Senior Data Architect

Altro
Norton, Hertfordshire, SG6 1AG, United Kingdom
3 weeks ago
Seniority
Senior
Posted
27 Mar 2026 (3 weeks ago)

Are you passionate about building data platforms that enable great analytics and safe, impactful use of AI? We’re looking for a Senior Data Architect to help shape the future of data, business intelligence, and AI across the Altro Group.

We’re looking for a Senior Data Architect to join our IT team and play a key role in shaping how data, analytics, and AI support the Altro Group. If you enjoy creating simple, scalable data solutions and helping people get the most out of them, this could be a great next step for you.

This is a senior technical role where you’ll lead the design of our data architecture and guide how our data and analytics capabilities evolve over the next few years. You’ll help make sure our data is reliable, well-governed, and ready for everything from dashboards to advanced analytics and AI.

You’ll work closely with both technical teams and business stakeholders, turning ideas into practical, future?ready solutions.

This permanent, full time, hybrid working ( 3 days a week in the office) is based at our Letchworth Garden City Head office.

As well as an exciting opportunity and a competitive salary, what do we have offer??

Hybrid working (minimum of 3 days a week on site)

Single cover company funded private medical via our provider BUPA.

Starting holiday entitlement of 25 days, with the option to buy more

Defined contribution pension scheme

Life assurance from day one

Occupational Sick Pay and onsite Occupational Health Service

Confidential 24-hour life management and personal support service for you and your family

Enhanced family-friendly benefits, including Maternity, Paternity, and Shared Parental Leave

Free eye tests for all employees

A paid day off each year for volunteering

Free car parking at all our sites

Long service awards

Learning and Development support, regardless of your career stage

Various social events, including the company Christmas party

Retirement advice and support

So, what will you be doing?...

Setting the Direction

Help shape our long?term data, analytics, and AI strategy.

Plan how our data platforms will grow to support reporting, predictive analytics, machine learning, and generative AI.

Work with teams across the business to spot high?value AI opportunities and turn them into clear architectural requirements.

Designing Reliable, Scalable Data Platforms

Design data platforms that support everyday reporting as well as advanced analytics and AI workloads.

Make sure data is high-quality, easy to understand, and well?documented.

Create an environment that allows safe experimentation and innovation.

Power BI & Analytics Leadership

Lead on our semantic layer, data models, and Power BI architecture.

Build and govern standard datasets used for:

Executive reporting

Self?service BI

Data science and AI

Oversee performance, security, and lifecycle management of analytics assets.

Data Governance & Responsible AI

Embed strong data governance, ensuring quality, transparency, and responsible use of data.

Support GDPR compliance and work with security, legal, and risk to ensure safe use of AI and sensitive data.

Help define AI guardrails and usage policies.

Working With and Supporting Others

Offer technical guidance to data analysts and developers.

Create standards, documentation, and training materials.

Deliver knowledge?sharing sessions to help the IT team build capability.

Work with external vendors and partners supporting our data and AI platforms.

Look for opportunities to improve processes through data and automation.

Who we're looking for...

Someone who:

Has strong experience designing data architectures in a business environment.

Understands analytics, Power BI, and modern AI/ML technologies.

Can communicate clearly and make complex ideas easy to understand.

Enjoys collaborating with others and influencing best practice.

Wants to help build a data?driven, AI?ready organisation.

So who are Altro? A leading European manufacturer and supplier of premium flooring and wall cladding systems for construction and transport. We have been going strong since 1919! Family owned and run, we share family values; we care about you, each other and what we do.

Head to our?and??Instagram pages to find out more about #LifeAtAltro #LifeAtAutoglym, and #ThePeopleBehindTheProduct

Everyone is welcome at Altro for who they are, no matter what their background is or how they identify. We appreciate that everyone is different and with that diverse uniqueness we can all thrive. “We don’t want you to just work here. We want you to belong here.”

Sounds like a great opportunity? Click apply today! We can’t wait to hear from you

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