Data Architect
+ Salary: £85,000 - £100,000
+ Security Clearance: Must hold SC or DV
+ Location: Romsey or Woking (Hybrid)
*UK Eyes only - Dual Citizenship or overseas card not eligible due to nature of projects

Areas of Responsibility/Tasks:

• Help Defence customers develop their strategy for data as a strategic asset and define the appropriate level of governance needed and the appropriate processes.
• Communicate the data strategy to non-technical stakeholders and technical experts.
• Define and the architecture for data software and analytics solutions, either as standalone engagements or within a larger multi-disciplinary programme environment.
• Support the Sales and Campaign functions to develop and foster client relationships and elaborate high level technical requirements.
• Provide technical guidance and coaching to junior members of the team.

Essential skills/experience:
Alongside your skills with Data specific technologies, you have a broad technical background which allows you to rapidly understand new systems and domains, and prototype solutions based on your experience and hands on approach. As a Data Architect, you will have a degree level qualification in a STEM subject, or you will have an education and level of experience which is comparable. You will have:

• Experience of Data Architecture and Data Strategy in a UK Defence or other Public Sector context.
• Good understanding of structured and unstructured data, and the techniques needed to exploit them in different ways.
• Experience of working with Data and Software Engineers to provide deliverable solutions to complex data problems.
• Experience of working in an Agile Framework
• Appreciation of the different approaches required when working with cloud solutions versus traditionally hosted systems.
• Experience of working with in Business Development and contributing to complex technical bids.

Desirable skills/experience:

• Experience of building specifying Data Pipelines in a Cloud environment (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Knowledge of commercial and contractual frameworks
• Scrum-master and/or Product Owner experience.