Data Architect - Financial Services - Up to £73K
Solihull - Hybrid working (3 days per week onsite)
We're partnering with a forward-thinking, highly regulated organisation that's investing heavily in its data capability - and they're looking for a Data Architect to play a pivotal role in defining and delivering their data vision.
This is a high-impact position where you'll influence long-term strategy, modernise architecture, and help shape a best-in-class data platform.
The role:
As a key member of the data leadership ecosystem, you'll:
Drive the data vision and design architecture aligned with enterprise principles and long-term business objectives
Define and deliver best-in-class architecture across data platforms, management, modelling, quality, and storage
Partner with IT, Data Office, business stakeholders, analysts and data science teams to translate consumer needs into scalable solutions
Develop conceptual, logical and physical data models to support analytics, APIs and advanced data use cases
Identify limitations in legacy models and design clear transition paths to target-state architecture
Establish and govern data standards, processes and guidelines to ensure robust data quality
Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies across data management and analytics
Contribute to training and upskilling initiatives across architecture and data disciplines
Experience needed:
Proven experience designing enterprise-level data architectures in complex, regulated environments
Strong expertise in data modelling (conceptual, logical, physical)
Experience building or modernising data platforms
Deep understanding of data governance, quality frameworks and regulatory compliance (e.g. GDPR, BCBS239 or similar)
Ability to operate strategically while remaining hands-on when required
Confident stakeholder engagement skills across technical and non-technical audiences
Please apply asap if interested - Glee IT - Data architect
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