Senior Data Architect

Are you passionate about building data platforms that enable great analytics and safe, impactful use of AI? We’re looking for a Senior Data Architect to help shape the future of data, business intelligence, and AI across the Altro Group. This permanent, full‑time, hybrid role (three days a week in the office) is based at our Letchworth Garden City Head office.

Responsibilities include leading the design of our data architecture, guiding data and analytics capabilities for dashboards, advanced analytics and AI, and working closely with technical teams and business stakeholders to turn ideas into practical, future‑ready solutions.

• Hybrid working (minimum of 3 days a week on site)
• Single company funded private medical via BUPA
• Starting holiday entitlement of 25 days, with the option to buy more
• Defined contribution pension scheme
• Life assurance from day one
• Occupational Sick Pay and onsite Occupational Health Service
• Confidential 24‑hour life management and personal support service for you and your family
• Enhanced family‑friendly benefits, including Maternity, Paternity, and Shared Parental Leave
• Free eye tests for all employees
• A paid day off each year for volunteering
• Free car parking at all sites
• Long service awards
• Learning and Development support, regardless of your career stage
• Various social events, including the company Christmas party
• Retirement advice and support

• Help shape our long‑term data, analytics, and AI strategy.
• Plan how our data platforms will grow to support reporting, predictive analytics, machine learning, and generative AI.
• Work with teams across the business to spot high‑value AI opportunities and turn them into clear architectural requirements.

• Design data platforms that support everyday reporting as well as advanced analytics and AI workloads.
• Make sure data is high‑quality, easy to understand, and well‑documented.
• Create an environment that allows safe experimentation and innovation.

• Lead on our semantic layer, data models, and Power BI architecture.
• Build and govern standard datasets used for:
  • Executive reporting
  • Self‑service BI
  • Data science and AI
• Oversee performance, security, and lifecycle management of analytics assets.

• Embed strong data governance, ensuring quality, transparency, and responsible use of data.
• Support GDPR compliance and work with security, legal, and risk to ensure safe use of AI and sensitive data.
• Help define AI guardrails and usage policies.

• Offer technical guidance to data analysts and developers.
• Create standards, documentation, and training materials.
• Deliver knowledge‑sharing sessions to help the IT team build capability.
• Work with external vendors and partners supporting our data and AI platforms.
• Look for opportunities to improve processes through data and automation.

• Strong experience designing data architectures in a business environment.
• Understanding of analytics, Power BI, and modern AI/ML technologies.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain complex ideas simply.
• Enjoys collaborating with others and influencing best practice.
• Driven to help build a data‑driven, AI‑ready organization.

Everyone is welcome at Altro for who they are, no matter what their background is or how they identify. We appreciate that everyone is different and with that diverse uniqueness we can all thrive. We don’t want you to just work here. We want you to belong here.