Data Technical Architect
Posted 14 hours ago
- Cockernhoe, Hertfordshire
- Any
- External
- Expires In 3 months
Our client is currently seeking a Data Technical Architect to join their team. This is a permanent position, offering an exciting opportunity to be part of a fast-paced organisation that is transforming the way it stores, analyses and uses data.
Key Responsibilities:
Providing technical data solutions, including the design and development of logical and physical data models and databases for business solutions.
Offering technical expertise and guidance to development teams, ensuring standards are consistently upheld and quality practices are embedded early within delivery teams.
Leading the Data Engineering board by building and redefining patterns and standards for the data engineering teams.
Developing robust data pipelines to serve the analyst and data science community.
Proposing new technical solutions and leading POC activities for new technical solutions.
Ensuring best practices and patterns are followed and flagging any technical debt.
Setting and governing non-functional requirements for solutions/systems around performance, security, code maintainability, and supportability.
Working with the Technical Design Authority to ensure designs receive appropriate and timely governance.
Maintaining and enhancing documentation around current state Data Architecture.
Leading improvements to existing software, tools, and processes, particularly driving remediation activities.
Building a documentation library for all data pipelines and the data catalogue.
Collaborating with external parties, suppliers, and internal team members to define and document the architecture solution and high-level designs for projects and initiatives in the data domain.
Working in a fast-paced agile scrum environment with a release within sprint mentality.
Collaborating with a mixed team of onshore and offshore resources.
Job Requirements:
Experience with a combination of cloud-based Big Data technologies (e.g., HDFS, Blob Storage, Spark, Kafka, Delta, Hive, Airflow, and DBT) and OLTP and Data Warehousing within SQL Server or other RDBMSs.
Familiarity with Lake House Architecture and Databricks.
Extensive Data modelling experience from conceptual to logical models, taking long-term ownership of the data models and analytical products built on top of them.
Proficiency in building solution blueprints.
Up-to-date knowledge of the data and analytical technical domain.
Experience with new technology awareness, evaluation, and selection, as well as running or supporting vendor RFI and RFP processes.
Good understanding of software best practices, including design principles & patterns, security, and performance.
Ability to take ownership of solutions and experience presenting them at architecture boards.
Methodical, logical, and flexible in approach, with significant experience as a Technical Architect.
Stakeholder management skills at the leadership level.
Ability to explain complex technical information in business terms.
Experience of working in a technology-based role and interfacing with various internal and external stakeholders.
Airline or retail experience.
Knowledge of analysis and development techniques, e.g., SCRUM, Agile & Waterfall.
Benefits:
Competitive base salary
Up to 20% bonus
25 days holiday
BAYE, SAYE & Performance share schemes
7% pension
Life Insurance
Work Away Scheme
Flexible benefits package
Excellent staff travel benefits
If you have the necessary skills and experience and want to be part of an exciting transformation in the technology sector, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dynamic and forward-thinking team.
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Key Responsibilities:
Providing technical data solutions, including the design and development of logical and physical data models and databases for business solutions.
Offering technical expertise and guidance to development teams, ensuring standards are consistently upheld and quality practices are embedded early within delivery teams.
Leading the Data Engineering board by building and redefining patterns and standards for the data engineering teams.
Developing robust data pipelines to serve the analyst and data science community.
Proposing new technical solutions and leading POC activities for new technical solutions.
Ensuring best practices and patterns are followed and flagging any technical debt.
Setting and governing non-functional requirements for solutions/systems around performance, security, code maintainability, and supportability.
Working with the Technical Design Authority to ensure designs receive appropriate and timely governance.
Maintaining and enhancing documentation around current state Data Architecture.
Leading improvements to existing software, tools, and processes, particularly driving remediation activities.
Building a documentation library for all data pipelines and the data catalogue.
Collaborating with external parties, suppliers, and internal team members to define and document the architecture solution and high-level designs for projects and initiatives in the data domain.
Working in a fast-paced agile scrum environment with a release within sprint mentality.
Collaborating with a mixed team of onshore and offshore resources.
Job Requirements:
Experience with a combination of cloud-based Big Data technologies (e.g., HDFS, Blob Storage, Spark, Kafka, Delta, Hive, Airflow, and DBT) and OLTP and Data Warehousing within SQL Server or other RDBMSs.
Familiarity with Lake House Architecture and Databricks.
Extensive Data modelling experience from conceptual to logical models, taking long-term ownership of the data models and analytical products built on top of them.
Proficiency in building solution blueprints.
Up-to-date knowledge of the data and analytical technical domain.
Experience with new technology awareness, evaluation, and selection, as well as running or supporting vendor RFI and RFP processes.
Good understanding of software best practices, including design principles & patterns, security, and performance.
Ability to take ownership of solutions and experience presenting them at architecture boards.
Methodical, logical, and flexible in approach, with significant experience as a Technical Architect.
Stakeholder management skills at the leadership level.
Ability to explain complex technical information in business terms.
Experience of working in a technology-based role and interfacing with various internal and external stakeholders.
Airline or retail experience.
Knowledge of analysis and development techniques, e.g., SCRUM, Agile & Waterfall.
Benefits:
Competitive base salary
Up to 20% bonus
25 days holiday
BAYE, SAYE & Performance share schemes
7% pension
Life Insurance
Work Away Scheme
Flexible benefits package
Excellent staff travel benefits
If you have the necessary skills and experience and want to be part of an exciting transformation in the technology sector, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dynamic and forward-thinking team.
TPBN1_UKTJ