Data Architect

Damia Group
Chiswick, London, W4 5PS, United Kingdom
3 weeks ago
£70,000 – £90,000 pa

Salary

£70,000 – £90,000 pa

Posted
26 Mar 2026 (3 weeks ago)

Data Architect - £70-90K base (DOE) - West London (hybrid)**

We are recruiting a Data Architect for one of our clients based in West London on a permanent basis. The Data Architect is responsible for leading the definition, standardization, and governance of data architecture across platforms and products. This role balances technical leadership, data architecture, and collaboration with engineering, product, and security teams to ensure scalable, reliable, and secure systems.

Key responsibilities:

Enforce data architectural guidelines and consistency across development teams and services

Support established Data Governance and Data Quality frameworks, including tooling, policy enforcement, and stewardship models

Ensure robust metadata management, lineage tracking, and data cataloguing using business glossaries and modern catalog tools

Review and approve data architecture for major features, platforms, and technical initiatives

Collaborate with technical leads and DevOps on system scalability, performance, and reliability

Ensure data platforms are AI/ML-ready, with scalable infrastructure and clean, well-structured data pipelines

Collaborate with data science and analytics teams to enable model deployment, automation, and MLOps best practices

Promote innovation in generative AI, predictive analytics, and real-time decision support

Align data architecture with security, compliance, and data governance requirements

Lead the evolution of technical architecture documentation, models, and decision records

Conduct architecture and design reviews with cross-functional teams

Guide teams in the adoption of best practices in API design, modularity, cloud-native patterns, and event-driven systems

Recommend data management best practices, covering data flows, architecture patterns, retention, archival, and purging strategies

Coach and mentor engineers on data design, refactoring, and architectural reasoningEssential skills and experience:

Proven experience designing and scaling enterprise-grade cloud data platforms (AWS preferred)

Deep experience with AWS, Databricks, Power Platform, and Redshift (Snowflake a plus)

Proficiency in AWS Glue, Qlik Talend, DBT, Airflow, and modern data integration tools.

Excellent knowledge of Python, SQL, PowerQuery (M), and preferably Scala or PySpark

Working knowledge with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF), MLOps, and BI tools like Power BI and QuickSight

Experience of generative AI platforms (e.g., Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic)

Familiarity with infrastructure as code (Terraform), CI/CD practices (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), and observability (Grafana, Kibana)

Proficiency in scripting and automation using Bash, Groovy, or equivalent

Ability to balance long-term architectural vision with immediate delivery constraintsDamia Group Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this permanent job, you accept our Data Protection Policy which can be found on our website.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.

Damia Group is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy and in accordance to Conduct Regulations 2003.

The advertised salary range is dependent on experience and the required qualifications.

Damia Group Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept our Data Protection Policy which can be found on our website.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.

Damia Group is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy and in accordance to Conduct Regulations 2003

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