Senior Data Architect

Summary: The Senior Data Architect role at UKRI is a 10-month hybrid contract focused on overseeing the design of enterprise data models in alignment with the UKRI data strategy. The position requires expertise in data governance, innovation, and lifecycle management, ensuring compliance with Government Digital Standards. The role involves advising project teams and managing the full data product lifecycle, including data analysis, governance, and warehousing. The candidate will also work closely with a Solution Architect to support strategic data design and governance processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Advising project teams on data architecture best practices.
• Overseeing the full data product life cycle, including data analysis and synthesis.
• Data governance.
• Data innovation and modelling.
• Metadata management.
• Data warehousing and lifecycle management.
• Data science and strategy implementation.
• Architectural oversight across data platform and AI projects.
• Guiding data projects through governance processes and aligning with data strategy.

Key Skills:

• Experience working within the public sector or in grant-giving organisations or academic publishing.
• Previous work in AI or large scale data modelling projects.
• Strong understanding of Government Digital Standards, privacy, and security regulations.
• Experience delivering in Agile environments and governed projects.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Swindon

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: IT