Data Architect

Capgemini
Manchester
3 months ago
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Choosing Capgemini means choosing a company where you will be empowered to shape your career in the way you’d like, where you’ll be supported and inspired by a collaborative community of colleagues around the world, and where you’ll be able to reimagine what’s possible. Join us and help the world’s leading organizations unlock the value of technology and build a more sustainable, more inclusive world.


Your Role

We are seeking an experienced Data Architect to design and implement robust data solutions for the Financial Services domain. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in data modeling and architecture frameworks within banking, insurance, or capital markets. This role involves collaborating with business stakeholders, data engineers, and analysts to ensure data integrity, scalability, and security across enterprise systems.


Your Profile

  • Design Enterprise Data Architecture: Define and maintain the blueprint for data flows across trusted layers, data marts, and reporting systems, ensuring alignment with business and regulatory requirements.
  • Integrate Multi-Tool Ecosystem: Architect seamless integration between SSIS-based ETL pipelines, SAS analytical environments, and Cognos reporting frameworks for consistent and accurate data delivery.
  • Data Governance & Compliance: Establish standards for data quality, metadata management, and security; ensure adherence to regulatory frameworks like IFRS, CRD IV, and FINREP in Cognos reporting.
  • Performance Optimization & Scalability: Optimize SSIS workflows, SAS batch processes, and Cognos dashboards for high performance and scalability across large datasets and complex reporting needs.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration & Strategy: Work with business, compliance, and technology teams to translate requirements into robust data models and reporting solutions, supporting strategic decision‑making.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 350,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.


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Job Details

  • Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
  • Employment type: Full‑time
  • Job function: Consulting
  • Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting


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