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Within Data Platforms, our ambition is to build a modern, resilient, and scalable data foundation across the Group. We are transforming our technology landscape by combining cloud and on-premise strengths, modernizing how data is stored, processed, integrated, and distributed, and raising engineering standards across all domains. You will join a team at the centre of this transformation, helping turn complex challenges into secure, reliable, and high-performing capabilities that enable teams to deliver faster and with greater confidence.\nAs a Technical Architect, you will drive the cloud transformation of the Group’s data platforms. You will define hybrid target architectures and lead the migration of data, processing workloads, and data flows from on-premise environments to the cloud, balancing innovation with security, resilience, and operational continuity. 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