structure and layout of data systems and platforms and assess the impact of business change requests on existing data architecture and support the prioritisation of these changes.
• Translate high-level business requirements into data models, metadata, test data, and data quality standards.
• Work closely with various departments and third parties to facilitate data-driven decision-making and optimise the organisation’s data ecosystem.

Required Skills:

• Extensive experience in designing and implementing data architectures in large-scale environments.
• Proficiency with cloud services (Azure preferred).
• Strong background in metadata management, and ensuring data quality.
• Hands-on experience with data integration, ETL processes, and data consistency.
• Experience in data governance, security, and compliance.
• Proven ability to manage and resolve design issues in data architecture projects.
• Collaborative experience with cross-functional teams for data-driven decision-making.
• Ability to relate architectural decisions to business needs and strategic plans.
• Proficiency with data management tools, database systems, and big data technologies.

In return, my client can offer between £70,000 – £80,000 with a 10% annual bonus and 34 days holiday. Please apply to hear more about our clients exciting data transformation!