Data Architect Practitioner

BAE Systems
Preston
2 days ago
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Job Title: Data Architect Practitioner

Location: Warton - we offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £56,766 + depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

  • Inform and adopt data modelling standards, guidelines, best practices and approved modelling techniques and approaches
  • Provide an expertise in all aspects of data, including Data Acquisition, Data Quality, Data Management, Data Architecture and Data Integration
  • Support business functions to define, build, develop and exploit data within their domains
  • Work jointly across enterprise architecture teams to develop data objects and data models to support business strategy requirements and changes in current capabilities
  • Contribute towards creation of coherent conceptual, logical and physical data models for relevant domains in the organisation
  • Supports data integration, business intelligence and content management team

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

  • Possess an expert skill level in Data Analysis, throughout the data lifecycle.
  • System integration experience, including interface design, and familiarity with Relational Database techniques
  • Ability to convey complex and technical business issues to diverse audiences, and project a highly credible, polished image in presentations and communications
  • Experience in data/information modelling and architecture or equivalent roles

Desirable:

  • Understanding of metamodels, taxonomies, ontologies, and challenges of applying structured techniques (data modelling) to less-structured sources
  • Knowledge in user experience modelling, information design, and concept generation
  • Relevant certifications for example TOGAF Certified or DAMA (Certified Data Management Professional)
  • Experience of Enterprise Architecture Applications such as Sparx EA, BizzDesign, or similar

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Information Architecture team

The information Architecture Team manage Data Foundations driven by the Air Data Office and Air Data & Analytics (there are multiple projects which fit under this programme of work in which there are several demands for Information Architecture which stretch across the programme).

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 9th January 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.


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