Data Architect

Data Solution Architect

Contract: 6 months
Engagement: Inside IR35
Location: 100% Remote
Start Date: ASAP
Clearance: Active SC clearance, used within the last 12 months. Previous or lapsed SC clearance will not be considered.
Additional: Contract-to-permanent potential if candidate interested

*Active SC Clearance Essential (Must have been used within the last 12 months)*

We're looking for a senior Data Solution Architect to support a major public sector programme, owning end-to-end data architecture assurance, migration strategy and technical governance. The role is approximately 70% assurance and 30% design, reviewing and challenging supplier-led designs to ensure a cohesive end-to-end solution.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and govern end-to-end data architecture in line with enterprise principles, business requirements and security standards
• Provide architectural assurance of third-party supplier designs, ensuring effective integration
• Lead and assure complex data migrations across Legacy, cloud and hybrid environments (one-off and delta), including ETL, address cleansing and transformation
• Assess migration testing strategies (dip sampling, aggregated result comparisons, accuracy validation)
• Produce and review HLDs, data strategies, architecture decisions and roadmaps
• Provide technical input into DPIAs, data sharing agreements and information governance
• Ensure MoPI/PIRM retention and disposal requirements and evidential data preservation are met
• Coordinate suppliers, security, infrastructure and business stakeholders to manage dependencies and risks

Essential Skills

• Proven experience as a Data Solution Architect, Enterprise Data Architect or similar
• Active SC clearance
• Experience designing and assuring complex enterprise data architectures, ideally in government or secure environments
• Delivery and assurance of large-scale data migration programmes (one-off and delta)
• Strong knowledge of ETL, cleansing, transformation and migration testing
• Understanding of data governance, retention and disposal
• Experience working with multiple suppliers on end-to-end technical solutions
• Strong stakeholder engagement across business and technical audiences
• Experience producing and reviewing HLDs and technical design documentation

Desirable

• Power BI and data warehousing techniques
• Enterprise data platforms, particularly medallion architecture
• Common Data Warehouse (CDW), POLE stores and enterprise data archives
• Search/analytics integration
• Integration with professional standards and internal investigation systems
• Preserving the evidential integrity of archived data

Please apply below, and ensure you only apply if you have Active SC Clearance