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# Senior Data Architect

- **Company:** WorldPay
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Architectural Patterns, Data Architecture, Data Governance, Data Retention, Data Warehousing, Database Design, Software Design Patterns, Event-Driven Programming, NoSQL, Systems Development Life Cycle, HybridCloud, Information Technology
- **Published:** May 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4e7793973e2d9b63

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Quality management?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Proven experience as a data architect with a track record of designing and implementing complex data architecture solutions in enterprise environments.

 * Expertise in data modelling, database design and data warehousing concepts.
 * Proficiency in relational and noSQL databases
 * Experience of data governance and data quality management.
 * Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision making skills.
 * Effective communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders and drive consensus.
 * Proven leadership abilities
 * Expertise with end-to-end systems development life cycles and a background leading large projects.
 * A bachelor's in computer science or engineering, or the equivalent experience - post-graduate education desired.
 * Curious - You ask the right questions, listening and learning to get better every day
 * Accountable - You never standing still, never settle. You work at pace to achieve your goals.
 * Inclusive - You collaborate, encouraging others to perform at their best, always welcoming new perspectives.

## Description

* Lead the design of scalable, resilient, and high-performance data architectures that meet strategic business objectives.
 * Documenting and communicate architecture roadmaps and designs to business and technical audiences.
 * Provide solution design leadership to engineering teams and accountability across data architectures in multiple domains.
 * Establish and maintain a library of reusable functional component models for Global Payments product lines.
 * Building highly scalable services in hybrid cloud environments, leveraging modern day design patterns including event driven system design.
 * Standardising architecture documentation and applying technology governance around platform architectural patterns.
 * Exploring new business domains and providing architectural oversight to impact on existing platform capabilities.
 * Support audit and compliance requirements such as encryption, security, and data retention.


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