Strategic Data Architect

Salary: £62,000 - 102,000 per year

Requirements:

• Experience in Data Architecture, Data Modelling or Enterprise Data Strategy.
• Strong understanding of data standards, interoperability and governance.
• Experience designing data lakes, data warehouses, lakehouses, data meshes or modern data platforms.
• Familiarity with metadata management, data catalogues or related tooling.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in complex, ambiguous environments.
• A strategic mindset combined with the ability to drive practical outcomes.
• Desirable: Experience with cloud migration and cloud-native data architecture.
• Desirable: Experience with ontologies, semantic modelling or knowledge graphs.
• Desirable: Experience with AI-enabled data architectures and emerging technologies.
• Desirable: Experience developing enterprise data standards and frameworks.
• DV clearance eligibility requirements: UK residency history with a clear and verifiable background; strong financial integrity with no significant unresolved issues; and the ability to successfully undergo enhanced security vetting and referencing.

Responsibilities:

• Define and evolve enterprise-wide data architecture and strategy.
• Support the transition to a modern cloud-based data platform.
• Develop and embed data standards, architecture principles and governance frameworks.
• Design and assure interoperable data solutions across complex business environments.
• Collaborate with delivery teams to improve data quality, consistency and reuse.
• Contribute to data strategy, metadata management and AI-related initiatives.
• Engage with senior stakeholders to influence architectural decisions and long-term direction.

Technologies:

• AI
• Cloud
• Support
• Security
• Architect

More:

We are recruiting for a strategic data architecture opportunity in London, with five days on-site, within a major organisation undergoing significant transformation. In this role, you will help shape enterprise data, cloud adoption, interoperability, and the foundations for future AI and analytics capabilities, working on large-scale data transformation, cloud migration and enterprise architecture programmes in a highly secure environment. Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien and SRG, part of the Impellam Group portfolio, are acting as the Employment Business for this vacancy.

last updated 39 week of 2026