Data Architect

Data Architect Location: Telford (Hybrid – 2 days/week in office) 6 Months Day Rate: £570 (Inside IR35) Security Clearance Required: SC Cleared My client is looking for an experienced Data Architect to join a high-impact government project focused on combatting fraud within Self-Assessment (SA) registrations. You’ll join a new Scrum team on the Minerva Platform, delivering ingestion and risking capabilities using the SAS Platform (including IDP) and aligned with approved Enterprise Architecture (EA) patterns. Key Responsibilities As a Data Architect, you will: • Design, support and guide the upgrade, management, and archiving of data in line with data policies. • Define and maintain data technology architecture, covering metadata, integration, BI, and data warehousing. • Support and contribute to data dictionaries and metadata repositories. • Drive alignment between data design and business needs, ensuring compliance with governance standards. Essential Skills & Experience You should be confident working at both strategic and hands-on levels. You’ll bring expertise in: 🔸 Data Architecture & Modelling • Create, update, and reverse-engineer data models • Align data architecture to business problems and enterprise-wide standards 🔸 Data Governance & Standards • Ensure compliance with data policies • Develop, assess and enforce data standards 🔸 Data Integration & Metadata Management • Perform impact analysis for data and system integration • Maintain accurate metadata repositories 🔸 Data Analysis & Communication • Perform data profiling and analysis of source systems • Present insights clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders • Create visualisations and basic presentations 🔸 Strategic Thinking & Innovation • Support planning with a strategic lens • Stay informed of new tools and innovative approaches to data 🔸 Problem Management • Investigate data issues, identify patterns and implement remedies