Lead Data Architect

Salary: £66,000 – £72,000 per year

Reporting to the Head of Data, the Data Architect sits within a team of data professionals.

The Lead Data Architect will work alongside existing data teams and strategic programmes and introduce a cohesive data architecture supporting present and future data needs of SCC.

Main Duties of the Job:

• Support the delivery of the new data strategy.

• Maintain close working relationship with Data Domain Controllers and other business stakeholders to develop excellent understanding of business needs.

• Create and maintain conceptual, logical and physical data models for the operational and analytics structures.

• Work with project teams and Data Domain Controllers as the technical point of contact for data architecture.

• Assume ownership of the deployment and adoption of the metadata management platform. Develop and maintain full understanding and documentation of the data SCC holds and processes, where and how it is stored.

• Ensure transparency and legibility of SCC data architecture; Drive confidence and trust in data through supporting the understanding of the data landscape among SCC teams.

• Propose adequate go-to data models and develop a viable transformation roadmap for successful execution.

• Line-manage the Data Governance Administrator(s) and coordinate work of offshore Data Governance Analysts as required.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at a senior level.

• Able to develop an understanding of the commercial and operational requirements for data and translate this knowledge into tailored optimisation proposals.

• Practical knowledge of conceptual, logical and physical data modelling techniques.

• Knowledge of information and data architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF), technologies, tools and designs.

• Excellent understanding of database theory, design, development, and industry best practices in relational, non-relational and NoSQL technologies.

• Experience with modelling data domains using graph data structures.

• Previous experience implementing data structures in line with current regulatory requirements (e.g. GDPR)

• Exposure to Master Data Management, Data Governance and Metadata Management.

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