Senior Data Architect

Senior Data Architect

Remote (UK) with occasional travel | £80,000 to £90,000 + benefits

This is an opportunity to take ownership of data architecture within a large-scale Azure Data Lakehouse transformation. You'll play a key role in shaping how data is modelled, governed, and consumed across the organisation, helping to drive the transition from traditional reporting to advanced analytics and data-driven decision making.

The Company

They are a well-established UK organisation with a complex data landscape and a strong commitment to modernising their data capabilities. Having invested significantly in cloud-based data infrastructure, they are now focused on building scalable, high-quality data products that support both operational and strategic objectives.

Data is becoming increasingly central to business decision making, and this role offers the chance to influence data strategy at a senior level while remaining hands-on with architecture and modelling.

The Role

You will act as the technical authority for data architecture and modelling across a modern Azure environment.

Key responsibilities include

Designing and governing enterprise-wide data models across a Medallion Architecture framework

Creating curated data models using dimensional modelling and Kimball methodologies

Defining modelling standards, governance frameworks, and data feed specifications

Supporting the design of semantic layers that enable reporting, analytics, and future AI use cases

Collaborating closely with Data Engineers and Analytics Engineers in an agile delivery environment

Producing architecture documentation, diagrams, and technical designs

Influencing wider business systems to ensure strong data architecture principles are embedded throughout the organisation

Driving best practice across data quality, consistency, scalability, and governance

Your Skills & Experience

Strong hands-on experience as a Data Architect within enterprise-scale environments

Expertise in dimensional modelling, star schemas, facts and dimensions, and Kimball methodologies

Experience designing and implementing Medallion Architecture frameworks

Strong knowledge of Azure-based Data Lakehouse environments

Experience creating curated and semantic data layers for analytical consumption

Proven ability to develop architecture standards, governance frameworks, and modelling best practice

Experience working across the full data lifecycle, from source systems through to business-facing analytics

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior decision-makers

Desirable experience

Background in financial services, professional services, legal services, or similarly complex data environments

Experience supporting organisations on their journey towards customer-centric or client-centric data models

What They Offer

Highly flexible remote working model with occasional travel

Significant autonomy and ownership within a major data transformation programme

Direct exposure to senior technology and business stakeholders

Opportunity to become the organisation's lead authority on data modelling and architecture

Clear opportunities to shape strategy and influence the future direction of the data platform

How to Apply

If you're a Senior Data Architect with strong Azure Data Lakehouse and data modelling expertise, apply today to learn more about this opportunity.