4359 IT & Software Developer jobs in the UK
Requirements
Must:
- Extensive experience in architecting and designing end-to-end data solutions on cloud platforms, preferably Azure (AWS/GCP useful)
- Demonstrated experience of Azure Data Lake/House, Azure SQL, and Azure Storage
- Knowledge of Power BI and Purview technologies or familiarity with implementing similar architectures
- Understanding and appreciation of information and data governance
- Significant experience working as a data architect in small-medium organisations designing and delivering complex data architectures and models
- Clear understanding of information and data, data integration, business intelligence, analytics, and big data software and systems, along with relevant industry trends
- Experience and knowledge of data modeling tools and their use in creating usable, deployable data models
- Previous experience in the insurance/financial services sector (desirable)
- Experience working with MS Fabric, Databricks or equivalent (desirable)
Responsibilities
- Design enterprise/domain-level data models and information architecture as a Cloud Data Platform SME
- Collaborate with business domains to map business concepts to data models and solutions
- Provide data architecture assurance at programme or project level
- Ensure data is consistent, reusable, high-quality, and governed
- Architect master/reference data strategies and oversee metadata management in collaboration with the Data Governance Lead
- Design data solutions for change projects, contributing to project planning, impact assessments, and estimates
- Create logical and physical data models, APIs, and integration patterns
- Ensure adherence to data standards, design principles, and best practices
- Maintain a technical debt register if identified and drive resolution to agreed standards
- Provide governance oversight across the projects involving data
- Collaborate with DG Lead supporting projects on data governance, lineage, and stewardship
- Ensure adherence to enterprise data architecture principles, data standards, and governance frameworks, maintaining alignment with all regulatory, privacy, and compliance requirements
- Drive architectural reviews and present solutions to Data Design Authority and other Governance Boards for approval
- Ensure adherence with Information Security design patterns and principles
Description
We have a new opportunity for a technical Senior Data Architect to join our Data team. You will play a critical role in shaping and influencing the modernization of our data landscape. This role involves designing and building a governed, cloud-native data platform within a well-known UK financial services brand, shaping the future of data across Finance, Actuarial, Digital, and Operations. This is a fixed-term position for 12 months based in our Bournemouth office, with presence required once a month. We offer an attractive salary and benefits package, including 30 days holiday, a competitive pension scheme, an annual bonus scheme, private medical insurance options, flexible benefits, and significant discounts on our products.
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The company with most openings is Experis as they are hiring for 101 different Software Architect jobs in the UK. They are probably quite committed to find good Software Architects.