Lead Data Architect ( AWS )
Hybrid
London, United Kingdom
Freelance
13-03-2025
Job Specifications
Smartedge’s Client is looking for an individual to help with their Lead Data Architect
Job Details :
Role Name : Lead Data Architect
Role Location : London, UK/Hybrid
Role Type : Contract
Job Description :
A senior data architect role responsible creating a data strategy across Front and Back Office.
The expectation will be to document and understand the current data architecture, create a future state design and roadmap to get there.
The strategy needs to consider data governance, categorization, tooling and data platforms.
The firm is in the middle of a transition programme to cloud, with existing systems and services being migrated onto AWS as part of a larger shift towards a cloud first model.
As such it is an exciting time to be joining the firm right now as we build out our cloud footprint to meet current needs and position ourselves for further growth.
Principal duties:
• Documentation and categorisation of firm’s enterprise data
• Designing data strategy including governance
• Design of enterprise data platform
• Mentor team with data architecture knowledge
• Contribute to the department Cloud strategy
Skills and Experiences:
• Substantial experience as a data architect
• Experience migrating and building enterprise data platforms in AWS
• Background in data development or engineering
• SQL
• Knowledge of the full trade lifecycle
• Self-starter and keen to drive initiatives to completion
• Keen intelligence and problem-solving ability
• Good communication / teamwork skills
Useful but not essential
Good knowledge of and/or experience in the following areas are a plus:
• Financial services domain knowledge
• Postgres / Aurora
• Spring, SpringBoot, JPA, Hibernate
• Maven, Jenkins
If this sounds like a role you would be interested in or if you know someone in this field.
Connect with me or email me at mohit.r@smartedgesolutions.co.uk
Alternatively, you can call me on Tel: 44 2035002132
About the Company
Smartedge is a globally recognised Technology firm established in the year 2005. We are headquartered in London with 15 offices globally, and offer a full range of IT Services and Professional Recruitment Services (PRS) across Europe. Our reputation in the IT and Engineering domain coupled with an excellent consultant network across Europe, with an in-house authenticated database of 100,000+ consultants helps us to be truly SMART in our solutions. Smartedge Brand Promise: We are committed to transforming your organi... Know more
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