Data Architect

Clearance: Current SC clearance required, ideally with recent central government exposure

Duration: 6 months

Location: Telford, 2 days per week on site

A major public-sector technology programme is looking for an experienced Data Architect / SAS Architect to support the design, governance and modernisation of SAS-based data services across both legacy SAS and SAS Viya environments.

The role will suit someone who has operated as a technical authority for SAS platforms in large, regulated or enterprise-scale environments, with strong experience integrating SAS with enterprise data warehouse platforms.

• Own the architecture and technical design of SAS-based solutions across legacy SAS and SAS Viya environments
• Provide design assurance and governance for SAS services, ensuring alignment with data platform and enterprise architecture standards
• Support and guide teams consuming data warehouse sources (on prem and/or cloud) from SAS
• Define and document integration patterns between data warehouses and SAS platforms
• Advise on migration, coexistence and modernisation strategies between legacy SAS and Viy
• Act as the technical authority for SAS-related decisions, risks and trade-offs
• Collaborate with data engineers, platform teams and vendors to resolve complex issue
• Ensure solutions consider security, performance, scalability and data quality
• Strong experience as a SAS Architect or Senior SAS Technical Lead
• Hands-on architectural experience with Legacy SAS (Base SAS, SAS Grid, SAS 9.x)
• Proven experience integrating SAS with enterprise data warehouses
• Experience working in regulated or large-scale enterprise environments
• Experience supporting or designing modernisation journeys from legacy SAS to Viya
• SAS Viya (cloud or containerised environments)
• Exposure to cloud platforms
• Familiarity with data lake / lakehouse patterns alongside traditional warehouses
• Experience working in multi-supplier or federated delivery models