Data Architect
Posted 1 week ago by N Consulting Global
Negotiable
Undetermined
Onsite
Northampton, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Data Architect role involves designing and implementing data solutions on AWS Cloud, focusing on data architecture and engineering deliverables. The position requires extensive experience in creating architecture artifacts, ensuring compliance with data standards, and collaborating with various teams to support data integrity and performance. The role also emphasizes the integration of security and privacy controls while driving continuous improvement in data standards. This is a contract position requiring two days of onsite work in Northampton.
Key Responsibilities:
- Understand data requirements and conduct authoritative data source assessments.
- Create and maintain architecture artifacts including data flow diagrams, data dictionaries, and data mapping sheets.
- Design and implement scalable data solutions using cloud-native tools and frameworks.
- Conduct technical assessments and lead proof of concepts for cloud data technologies.
- Ensure compliance with data standards and integrate security and privacy controls.
- Liaise with lead architects and secure mandatory approvals for architecture compliance.
- Collaborate with solution architects and engineering teams to support testing phases.
- Define and enhance data standards and participate in architecture working groups.
- Design and implement integrated fraud-based data solutions that are scalable.
- Assist in planning, architecture, analysis, and design of applications.
Key Skills:
- Minimum 8+ years of experience as a Data Architect.
- Proficiency in AWS Cloud and data warehousing technologies.
- Experience with data flow diagrams, logical/physical data models, and data dictionaries.
- Knowledge of cloud-native tools such as AWS Glue, Snowflake, and Databricks.
- Understanding of data privacy impact assessments and compliance standards.
- Ability to design scalable data pipelines and apply architectural patterns.
- Strong collaboration skills with solution architects and engineering teams.
- Experience in governance and securing architecture approvals.
- Hands-on experience in designing and implementing fraud data architecture.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Northampton
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job title: Data / Solution Architect
Location: Glasgow and Noorthapton
Job type: Contract- 2 days onsite
Minimum 8+ years of experience working as Data Architect for AWS Cloud Dataware house
Data Architecture & Engineering Deliverables
- Understand Data Requirements & Authoritative Data Source Assessment : Engage early to capture business and technical data needs.
- Create and Maintain Architecture Artifacts :
- Data Flow Diagrams (DFD) and Logical/Physical Data Models for end-to-end lineage.
- Data Dictionary : Define entities, attributes, naming conventions, encryption/tokenization requirements, and traceability for compliance.
- Data Mapping Sheets : Document source-to-target mappings, lineage, and transformation logic for all critical flows.
- Data Privacy Impact Assessment (DPIA) for sensitive data projects.
- Update Architecture Vision and Security Components : Ensure alignment with AVD (Architecture Vision Delta) and security design decisions.
Cloud & Platform Responsibilities
- Design and Implement Data Solutions :
- Design & Build scalable pipelines (Batch and real-time) using cloud-native tools/frameworks (DIHOP, DIHOC, AWS Glue, DBT, Snowflake, Databricks).
- Apply architectural patterns for data lakes, streaming, and batch processing.
- Exposure to cloud technologies – Snowflake, Redshift, Apache Flink and Apache Kafka.
- Technical POCs
- Technical assessment of Cloud data technologies to leverage considering Fraud Business and technical requirements
- Design, execute and lead POC’s involving Cloud technologies to validate/support the assessment.
- Ensure Compliance with Data Standards :
- Apply Barclays Data Architecture Capability Directives and DACM patterns for governance and quality.
- Integrate Security and Privacy Controls :
- Tokenization, masking, and encryption for PII/PCI data across ingestion and storage layers.
Governance & Approvals
- Liaise with Lead Architects Guild and Control Tribes :
- Present artifacts for review and sign-off in forums like TAC , EDP ARB , and Fraud Design Authority .
- Secure Mandatory Approvals :
- CAF1 (Non-Prod) and CAF2 (Prod) for environment readiness.
- CARA, DPIA and DARB for architecture compliance.
Collaboration & Lifecycle Support
- Work with Solution Architects and Engineering Teams :
- Assist in solution design, low-level design, and component build.
- Support SIT, OAT, and E2E testing phases for data integrity and performance.
- Service Transition & RTB Handover :
- Ensure smooth deployment and operational readiness for production environments.
Continuous Improvement & Standards
- Define and Enhance Standards : Contribute to Data Dictionary and Data Mapping standards and aide-memoires for consistency.
- Participate in Architecture Working Groups : Drive adoption of reusable patterns, accelerators, and compliance frameworks.
- Works closely with CTO, CDO and other Solution Architects to deliver Fraud solutions at highest standards.
- Responsible for designing, sustaining & enhancing Fraud data architecture
- Responsible for hands-on design and implementation of integrated Fraud based data solutions that are scalable, built for rapid change and meets functional and non-functional requirements
- Assist in planning, architecture, analysis, and design of applications and integrate with legacy systems