Skills

Communication Data Analysis Data Warehousing Data Governance Scrum Strategic thinking Architecture Data Architecture Enterprise Architecture

Job Specifications

Data Architect
Location: Telford (Hybrid - 2 days/week in office)
6 Months
Day Rate: PS570 (Inside IR35)
Security Clearance Required: SC Cleared

My client is looking for an experienced Data Architect to join a high-impact government project focused on combatting fraud within Self-Assessment (SA) registrations.
You'll join a new Scrum team on the Minerva Platform, delivering ingestion and risking capabilities using the SAS Platform (including IDP) and aligned with approved Enterprise Architecture (EA) patterns.

Key Responsibilities
As a Data Architect, you will:

Design, support and guide the upgrade, management, and archiving of data in line with data policies.
Define and maintain data technology architecture, covering metadata, integration, BI, and data warehousing.
Support and contribute to data dictionaries and metadata repositories.
Drive alignment between data design and business needs, ensuring compliance with governance standards.
Essential Skills & Experience
You should be confident working at both strategic and hands-on levels. You'll bring expertise in:
Data Architecture & Modelling

Create, update, and reverse-engineer data models
Align data architecture to business problems and enterprise-wide standards
Data Governance & Standards

Ensure compliance with data policies
Develop, assess and enforce data standards
Data Integration & Metadata Management

Perform impact analysis for data and system integration
Maintain accurate metadata repositories
Data Analysis & Communication

Perform data profiling and analysis of source systems
Present insights clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Create visualisations and basic presentations
Strategic Thinking & Innovation

Support planning with a strategic lens
Stay informed of new tools and innovative approaches to data
Problem Management

Investigate data issues, identify patterns and implement remedies

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