Solution Architect (Data Architect)

You will bring deep data expertise and architectural insight to help AQA develop a coherent and effective data landscape. You will support the development of organisation-wide data platforms, help define our data strategy, and work closely with colleagues to ensure data solutions align with our broader aims to support learners across the UK., In this role, you'll be responsible for:

• Leading on data-focused solution architecture across enterprise and assessment technology domains.
• Designing and guiding delivery of data platforms and data integrations that meet business needs.
• Shaping AQA's data strategy and contributing to data governance bodies such as the Data Council.

You'll thrive in this role if you enjoy bringing clarity to complex data landscapes and influencing key decisions. We're looking for:

• Experience in architecture with a strong data background.
• Familiarity with TOGAF, Zachman or similar frameworks.
• Ability to present clearly and confidently up to C-suite level.
• Strong analytical mindset with a focus on practical delivery.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

This role gives you the opportunity to shape the future of AQA's data direction. You'll benefit from:

• Exposure to strategic, organisation-wide data initiatives and platforms.
• Opportunities to grow within multiple architecture domains.
• 25 days' annual leave, rising to 30 with service, plus bank holidays and extra closure days at Christmas
• a 35-hour working week with flexible working arrangements
• an excellent contributory pension scheme (6%-11.5% depending on your contribution)
• life assurance, BUPA PMI, and health cash plan
• enhanced maternity and paternity schemes

AQA is the largest provider of academic qualifications taught in schools and colleges in England. With a team of circa 1200 employees, we help young people realise their potential, empowering them to realise life opportunities. Our UK qualifications are highly valued by employers and universities around the world. They are taught mainly in schools and colleges and include GCSEs, AS and A-levels, the Extended Project Qualification, the AQA Baccalaureate, Tech-levels and Technical Awards. We set and mark over half of all GCSEs and A-levels taken in the UK every year. As an independent education charity, our income is reinvested back into AQA's charitable activities. It also funds our cutting-edge research, which sits at the heart of our assessments and supports our initiatives to help young people facing challenges in life realise their potential. Our charitable purpose We have over a century of qualifications expertise dating back to 1903 when our predecessor boards were founded by five leading universities. These public exam boards came into existence to provide an opportunity for young people from a range of backgrounds to access education and make the most of their potential. This commitment to social mobility remains at the heart of AQA's charitable purpose, which is to advance education by enabling teachers and students to realise their potential., AQA Values and behaviours At AQA we work in an open, supportive and collaborative way to achieve great things. Our culture is built on a set of values and behaviours, the foundations of which enable us to bring out the best of ourselves and the great work that we do. Together, we: * Put our customers front and centre * Work and learn together * Step up * Deliver results * Shape tomorrow Equality, diversity and inclusion We believe that everyone benefits when we put equality, diversity and inclusion at the core of what we do. We realise the unique influence and position we have in education and assessment and that we need to continue to use that responsibly. At AQA, we: * Want to make meaningful change * Listen to you * Work for everyone to be represented * Improve our culture as well as our curriculums * Do all we can to make sure no learner is left behind We know we don't have all the answers, but we're committed to keeping you informed and involved with the work we've done, we're doing and the work we want to do in the future.