Data Solutions Architect (SC cleared)

Data Solutions Architect

London - 3 Days Per Week Onsite

Active SC Clearance Required

6-Month Contract

£652.20 per day (Inside IR35)

We are seeking an experienced Data Solutions Architect to join a high-profile programme delivering complex data and analytics capabilities within a secure and regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end data solutions that align with business, technical, security, and operational requirements
• Produce high-quality architecture artefacts including HLDs, LLDs, architecture decision records, and options assessments
• Define current-state, target-state, and transition architectures, including phased delivery roadmaps
• Ensure solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, and operationally supportable
• Provide architectural leadership throughout delivery, supporting technical teams during implementation
• Participate in design reviews, governance forums, and architectural assurance activities
• Work closely with engineering, security, and programme stakeholders to ensure architecture standards are met
• Support architecture documentation, knowledge transfer, and transition planning

Required Experience

• Proven experience in a Data Solutions Architect, Technical Architect, or similar architecture-focused role
• Strong background designing modern cloud-based data and analytics platforms
• Experience working within highly regulated, security-conscious, or complex enterprise environments
• Ability to translate functional and non-functional requirements into robust technical solutions
• Experience producing detailed architecture documentation for governance and assurance purposes
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

Technical Skills

• Cloud data platforms such as Azure Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, or similar
• Distributed data processing technologies, including Spark-based platforms
• Enterprise integration patterns including APIs, event-driven architectures, and service-based solutions
• Platform engineering, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, and DevOps practices
• Cloud landing zones, identity and access management, secure connectivity, and enterprise-scale architecture patterns
• Data architecture, application architecture, infrastructure architecture, and security architecture principles

Desirable Experience

• Experience operating within architecture governance frameworks and design authorities
• Architectural assurance and design review board participation
• Operational resilience and security-focused solution design
• Technology evaluation, options analysis, and vendor selection
• Supporting capability uplift and knowledge transfer within client teams

Contract Details

• 6-Month Initial Contract
• £652.20 per day
• Inside IR35
• London Based
• 3 Days Per Week Onsite
• Active SC Clearance Required

• Proven experience in a Data Solutions Architect, Technical Architect, or similar architecture-focused role
• Strong background designing modern cloud-based data and analytics platforms
• Experience working within highly regulated, security-conscious, or complex enterprise environments
• Ability to translate functional and non-functional requirements into robust technical solutions
• Experience producing detailed architecture documentation for governance and assurance purposes
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

Technical Skills

• Cloud data platforms such as Azure Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, or similar
• Distributed data processing technologies, including Spark-based platforms
• Enterprise integration patterns including APIs, event-driven architectures, and service-based solutions
• Platform engineering, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, and DevOps practices
• Cloud landing zones, identity and access management, secure connectivity, and enterprise-scale architecture patterns
• Data architecture, application architecture, infrastructure architecture, and security architecture principles

Desirable Experience

• Experience operating within architecture governance frameworks and design authorities
• Architectural assurance and design review board participation
• Operational resilience and security-focused solution design
• Technology evaluation, options analysis, and vendor selection
• Supporting capability uplift and knowledge transfer within client teams