Data Architect/Discovery Project

Data Architect is required to lead the discovery and documentation of a complex data estate, establishing a clear understanding of the current data architecture, quality, governance and migration requirements, while also supporting the procurement and design of a future replacement solution.

You will be responsible for:

• Leading discovery and documenting the current data architecture and data estate.
• Analysing data quality, lineage, models, dependencies, interfaces and integration patterns.
• Developing conceptual, logical and physical data models.
• Assessing data migration, transformation and Legacy system challenges.
• Documenting data governance, ownership, stewardship and authoritative data sources.
• Working with architects, suppliers, service owners and business stakeholders through workshops.
• Producing data architecture artefacts to support procurement, supplier information and future solution design.

Required experience and skills:

• Extensive data architecture experience across enterprise, application and integration environments.
• Legacy data environments and migration programmes experience.
• Strong knowledge of data modelling, lineage, metadata and data governance.
• Experience with data quality assessment, profiling and remediation.
• Deep understanding of GDPR, information management and data protection requirements.
• Experience identifying system dependencies, interfaces and integration patterns.
• Experience using AI-enabled discovery or reverse-engineering tools will be beneficial.
• Strong stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills.
• Experience producing architecture documentation for procurement or supplier engagement.