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# Senior Data Architect - Permanent + Contract

- **Company:** scrumconnect ltd
- **Location:** Staines-upon-Thames, United Kingdom
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £117,000 - £130,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Data Architecture, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Data Sharing, Interoperability, Meta-Data Management, Reference Data, Cloud Services, Data Streaming, Data Management
- **Published:** November 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/gb/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-0AC7644F354B1524E5/

## About the Role

* Extensive experience as a data architect on complex systems.
 * Strong data modelling skills across relational and modern data platforms.
 * Experience defining data standards, interoperability and data sharing approaches.
 * Experience with data governance, quality and metadata management.
 * Knowledge of cloud data platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP.
 * Ability to explain data architecture to technical and non-technical audiences.

Desirable

 * UK government or public sector experience.
 * Experience with open standards and the Technology Code of Practice.
 * Experience with registers, identifiers or master data management.

## Description

We are looking for a Senior Data Architect to design how data is structured, shared and governed across public sector services. You will define data models and standards that let organisations share and reuse data with confidence., * Design conceptual, logical and physical data models for complex services.

 * Define data standards, identifiers and reference data that work across organisations.
 * Design data flows, integration patterns and APIs for sharing data.
 * Set data governance, quality, lineage and metadata approaches.
 * Make sure designs meet security, privacy and UK GDPR requirements.
 * Produce architecture artefacts such as data architecture views, decision records and roadmaps.
 * Work with product, research, analysis and engineering teams so data design meets real needs.
 * Take designs through technical governance and advise senior stakeholders.