Data Architect - SITS System
Posted Today by WEG Tech
£73 Per hour
Undetermined
Hybrid
Coventry, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Data Architect (SITS) role at the University of Warwick is a temporary position focused on implementing a new Akari system. The position requires extensive expertise in SITS and enterprise-level data architecture to ensure effective integration and transformation of curriculum data. The architect will provide authoritative direction on data governance and integration across various systems while minimizing risks associated with the program. This role is pivotal in establishing a consistent architectural approach and supporting future initiatives reliant on curriculum data.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide deep, hands-on SITS data architecture expertise.
- Define and assure the target curriculum data architecture.
- Demonstrate understanding of the Akari academic data model.
- Define and document the canonical curriculum data model for the University.
- Establish data ownership, authoritative sources, and lifecycle rules.
- Define data standards, including identifiers and coding principles.
- Design a hybrid operating model for curriculum structures.
- Produce architectural outputs reviewed through established governance.
- Provide time-bound enterprise data architecture leadership.
Key Skills:
- Strong working history and understanding of SITS.
- Good Data Architecture experience (Min 4 Years).
- Knowledge of Data Configuration and Governance.
- Strong Leadership and Project Management skills.
- Lower-level system integration experience.
- Data Point Mapping experience.
- Good documentation and organization skills.
Salary (Rate): £66.00/hr
City: Coventry
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Data Architect (SITS) – Temporary Position – 9 Month Duration £550 Per Day Hybrid Working 36.5 Hrs Per Week
We are seeking an experienced Data Architect to introduce a new Akari system within the University of Warwick. Working with a Solution Architect and an Integration Team, the role requires strong and deep expertise of SITS and enterprise level data architectural oversight to ensure a safe integration and transformation without major issue of a new system. A specialist Data Architect will provide authoritative architectural direction on how curriculum data is handled, governed, and integrated across Akari, SITS, and downstream systems. This role is intended to remove risk from the programme, establish a consistent architectural approach, and support future initiatives that rely on curriculum data.
The post holder:
- Will provide deep, hands-on SITS data architecture expertise, grounded in how SITS is configured and used in practice to support curriculum
- Be accountable for defining and assuring the target curriculum data architecture, grounded in what is practically achievable within SITS
- Must be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of the Akari academic data model and the project intent for Akari to operate as the single source of truth
Deliverables
- Enterprise (Domain) Data Architecture
- Define and document the canonical curriculum data model for the University.
- Establish data ownership, authoritative sources, and lifecycle rules across Akari, SITS, and downstream systems.
- Define data standards, including identifiers, coding principles, and referential integrity expectations
- Define logical mappings and transformation rules between Akari and SITS.
- Identify where rule-based automation is feasible and where exceptions or manual handling will be required.
- Design a hybrid operating model that supports:
- Curriculum structures in SITS that can align to the new model.
- Legacy structures that cannot immediately align.
- Ensure integration approaches are supportable, auditable, and scalable
- Integration and Hybrid Model Design
- Target SITS data architecture and configuration recommendations.
- Akari–SITS mapping and transformation principles and rules.
- A hybrid data and operating model.
- Governance and Ways of Working
- The architect will:
- Operate under the sponsorship of the Architecture / Design Authority.
- Produce architectural outputs that are reviewed and approved through established governance.
- Provide time bound enterprise data architecture leadership for the curriculum domain.
Role Requirements
- A strong working history and understanding of SITS
- Good Data Architecture experience (Min 4 Years)
- Good knowledge of Data Configuration and Governance
- Strong Leadership and Project Management skills
- Good lower-level system integration experience
- Good Data Point Mapping experience
- Good documentation and organisation skills
For more information please forward your latest CV to Pete.Hampshire@warwick.ac.uk
Warwick Employment Group is acting as an internal recruiter for this vacancy.