Principal Architect Data

Overview

Principal Data Architect (Contract) – lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale cloud data platforms for a large, complex organisation. This is a hands-on architecture role with ownership across data strategy, platform design, governance and delivery.

• Own and define enterprise data architecture across large-scale initiatives
• Design logical and physical data models and platform architectures
• Lead cloud data platform implementations and migrations
• Define data governance, security, lineage, RBAC and compliance controls
• Oversee data pipelines, ETL/ELT, CDC, streaming and integrations
• Optimise performance and cost across platforms such as Snowflake and Azure
• Support analytics, reporting, ML and AI use cases
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders

• Strong background in Data Architecture and Cloud Data Platforms
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake, Azure, Databricks and/or Microsoft Fabric
• Data integration, ETL/ELT, APIs, streaming technologies
• Data modelling (relational, dimensional, No
  
  SQL)
• Data governance, security, GDPR and compliance frameworks
• Experience delivering complex data migrations or modernisation programmes

This role suits a senior/principal-level architect who enjoys ownership, delivery and influencing at scale.

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