Senior Data Architect
London, hybrid working
Up to £95,000 per annum + Bonus

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced and engaging Senior Data Architect, to join a well-known organisation within the legal sector.

The successful applicant will step into a pivotal position as a Senior Data Architect and will play a vital role in the company's growth. The role is hands-on, giving you the opportunity to shepherd programs from inception to completion. Your knack for navigating commercial landscapes and adept stakeholder management skills will be invaluable.

Main Responsibilities:

• Design and implement effective database solutions and models to store and retrieve data including Data Lake and Data Warehousing
• Assess database implementation procedures to ensure they comply with GDPR and data compliance
• Design conceptual and logical data models and flowcharts
• Provide advice to project teams and oversee the management of the full data production life cycle
• Responsible for making sure systems are designed in accordance with data architecture designs and principles
• Accountable for designing solutions that meet people, process and technology needs and provide a route from the As-Is to the To-Be.
• Accountable for ensuring the as is data platform landscape is fully understood, documented, and any risks managed
• Accountable for producing quality, clear and consistent outputs that are required through all the phases of a delivery.
• Agree and set the technical direction for the data platform landscape and solutions, for the short and long term, in collaboration with delivery and engineering teams
• Accountable for ensuring data solutions and data models throughout the project or product life cycle, are delivered effectively, and to agreed technical standards.
• Accountable for ensuring stakeholders, technology teams, third parties and vendors, are aligned to the architectural vision.
• Guide, influence and challenge the technology teams and stakeholders to understand the benefits, pros and cons of solution options.

Skills & experience required:

• Strong hands-on experience in Data Warehouse and Data Lake technologies preferably around Azure
• Extensive experience in implementing solutions around DataBricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL, CosmosDB, Cognite Services, Storage Accounts, Azure Service bus, Azure Functions, Event Hub, Synapse and Azure Purview.
• Excellent understanding of Microsoft SQL Server and Datamodelling
• Strong stakeholder management & communication skills
• Experience of working with structured and unstructured datasets
• Able to design a range of architectural solutions
• Data models and ETL
• Data lake and data warehouse end to end architecture
• Experience within media, publishing, research, or a similar consumer focused industry is highly desirable, but not essential

This represents the chance to drive your own technical and professional development within a highly progressive environment. This role is based in London with 2 - 3 days per week required in the office.

If you are interested, please apply for full details.