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Technical Architect - Data Platforms
£95,000 - 95,000
IO Associates
Charing Cross, South East London
£95,000 - 95,000
Requirements
Must:
- Strong experience designing modern cloud-based data platforms.
- Hands-on architectural experience with AWS (essential): S3, EMR, Glue.
- Experience with Kafka and event streaming architectures.
- Proficiency in Python & PySpark-based data processing.
- Experience designing data ingestion pipelines (both batch and real-time).
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
- Familiarity with GitHub-based workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with data lake and lakehouse architectures.
- Strong understanding of data ingestion patterns, transformation, and curation layers.
- Ability to design for large-scale datasets.
- Experience supporting cloud migrations.
- Knowledge of Azure & Microsoft Fabric & Databricks is beneficial.
- Familiarity with event-driven and streaming-first architectures at scale.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and cross-team collaboration skills.
- Ability to operate within existing governance and standards.
- Pragmatic decision-making that balances delivery pace and technical quality.
- Excellent communication skills to translate complex architecture into actionable guidance.
- Experience in large, complex enterprise environments.
- Ability to obtain and hold UK SC Clearance.
Responsibilities
- Define and evolve technical architecture patterns for data ingestion, processing, and access.
- Design scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient data solutions within a Hub and Spoke model.
- Support the design of new data ingestion pipelines (batch and real-time).
- Ensure alignment with organizational architectural standards and governance frameworks.
- Contribute to target architecture roadmaps.
- Provide architectural guidance across data ingestion (Kafka, APIs, SFTP), processing (PySpark, EMR, Glue), and storage (S3, data lake patterns).
- Collaborate with DevOps, Data Engineers, and Testers for cohesive delivery.
- Promote engineering best practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and observability.
- Ensure robust handling of schema evolution and upstream data changes.
- Support onboarding of new data sources and services into the platform.
- Ensure solutions meet requirements for data quality, consistency, performance, scalability, security, and compliance.
- Work within defined data modeling ownership boundaries where applicable.
- Support cloud strategy evolution and prevent platform lock-in with portable designs.
- Contribute to technical decision-making for future platform direction.
- Work in blended, cross-functional teams.
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring to delivery teams.
- Ensure effective knowledge transfer and capability uplift.
Description
We are a dynamic organization focused on building robust cloud-based data solutions for our diverse portfolio of clients. We offer a collaborative and supportive team environment with opportunities for professional advancement and skills development. Our work culture promotes innovation and best practices in the rapidly evolving field of data architecture. This role is based in the UK and may require the ability to obtain and hold UK SC Clearance.
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