IAM Data Architect - SC Cleared

Contract | Up to £590 per day Inside IR35

Fully Remote

10 month contract

We are seeking an experienced Data Architect to support a Single Sign-On (SSO) and Identity & Access Management (IAM) programme

You will design and develop data models and architecture solutions, ensuring data is managed securely, consistently and in line with enterprise standards. The role involves working closely with solution architects, technical teams and business stakeholders to deliver data integration and interoperability across complex systems.

Location: Leeds - hybrid, approximately 1 day per month onsite
Rate: Up to £590 per day Inside IR35
Contract: Until August 2027
Start: ASAP
Clearance: Active, transferable SC clearance
Nationality: Sole British national; dual nationality is not accepted

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain data models aligned with business and programme requirements.

• Support data architecture across the SSO, IAM and Staff Index workstreams.

• Define data standards, metadata, data dictionaries and governance requirements.

• Design data integration and interoperability solutions using APIs and microservices.

• Undertake data profiling, source system analysis and reverse engineering of existing data models.

• Assess data quality, security, compliance and integration impacts.

• Support data lifecycle management, including upgrades, migration, archiving and decommissioning.

• Define functional and non-functional requirements and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles.

• Produce clear technical documentation and communicate architecture decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in Data Architecture and Data Modelling.

• Proven ability to design, maintain and reverse-engineer data models.

• Experience with data integration, APIs, microservices and interoperability.

• Knowledge of metadata management, data governance, data quality and data security.

• Understanding of enterprise data management principles and the data lifecycle.

• Experience defining data standards and assessing their impact and compliance.

• Ability to translate business requirements into robust data architecture solutions.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation and stakeholder communication skills.

• Experience delivering data architecture for projects or programmes.

Desirable Skills

• NHS, healthcare or public sector technology experience.

• TOGAF, Zachman, PEAF or other enterprise architecture frameworks.

• Messaging, directory services and interoperability standards.

• Healthcare data standards, including SNOMED CT, FHIR, OpenEHR and EN ISO 13606.

• Knowledge of development environments, programming languages and platforms.

• Java experience.

Security Clearance Requirements

Candidates must hold active, transferable UK SC clearance and be a sole British national. Clearance must meet applicable validity and continuity requirements, including recent qualifying government or police service and no disqualifying overseas residency gaps.

Keywords: Data Architect, IAM, Identity and Access Management, Single Sign-On, SSO, Staff Index, Data Modelling, Data Architecture, Data Integration, API, Microservices, Metadata Management, Data Governance, Data Quality, Master Data Management, MDM, Data Standards, Interoperability, Healthcare Data, FHIR, SNOMED CT, TOGAF, Java, SC Cleared.