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By combining deep technical expertise with people-centred design, we create solutions that deliver meaningful, lasting impact.\nOur consultants partner directly with client teams, embedding into organisations to understand their goals, challenges, and users. This collaborative approach enables us to deliver tailored solutions that drive measurable outcomes across public and private sectors.\nPast and present clients include the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, UEFA, International Olympic Committee, and Mercedes-Benz. Our services span the full digital delivery lifecycle, including architecture, engineering, delivery management, user-centred design, business analysis, data, DevOps, and AI.\nWe operate as a collaborative and inclusive organisation that empowers our people to take ownership, innovate, and develop their expertise. As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and social mobility, while creating opportunities for our teams to work on meaningful projects that deliver lasting impact\nAbout You:\nYou are a motivated and adaptable professional with a strong analytical mindset and a passion for using technology to solve real-world problems. You enjoy working in collaborative, agile teams and take pride in delivering high-quality solutions that make a tangible impact. With strong communication skills and a consultative approach, you’re comfortable engaging with clients, understanding their needs, and translating them into effective outcomes.\nThe Role:\nWe are looking for experienced Data Architects to work on our projects with our public sector clients, helping to deliver Solirius’ services to the highest standard.\nThe role will involve working with multiple business and technical stakeholders, helping them to design data solutions and architectures which will then be implemented by the delivery teams.\nAs a Data Architect, you will be expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy, using your experience and judgement to resolve complex data and architectural challenges in alignment with client needs. You will proactively manage escalations and take ownership of delivering effective, scalable, and secure data solutions.\nSuccessful candidates will also be expected to take an active role in practice development: developing new data services to help with Solirius’ business development - creating and updating data architecture artefacts, liaising with other Solirius practices to maintain practice profile and contributing to the development of more junior practice members.\nIn addition to technical leadership, you will play a key role in identifying and shaping new business opportunities, working closely with stakeholders across client organisations to understand strategic objectives and deliver value-driven, data-led outcomes.\nYou must be a strong and confident communicator, capable of influencing both technical and non-technical audiences. You will lead and mentor technical teams, build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups, and foster collaborative, cross-functional working environments.\nYour role will require innovative thinking, applying best practices and emerging data technologies to solve complex business problems in creative and pragmatic ways.\nRequirements\nKey Responsibilities:\nDesign end-to-end data architectures that meet business, technical, and security requirements.\nTranslate business and analytical requirements into scalable, secure, and cost-effective data platforms.\nEnsure alignment with enterprise data architecture, data strategy, and governance standards.\nLead data architecture reviews and technical design workshops with stakeholders and delivery teams.\nSupport Agile delivery teams, defining MVP data architecture and providing ongoing technical direction.\nCollaborate with stakeholders across business, product, and IT to gain buy-in and drive data-driven decisions.\nDefine data models, data flows, metadata standards, and integration patterns.\nContribute to data engineering, automation, and infrastructure-as-code practices for delivery at scale.\nEnsure data security, privacy, compliance, and risk management are embedded in the solution.\nProduce clear data architecture documentation using standards such as conceptual, logical and physical models, C4, Archimate, and cloud-native diagrams, including high-level designs and relevant data artefacts.\nKey Experience:\nExtensive experience in stakeholder engagement and senior-level communication, including C-suite.\nProven experience in client-facing and/or consultancy environments.\nDemonstrated ability to translate complex business and analytical requirements into scalable and resilient data architectures.\nStrong track record in designing and delivering end-to-end data platforms in enterprise settings.\nExpertise in conceptual, logical, and physical data modelling.\nDeep understanding of data platforms, data integration, and analytics architectures.\nAbility to design solutions that meet both functional and non-functional requirements, including performance, scalability, security, and compliance.\nBroad experience with data governance, data quality, master data management, and regulatory requirements.\nKey Skills:\nAdvanced knowledge of cloud data platforms: Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).\nStrong experience with data warehousing, data lakes, and lakehouse architectures.\nHands-on experience with SQL and at least one programming language such as Python, Scala, or Java.\nETL/ELT design and data pipeline orchestration.\nStreaming and event-driven data architectures.\nAgile and DevOps delivery methodologies applied to data platforms (DataOps).\nExpertise in data architecture and modelling (conceptual, logical, and physical).\nFamiliarity with modern integration technologies and patterns (e.g., API-driven, event streaming, service mesh).\nBenefits\nCompetitive Salary\nBonus Scheme\nPrivate Healthcare Insurance\n25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays\nUp to 10 days allocated for development training per year\nEnhanced Parental Leave\nPaid Fertility Leave (5 Days)\nContributory Pension\nEAP with Help@Hand\nGym Membership Benefits\nFlexible Benefits Allowance\nCycle to Work and Electric Vehicle schemes\nFlexible Working\nAnnual Away Days/Company Socials\nDiversity and Inclusion\nAs an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to creating a work environment that supports, celebrates, encourages and respects all individuals, where all processes are based on merit, competence and business needs.\nEncouraging high social mobility is really important to us. We foster an inclusive culture by welcoming different perspectives, enabling equitable opportunities and promoting open dialogue. This commitment is reflected in initiatives such as our gender diversity group and our focus on mental health and wellbeing. 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