Data Architect

Telford/ Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite

£600 per day inside ir35

6 months duration

Active SC clearance

We're looking for an experienced Data Architect to join a major public-sector programme, providing client-side leadership across enterprise data architecture, governance, solution assurance and strategic planning.

This is a senior architecture role where you'll work across a complex data estate spanning cloud, on-premise and SaaS environments, helping shape data strategy and ensure solutions align with enterprise standards and business objectives.

What you'll be doing

• Define and maintain enterprise data architecture standards, principles and patterns.
• Provide architecture governance, design assurance and technical oversight.
• Develop strategic roadmaps for data platforms and data products.
• Assess the impact of business and technology change across the data landscape.
• Work closely with enterprise architects, delivery teams, security teams, suppliers and senior stakeholders.
• Support modern data capabilities including data products, metadata management, data fabric and data virtualisation.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and guidance across architecture and engineering teams.
• Support wider transformation and continuous improvement initiatives.

What we're looking for

• Strong experience in Enterprise Data Architecture within complex organisations.
• Experience working across large-scale on-premise, cloud and SaaS environments.
• Strong knowledge of AWS and Azure architecture.
• Understanding of data governance, data integration, metadata management, data fabric and data virtualisation.
• Proven experience in architecture governance and design assurance.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Experience working across multiple technical teams, suppliers and business functions.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Public-sector or regulated environment experience would be highly desirable.

If this role is of interest, apply now or email your CV to me directly at laura.fitzgerald@cbsbutler.com