Data Architect - #2188165

Data Architect

Liverpool | Hybrid (2-3 days onsite) - £62,000 - £77,000 + Exceptional Benefits

We're partnering with one of Liverpool's most respected organisations to recruit a Data Architect who will play a key role in delivering an enterprise-wide data strategy and modernising data platforms to support future business needs.

This is an opportunity to influence large-scale transformation initiatives, driving cloud adoption, leading data architecture governance, and shaping the future direction of data services across a complex, multi-site environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of enterprise data strategy and architecture.
• Define and govern data and application architecture standards.
• Establish best practice for conceptual, logical and physical data modelling.
• Develop and manage enterprise data models, metadata, services and data management structures.
• Create roadmaps for future data platforms, services and cloud migrations.
• Lead the resolution of complex data challenges and drive continuous improvement.
• Provide line management and leadership to Data and Application Architects.

Key Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience developing conceptual, logical and physical data models.
• Strong background delivering Master Data Management (MDM), Information Lifecycle Management (ILM), data integration, OLTP and OLAP solutions.
• Significant experience working within large, complex transformation programmes across multi-site organisations.
• Expert knowledge of Oracle and SQL database platforms, Relational databases, Data dictionaries and metadata management, XML and related technologies, Enterprise data management and governance frameworks, Data lifecycle management.
• Experience developing and governing API reference architectures.
• Strong knowledge of architecture frameworks, modelling methods and data architecture tooling.
• Desirable - TOGAF 9.2 or TOGAF 10, ITIL V3 / ITIL 4 Foundation, Project Management qualifications.

Our client offers some exceptional benefits in addition to the salary noted which include a pension of over 20% and a generous leave package with a base of 30 days, coupled with site closure days and Bank Holidays this totals around 43 days annually.

If you're an experienced Data Architect with a passion for data strategy, governance, cloud transformation and enterprise architecture, we'd love to hear from you.