The Role
We are currently recruiting for a Data Architect.
This opportunity sits at the centre of a major data transformation programme, helping a leading energy company establish trusted, governed data foundations while delivering a business-critical financial analysis platform.
The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping how data is managed, consumed and leveraged across the organisation.
This is a hands-on architecture role that combines strategic leadership with detailed solution design.
You'll work closely with business stakeholders, architects, engineers and delivery teams to create scalable, governed data solutions that enable trusted decision-making across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and document architecture standards, patterns and best practices for data management and governance
- Design frameworks covering data products, data quality, metadata management and layered data architecture
- Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure architectural standards are consistently adopted
- Partner with business stakeholders to translate requirements into practical, maintainable solutions
- Produce logical and physical data models to support solution delivery
- Create clear and detailed ETL specifications for development teams
- Provide architectural oversight for the implementation of a scalable medallion architecture
- Work closely with enterprise architects and technology leaders to align with wider organisational standards
- Support delivery teams with guidance on data engineering best practices and solution design
Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong experience as a Data Architect within complex enterprise environments
- Hands-on experience with AWS
- Strong knowledge of Databricks
- Proven experience using Collibra
- Expertise in data governance, data quality, metadata management and data product design
- Strong data modelling capabilities
- Experience gathering and analysing business requirements
- Knowledge of layered data architectures and modern data platform design
- Experience designing and implementing medallion architecture
- Ability to create comprehensive ETL and integration specifications
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
Desirable Experience
- Previous experience within the energy or utilities sector
- Exposure to delivering data foundations for advanced analytics and AI initiatives
Rate:
£650/day
Location:
Leeds
IR35 Status:
Outside
Remote Status:
Hybrid
Industry:
Data & Analytics
Seniority Level:
Not Specified