Location: London, UK (Weekly 2 days work from office)

SC Cleared: Required

Job Type: Full-Time

Experience: 15 - 20 years

Job Summary: We are looking for a skilled and experienced Data Architect Technical to work as part of our IT team. As a Data Architect Technical, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the data architecture for our organization. You will have a strong understanding of data integration best practices and will play a key role in driving successful data integration and transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities:

Overall Solution:

• Over 15 years of IT experience and over 7 years of experience in architecting, designing, developing and maintaining an End to End Data system for a Banking/Financial or a large corporation in a Cloud Environment
• Communicate and Analyse requirements from the Customers and project stakeholders and then, effectively interact with the team-members to come up a design to meet those current and future requirements.

Design Data Infrastructure:

• Identify internal and external data sources relevant to the project for the project in a Cloud Environment.
• Collaborate with department heads to determine data storage and organizational needs for designing, building a cloud Data Warehouse

Integration with Data Sources:

• Architect, Design and Develop data pipelines to ingest different types of data formats - Unstructured/Semi/Structured including Streaming data.
• Design and Develop Data Pipelines for ensuring Reliability and Scalability
• Coordinate with team members to meet project milestones and deadlines.

Database Design:

• Design every aspect of the database, including schema, tables, and relationships.
• Develop Concept Maps and ER Diagrams for database modelling.
• Transform data throughout its life cycle using SQL, XML, etc.

Data Security and Compliance:

• Implement systems to keep data secure.
• Regularly audit the database to maintain data quality.
• Ensure compliance with data security standards.

Advanced Visualization and Communication:

• Explain complex technical concepts to non-technical staff.
• Exhibit advanced visualization skills for data models and logical workflows.

Continuous Improvement:

• Analyze performance metrics and propose improvements.
• Provide resolution to data pipeline challenges.

Cloud Data Technologies:

• Work with Cloud Infrastructure Architects to create data security, backup, disaster recovery, and archiving strategies.
• Advocate for adoption of Cloud Data technologies and industry best practices.

Thought Leadership:

• Provide forward-thinking insights on organizational direction and technology support.

Mentoring:

• Act as a coach and mentor to team members and technical staff.

Qualifications:

• Master's/Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems
• Proven experience as a cloud Data Architect in the banking or financial services industry.
• Proficiency in database design, SQL, and Datamodelling for Cloud Data Warehouse
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail to interact with the cloud.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.