Senior Data Architect

Senior Data Architect

Location: London Paddington Office - 2/3 days per week

Salary: £100-115k + Bonus

Type: Permanent

No Sponsorship Available

Overview:

Are you an experienced Data Architect looking to shape the future of enterprise data platforms? We're working with a leading global organisation that is investing heavily in cloud, data and AI transformation. As part of this growth, they're looking for a Senior Data Architect to design and deliver enterprise-scale data platforms that power advanced analytics, machine learning and AI solutions. This is an opportunity to work on large-scale transformation programmes, influencing data strategy and architecture while working with some of the latest cloud technologies.

The Role:

As a Senior Data Architect, you'll be responsible for designing scalable, secure and high-performing data platforms across cloud environments. You'll work closely with technical teams, stakeholders and business leaders to define architecture, establish best practices and deliver modern data solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and architect enterprise-scale cloud data platforms.
• Define data architecture strategies, standards and governance.
• Deliver modern data solutions using Databricks, Snowflake, AWS and GCP.
• Enable advanced analytics, AI and machine learning capabilities.
• Work closely with engineering, data and business teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure solutions are secure, scalable and aligned with business objectives.

Skills & Experience:

• Enterprise Data Architecture.
• Databricks.
• Snowflake.
• AWS and/or GCP.
• Designing modern cloud data platforms.
• Data Lakes, Data Warehouses and Lakehouse architectures.
• Data governance, security and architecture best practices.
• AI, Machine Learning or Data Science platforms (highly desirable).
• Banking, Financial Services or other highly regulated industries (preferred)