Data Architect

itecopeople
London, UK
3 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
£141,700.0 - £156,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Data Architecture Data Dictionary Data Governance Data Migration Data Retention Enterprise Data Management

Job description

  • Shape and assure enterprise data architecture outcomes across the organisation
  • Define and maintain data architecture principles, standards, and patterns
  • Own and steward the enterprise data model as a core corporate asset
  • Maintain data standards, entities, attributes, relationships, business glossary, and data dictionary
  • Support integration, analytics, reporting, governance, and AI-related data initiatives
  • Act as the Data Design Authority across programmes and projects
  • Provide architectural assurance and constructive challenge within change delivery
  • Collaborate with engineering and delivery teams to ensure scalable and sustainable solutions
  • Promote strong data governance, metadata, lineage, and quality practices
  • Support architecture maturity and embed architectural best practice across the organisation

Requirements

The successful candidate will bring strong experience in classic architecture services, enterprise data governance, data modelling, and transformation delivery, ideally within the Housing Association or Social Housing sector.

Key Experience Required

  • Strong background as a Data Architect within large-scale transformation environments
  • Previous experience working within a Housing Association / Social Housing organisation
  • Deep understanding of how data operates within Housing Associations
  • Proven experience delivering:
  • Data Governance frameworks
  • Enterprise Data Models
  • Data Migration strategies
  • Data Architecture advisory within change programmes
  • Transformation and organisational change initiatives
  • Experience acting as a design authority within complex programmes
  • Ability to balance strategic architecture with practical delivery, * Experience within regulated environments
  • Understanding of data retention and compliance requirements
  • Exposure to enterprise architecture tooling and repositories
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and advisory capability, If you are an experienced Data Architect with strong transformation and Housing Association experience, we would love to hear from you.

Apply for this position

This job is hosted externally. Click below to view the full posting and apply.

Apply on find.jobs

Good distractions

Talks and stories from around this role — technically off-topic, practically not.

3:03 min

Career evolution in data engineering and AI platforms

Maria Apazoglou · Coffee With Developers

2:50 min

How Parquet metadata enables efficient data reading

Matthias Niehoff Matthias Niehoff · WWC Europe 2026

1:54 min

Applying strict enterprise design principles for zero data retention

Alexander Wallner Alexander Wallner +3 · WWC 2024

1:22 min

Prerequisite steps for successful tool and data migration

Sérgio Sancho Pinto Sérgio Sancho Pinto · Europe 2026 Virtual

1:32 min

Structuring platforms for new services and data analytics

Nevelina Aleksandrova · LIVE

13:44 min

Troubleshooting vector representations and data science pipelines

Jodie Burchell · LIVE

Videos

See all

Related articles

See all