Data Architect - Financial Services - Up to 73K

Solihull - Hybrid working (3 days per week onsite)

We’re partnering with a forward-thinking, highly regulated organisation that’s investing heavily in its data capability - and they’re looking for a Data Architect to play a pivotal role in defining and delivering their data vision.

This is a high-impact position where you’ll influence long-term strategy, modernise architecture, and help shape a best-in-class data platform.

The role:

As a key member of the data leadership ecosystem, you’ll:

• Drive the data vision and design architecture aligned with enterprise principles and long-term business objectives
• Define and deliver best-in-class architecture across data platforms, management, modelling, quality, and storage
• Partner with IT, Data Office, business stakeholders, analysts and data science teams to translate consumer needs into scalable solutions
• Develop conceptual, logical and physical data models to support analytics, APIs and advanced data use cases
• Identify limitations in legacy models and design clear transition paths to target-state architecture
• Establish and govern data standards, processes and guidelines to ensure robust data quality
• Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies across data management and analytics
• Contribute to training and upskilling initiatives across architecture and data disciplines

Experience needed:

• Proven experience designing enterprise-level data architectures in complex, regulated environments
• Strong expertise in data modelling (conceptual, logical, physical)
• Experience building or modernising data platforms
• Deep understanding of data governance, quality frameworks and regulatory compliance (e.g. GDPR, BCBS239 or similar)
• Ability to operate strategically while remaining hands-on when required
• Confident stakeholder engagement skills across technical and non-technical audiences

Please apply asap if interested - Glee IT - Data architect

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