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# Enterprise Data Architect

- **Company:** Venesky Brown
- **Location:** Dumfries, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £195,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Warehousing, Interoperability, Metadata, Enterprise Data Management, Data Ingestion, Snowflake, Data Analytics, Data Management
- **Published:** September 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2879253568-enterprise-data-architect

## About the Role

Significant senior-level experience of developing and implementing enterprise data strategies and roadmaps within a large, complex organisation.

 - Demonstrable experience of designing or implementing modern cloud data platforms/data warehouses/lakehouse architectures.

 - Practical experience of Snowflake or comparable enterprise cloud data platforms, including understanding of data ingestion, transformation, modelling, governance and analytics architectures.

 - Demonstrable experience of taking an organisation from fragmented/siloed data towards an enterprise data architecture.

 - Strong knowledge of data architecture, data engineering, interoperability, data governance, metadata, lineage and data-quality management.

 - Significant experience of managing specialist technology/data suppliers and acting as an intelligent client.

 - Strong understanding of information governance, security, privacy and the implications of using sensitive data.

 - Ability to communicate complex data and architectural concepts to executives, clinicians, operational leaders and non-technical stakeholders.

## Description

Maintain appropriate technical documentation and decision records to provide organisational memory and support future development.

 - Provide clear progress, risk and decision reporting to senior DDaT leadership and relevant governance groups.

 - Work alongside the Data & Analytics Manager to establish delivery plans, allocating activities appropriately while maintaining clear accountability and professional boundaries.

 - Coach and mentor existing staff, transferring knowledge and developing internal capability in modern data architecture, engineering, governance and analytics.

 - Act as a senior subject-matter expert, providing authoritative advice to DDaT leadership, operational teams, programmes and senior stakeholders.


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