Data Architect

Job Title: Data Architect

Clearance Required: SC

Duration: 6 months

Location: Telford with 2 days/week in office

Data architect responsibilities:

• A data architect designs and builds data models to fulfil the strategic data needs of the organisation, as defined by chief data architects.

At this role level, you will:

• Design, support and provide guidance for the upgrade, management, decommission and archive of data in compliance with data policy
• Provide input into data dictionaries
• Define and maintain the data technology architecture, including metadata, integration and Business Intelligence or data warehouse architecture

Communicating between the technical and non-technical

• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Support and host discussions within a multidisciplinary team, with potentially difficult dynamics
• Be an advocate for the team externally, and can manage differing perspectives

Communicating data

• Show an awareness that data needs to be aligned to the needs of the end user
• Create basic visuals and presentations

Data analysis and synthesis

• Undertake data profiling and source system analysis
• Present clear insights to colleagues to support the end use of the data

Data governance (data architect)

• Understand what data governance is required
• Take responsibility for the assurance of data solutions and make recommendations to ensure compliance

Data innovation

• Show an awareness of opportunities for innovation with new tools and uses of data

Data modelling

• Explain the concepts and principles of data modelling
• Produce, maintain and update relevant data models for an organisation's specific needs
• Reverse-engineer data models from a live system

Data standards (data architect)

• Develop data standards for a specific component
• Analyse where data standards have been applied or breached, and undertake an impact analysis of that breach

Metadata management

• Work with metadata repositories to complete complex tasks such as data and systems integration impact analysis
• Maintain a repository to ensure information remains accurate and up to date

Problem management

• Initiate and monitor actions to investigate patterns and trends to resolve problems
• Effectively consult specialists where required
• Determine the appropriate Remedy and assist with its implementation
• Determine preventative measures

Strategic thinking

• Explain the strategic context of your work and why it is important
• Support strategic planning in an administrative capacity

Turning business problems into data design

• Design data architecture by dealing with specific business problems and aligning it to enterprise-wide standards and principles
• Work within the context of well understood architecture, and identify appropriate patterns