Data Architect - Data Modelling & Enterprise Architecture

Location: UK-based - Remote Working
Contract: Inside IR35

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Data Architect with a strong specialism in Data Modelling, Domain Modelling and Enterprise-Level Data Architecture to help shape and evolve the organisation's data landscape.

You will play a key role in defining how data is structured, connected and managed across business domains, ensuring data architectures are scalable, consistent and aligned with wider business and technology strategies.

Working closely with business stakeholders, technology teams and other architects, you will translate business requirements into robust conceptual, logical and physical data models, establish clear domain structures and ensure solutions align with the enterprise data architecture.

Experience and knowledge of Data Governance, data quality and data management principles would be a significant advantage.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and evolve enterprise-level data architectures, ensuring alignment with business strategy and technology roadmaps.
• Lead the development of conceptual, logical and physical data models across complex business domains.
• Develop and maintain domain models, defining data relationships, structures, ownership and boundaries.
• Ensure consistency, interoperability and alignment of data models across the enterprise.
• Work collaboratively with business and technology stakeholders to translate business requirements into effective data architecture solutions.
• Provide architectural guidance and assurance across projects, ensuring designs adhere to agreed standards and principles.
• Support the evolution of data governance, data quality and data management practices.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Proven experience as a Data Architect, with a strong background in Data Modelling and Domain Modelling.
• Strong understanding of enterprise data architecture and the ability to operate at both strategic and detailed design levels.
• Extensive experience developing conceptual, logical and physical data models.
• Experience defining business data domains, relationships, structures and data flows within complex organisations.
• Ability to engage and influence senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex data concepts into clear business outcomes.