Principal Data Architect in City of London, London

Principal Data Architect

Full Time

Permanent

Hybrid - London SE1 (1 day per week onsite)

£100-115K basic + benefits (5% pension, 25 days hols, life insurance, medical cover)

Are you an experienced Principal Data Architect looking for a new challenge?

Do you have a background leading in Data Architecture with a strong understanding of data modelling, data integration, data governance and privacy-enhancing technologies along with data warehousing, Big data, Data Lakes and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)?

Here at ARM we are recruiting for a full time permanent Principal Data Architect for a global IT services and consultancy client of ours.

Our client:

They?re a leading business with a global reach that empowers local teams, and they undertake hugely exciting work that is genuinely changing the world. Their advanced portfolio of consulting, applications, business process, cloud, and infrastructure services will allow you to achieve great things by working with brilliant colleagues, and clients, on exciting projects.

Overview:

We are seeking a talented Principal Data Architect to lead the design and implementation of a cross-government data architecture. This role focuses on enabling trusted, ethical, and scalable reuse of high-value data assets to support public service transformation, economic growth, and AI innovation.

Responsibilities:

• Define and drive the vision for cross-sector data architecture.
• Collaborate with product teams and stakeholders to align architecture with strategic goals.
• Establish frameworks for data governance, quality, and ethical management.
• Design interoperable solutions using open standards and APIs.
• Ensure privacy, security, and ethical considerations are embedded in architecture.
• Support AI and analytics by making data accessible and machine-readable.
• Influence organizational change for federated data stewardship

Qualifications:

Required Skills & Experience:

• 5yrs+ proven experience as a principal or Lead Data Architect.
• Expertise in data architecture, modelling, and integration.
• Knowledge of data governance and privacy-enhancing technologies.
• Familiarity with semantic data models and interoperability standards.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience with Multi-cloud / hybrid platforms. o Knowledge of Data lakes, mesh, fabric, real-time pipelines.
• Big data & analytics (Databricks, Snowflake, Kafka) experience
• Implementation experience with container orchestration solutions (Kubernetes/OpenShift).
• Knowledge of Big Data (Hadoop/Hive/Spark) and Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Understanding of distributed system architecture, high availability, scalability, and fault tolerance.
• Familiarity with security authentication systems such as LDAP, Active Directory, OAuth2, Kerberos.
• Excellent Unix/Linux skills.
• Familiarity with JDBC / ODBC

Preferred Skills:

• Data Certifications
• Experience Python and/or Java programming.
• Proficient with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible.
• Knowledge of data requirements for AI and machine learning workloads.
• Familiarity with Data Federation and Cached Services
• Familiarity with Data pipeline (Series of steps that move and transform data from one source to another for analyses and storage)
• Experience with Dell Data Lakehouse administration.
• Experience in Demand Driven Adaptive Enterprise (DDAE) administration

Working Conditions

• This position may require evening and weekend work for time-sensitive project implementations.

Some of the benefits include:

• Healthcare and dental insurance
• Company pension is matched up to 5%
• 25 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays and the option to purchase 5 extra days
• Life assurance - 4 x annual salary
• Cycle to work scheme
• Client prioritises internal development opportunities and offer access to our Udemy training platform with over 5000 training courses

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