Data Architect

Responsibilities

• Primarily supporting the design, development and deployment of data and analytics-led solutions
• Produce application specific designs based on a pre-defined high-level global architecture/platform.
• Contribute to evolution and development of the global architecture/platform.
• Provide necessary governance to ensure alignment with program principles and agreed architectures, including creating and presenting material to relevant governance bodies.
• Support both the business and engineering teams regarding elaboration of requirements and lower-level designs documenting key decisions and risks.

Skills

• Strong data background (data storage, transformation, event processing, APIs, IAM, security)
• Beneficial to have knowledge/experience of analytics solutions (ML/AI & BI) - note though that this is not a Data Scientist role.
• Google Cloud Platform & Hadoop experience/skills (as this is where the solutions are being developed/deployed)
• Proven strength in conceptual and logical thinking, ability to abstract information and look at the bigger picture. Proven analysis skills. Experience in managing and resolving complex issues.
• Ability to articulate and present solutions at the right level for a wide audience.
• Experience of working within a large, complex and geographically dispersed programme