Salary: £100,000 - 100,000 per year Requirements:

Experience leading multiple teams as a data solution architect, with ownership of a system of systems
Experience designing, building, and productionising modern data-intensive applications, including orchestration and operations
Broad knowledge of the full spectrum of data technologies, including data ingestion, transformation, storage, presentation, and consumption
Strategic design thinking experience, including problem conceptualisation, approach and roadmap definition, architecture realisation, and risk management
Comfortable with traditional and contemporary data warehousing concepts
Experience deploying data-processing platforms from vendors such as AWS, Azure, GCP, or Databricks
Comfortable in one or more of Java, Scala, or Python, with the ability to be hands-on when required
Demonstrated ability to manage, coach, and develop team members and the wider community
Knowledge of wider data architecture concepts such as Master Data Management, masking, data governance, provenance, and lineage is desirable
Experience with technical evaluation and product selection is desirable
Comfortable with data integration techniques such as messaging, queuing, change data capture, or data virtualisation is desirable

Responsibilities:

Lead multi-skilled agile teams to design and deliver contemporary data solutions
Implement functional and non-functional designs successfully
Work closely with ops and infrastructure architects to productionise robust, resilient, and maintainable data solutions
Work closely with customer architects to agree functional and non-functional designs
Advise, question, inform, and help customers make sound solution design decisions
Develop policy and standards with peers, share knowledge, and mentor others
Manage and estimate timelines underpinning solution delivery
Own technical solution design as part of a pre-sales process
Make a significant contribution to the data community and wider data capability
Manage, coach, and develop a small number of staff, including employee performance and career development
Provide direction for the team while solving problems together

Technologies:

AWS
Architect
Azure
Databricks
GCP
Java
Python
Scala
Cloud
Support

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last updated 44 week of 2026

Data Solution Architect

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