senior data solution architect

We are looking for an experienced data solution architects to join our growing capability. As a data solution architect, you will be responsible for driving the vision for data use in our organization and aligning our data structure, integration approaches and solution designs to organizational standards, compliance needs and to match business requirements. This role is to support a large multi-year program modernising our application landscape where in establishing and aligning our data into the broader ecosystem is imperative.

Responsibilities

•    Define the solution and data architecture for our data assets in line with business and technical requirements
•    Make suitable choices in technology, framework and pattern to deliver our data assets 
•    Support our delivery teams in building high quality data assets which are supportable and maintainable  
•    Communicate, socialize and collaborate on designs and solution architecture with engineers, project managers and stakeholders
•    Own and maintain the data and solution architectures for our application estate
•    Contribute and align our application date into our Data Strategy 
•    Specify the data management standards to ensure data integrity, quality, security, confidentiality, and compliance with legal requirements
•    Develop solutions for data storage, management and processing, using the appropriate technologies (e.g., relational DBs, data lakes, etc.)
•    Designs logic and solutions to manage data flows across systems and solutions, identifying and addressing potential issues and bottlenecks
•    Ensures the creation of appropriate documentation of data assets
•    Provide cost projections for the developing and operating data platforms

Qualifications

Qualifications 

•    Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred; but degrees from other fields accepted with a track record of relevant experience.
•    Extensive and demonstrable experience of data lakes, data warehouses, reporting solutions and the common architectural patterns associated with and adjacent to these types of solutions.
•    Experience with modernizing and normalizing legacy data models and aligning them into a CDM and integration into a wider data ecosystem including data lakes, data warehouses or comparable data solutions in a financial services organization, or similar large and regulated organization.
•    Extensive and demonstrable experience in:
o    Communicating designs down to engineering teams and project managers for delivery
o    Collaborating with senior engineers and architecture peers on designs and; 
o    In considering design in terms of deliverability, business value and business benefits
•    Strong experience working on Azure with Databricks and Snowflake and in building solutions on these platforms.
•    Strong understanding of Spark as a framework as well as SQL and Python as languages; and their associated ecosystem on our technology stack.
•    Experience in designing data structures for relational and non-relational data systems. 
•    Experience in data modelling, schema management, data cataloguing and performance turning of data structures for varied downstream data consumption needs.
•    Excellent leadership and people management skills.
•    Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
•    Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.

Nice to Have

•    Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
•    Strong communication skills, written and verbal.
•    Strong presentation skills.
•    Ability to multi-task and work under pressure.
•    Change Management experience is a plus.
•    Ability to take minimal direction and work independently with high precision/quality of output.
•    Qualifications and certifications in the technologies we use.
•    Experience working with teams across multiple countries.

Our team makes the difference, every time. For this reason, we offer in return!

We offer hybrid working model, explicit, structured career development, a competitive salary package, annual bonus, long term equity incentives, private medical cover, monthly allowance for lunch, generous personal time off, continuous learning experiences, and work in a fun, lively environment with mentoring from our groundbreaking senior mentors.