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# Data Architect

- **Company:** Neweasy
- **Location:** Weybridge, UK
- **Salary:** £162,500.0 - £169,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Data Architecture, Data Governance, Data Retention, Data Systems, Metadata, Enterprise Data Management, SC Clearance, Data Lineage, Data Management, Databricks
- **Published:** August 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/data-architect/57265615

## About the Role

* Active SC clearance, with sufficient validity to support the initial contract term.
 * Experience working as a Data Architect, Data Solutions Architect or Data Management Architect within a large or regulated organisation.
 * Strong knowledge of data governance, retention, deletion, metadata, data lineage and lifecycle-management principles.
 * Experience defining data architecture standards, controls and reusable patterns for cloud or enterprise data platforms.
 * Ability to translate policy, compliance and business requirements into practical technical guardrails.
 * Experience engaging stakeholders across architecture, engineering, product, compliance and policy functions.
 * Knowledge of modern cloud data platforms and architectural approaches; Databricks and medallion architecture experience would be beneficial but is not essential.
 * Familiarity with data modelling, data catalogues, master data management or governance tooling such as Informatica Axon and Enterprise Data Catalog would be advantageous.

## Description

We are recruiting a Data Architect to support a major data modernisation programme within a complex central government environment. The role will focus on data retention and deletion, helping establish the governance, architecture and controls required as the organisation transitions its data estate to a modern cloud-based platform. This position combines data architecture and management expertise with extensive stakeholder engagement across technical, operational, policy and compliance teams.

Role responsibilities

 * Define and maintain data architecture principles, standards and guardrails covering data retention, deletion and lifecycle management.
 * Support the development and implementation of global and local data-retention approaches across multiple products and data domains.
 * Contribute to the alpha phase of a data estate modernisation programme, qualifying use cases, validating requirements and testing architectural assumptions.
 * Work with architecture and engineering teams to embed retention and deletion controls across different layers of the target data platform.
 * Advise product and delivery teams on non-compliant datasets, required remediation and appropriate data-management practices.
 * Lead engagement with technical, compliance, policy and operational stakeholders to resolve dependencies and progress decisions.
 * Produce and review architecture documentation, data models, requirements, options papers and materials for governance forums.
 * Track risks, issues and decisions, ensuring data-management concerns are clearly reported and escalated where required.


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