Data Architect

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Telford
1 month ago
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Overview

Job Title: Data Architect


Clearance Required: SC


Duration: 6 months


Location: Telford with 2 days/week in office


Responsibilities

  • A data architect designs and builds data models to fulfil the strategic data needs of the organisation, as defined by chief data architects.

At this role level, you will

  • Design, support and provide guidance for the upgrade, management, decommission and archive of data in compliance with data policy
  • Provide input into data dictionaries
  • Define and maintain the data technology architecture, including metadata, integration and Business Intelligence or data warehouse architecture

Communicating between the technical and non-technical

  • Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Support and host discussions within a multidisciplinary team, with potentially difficult dynamics
  • Be an advocate for the team externally, and can manage differing perspectives

Communicating data

  • Show an awareness that data needs to be aligned to the needs of the end user
  • Create basic visuals and presentations

Data analysis and synthesis

  • Undertake data profiling and source system analysis
  • Present clear insights to colleagues to support the end use of the data

Data governance (data architect)

  • Understand what data governance is required
  • Take responsibility for the assurance of data solutions and make recommendations to ensure compliance

Data innovation

  • Show an awareness of opportunities for innovation with new tools and uses of data

Data modelling

  • Explain the concepts and principles of data modelling
  • Produce, maintain and update relevant data models for an organisation's specific needs
  • Reverse-engineer data models from a live system

Data standards (data architect)

  • Develop data standards for a specific component
  • Analyse where data standards have been applied or breached, and undertake an impact analysis of that breach

Metadata management

  • Work with metadata repositories to complete complex tasks such as data and systems integration impact analysis
  • Maintain a repository to ensure information remains accurate and up to date

Problem management

  • Initiate and monitor actions to investigate patterns and trends to resolve problems
  • Effectively consult specialists where required
  • Determine the appropriate Remedy and assist with its implementation
  • Determine preventative measures

Strategic thinking

  • Explain the strategic context of your work and why it is important
  • Support strategic planning in an administrative capacity

Turning business problems into data design

  • Design data architecture by dealing with specific business problems and aligning it to enterprise-wide standards and principles
  • Work within the context of well understood architecture, and identify appropriate patterns


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