DigX
Principal Data Architect
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Principal Data Architect
Location: Remote first Salary: Competitive + benefits
About DigX
DigX is a specialist digital transformation consultancy delivering complex engineering, data, cloud, and automation solutions for organisations that need to modernise at pace. We partner with major enterprises, including FTSE 100 firms, to turn technology into a catalyst for growth, resilience, and innovation. We are growing fast, and we’re now looking for a Principal Data Architect to join our high‑performing consulting practice.
The Opportunity
As a Principal Data Architect, you will sit at the intersection of strategy, engineering, and enterprise‑level transformation. You will shape data architecture vision and standards across major programmes, acting as the trusted adviser to C‑Suite and senior technology leaders. This is a senior, hands‑on leadership role where you will define modern data architecture frameworks, drive cloud‑native data platform design, and guide organisations through complex change across integration, automation, data quality, governance, and advanced analytics.
What You’ll Do
Consulting & Strategy
- Act as a strategic adviser to executive stakeholders, shaping enterprise‑wide data strategies.
- Lead high‑impact transformation engagements focused on data modernisation, migration, cloud adoption, and platform enablement.
- Define industry defining architectures, best‑practice frameworks, and roadmaps for complex digital change.
- Represent DigX externally through thought leadership, client engagements, and industry events.
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Technical Leadership
- Own data solutions architecture direction for multi‑stream programmes and complex ecosystems.
- Establish practice‑level standards across data modelling, governance, pipelines, lineage, MDM, metadata, and cloud‑native design.
- Provide technical assurance, risk management, and strategic oversight across delivery teams.
- Support pre‑sales, solution shaping, and long‑term account strategy.
People & Capability
- Coach and mentor Senior Consultants across the data and engineering disciplines.
- Develop long‑term data capability strategy and lead communities of practice.
- Identify emerging trends, future skills, and opportunities for internal IP and accelerators.
Culture & Values
You will embody DigX’s consulting identity - professional, reliable, innovative, and commercially focused driving high standards and inspiring teams around you.
What You’ll Bring
- Senior delivery leadership experience on data programmes, ideally within regulated financial services, with credibility at a Principal level.
- Proven ability to run high‑impact Blueprinting or discovery engagements alongside major systems integrators.
- Demonstrable ability to challenge vendors on scope, design, and commercials.
- Strong programme and delivery management discipline, including authoring credible, costed delivery plans (beneficial).
- Conversational depth across modern data platform patterns (data warehouse, data lake, digital hub), with confidence to challenge architectural decisions without needing to author them.
- Direct experience integrating operational and legacy systems into modern cloud data platforms, including historical data migration.
- Experience operating in a Business Integrator or client‑side delivery role.
- Strong stakeholder management and written communication skills, from executive‑level proposals to hands‑on working sessions.
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Why DigX?
At DigX, you’ll join a consultant‑led, high‑trust environment where you can shape strategy, influence major organisations, and help define the future of digital transformation. We give you the autonomy to innovate, the platform to grow, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact.
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