Manchester Digital
Senior Data Architect - Department for Work and Pensions - G7
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This role may be located in one of the following locations: Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, or Sheffield.
Please find further information on the Corporate hub locations here.
Please note that for candidates requesting to work in Newcastle, the role will initially be based at Benton Park View. It will then move to 1 Pilgrim Place in Newcastle city centre by the end of 2027.
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Job summary
Do you want to work collaboratively designing modern IT architecture for some of the largest digital transformations in Europe?
If so, this role may be perfect for you!
We are looking for experienced Senior Data Architects who are confident working on data-focused products/services in a complex digital environment, where they’ll be supporting major initiatives across DWP Digital.
These roles will involve collaborating with colleagues and stakeholders across DWP Digital to support the delivery of solutions, creating options and recommendations, and providing expert advice to drive technology choice decisions.
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Job Description
A Senior Data Architect works with multiple projects or teams on problems that require broad architectural thinking. At this role level, you will:
- Design data models and metadata systems.
- Help lead data architects to interpret an organisation’s needs.
- Provide oversight and advice to other data architects who are designing and producing data artefacts.
- Design and support the management of data dictionaries.
- Make sure that your teams are working to the standards set for the organisation by the lead data architects.
- Work with technical architects to make sure that an organisation’s systems are designed in accordance with the appropriate data architecture.
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- Data Architecture design and modelling techniques, patterns, tools, and standards.
- Presenting data architecture design to technical governance forums.
- Data Architecture Design: Data Modelling, Master Data Management (MDM), Metadata Management, Data Governance.
- Event-based architecture design, patterns (including pub-sub and data streaming), modelling techniques, tools, and standards.
- Public cloud technologies, cloud hosting, container, and networking design patterns, tools, and best practice (e.g., Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
- Agile delivery methodologies and best practice.
- DevOps: Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) delivery methodologies, tools, and best practice.
- Shaping and supporting technology initiatives, projects, programmes, and portfolios.
If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact aisha.gultasab@dwp.gov.uk.
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