Summary: The Ministry of Justice is seeking a Senior Data Architect for a 6-month hybrid contract, requiring SC Clearance. The role involves collaborating with stakeholders to design data architectures and models that support analytical and operational needs, particularly in the context of modernizing legal aid data systems. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in data modeling and architecture, as well as strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to interpret organizational data needs and represent them in data architecture.
• Design data warehouses for analytical and BI purposes, including conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
• Provide oversight and advice to data and analytics engineers on data artifact production.
• Support the management of data dictionaries and engage with business stakeholders.
• Design data platforms that meet both operational and analytical requirements.
• Establish connectivity with downstream data systems and conduct detailed user needs analysis.
• Develop flexible data models to enable the migration towards modern API-based data extraction.

Key Skills:

• Exceptional data modeling skills and experience producing relevant data models.
• Experience designing data warehouses and metadata systems.
• Ability to design data architecture across different business areas.
• Experience in providing oversight to data and analytics engineers.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
• Proficiency in SQL and jinja, with programming experience in Python.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, ideally AWS, and CI/CD workflows.
• Experience using dbt and implementing best practices.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: IT