Principal Data Architect
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About us
Were a transformation consultancy and we exist to reimagine how enterprises operate making data and AI their competitive advantage. We turn enterprises into datadriven and AI enabled organisations unleashing business growth and accelerating outcomes.
We have big ambitions for the future. Since we launched October 2021 weve grown to over 100 people and are working with some of the UKs largest enterprises to deliver real transformation. Were building an open collaborative culture and we are always on the lookout for top talent to join us in our next phase of growth.
If youre interested in working on businessdefining engagements with some of the brightest minds in the industry apply below!
Our Values
Were committed to building an organisation where everyone can thrive. Thats why we collectively created the following values:
Own It: Take responsibility and make impactful decisions your ownership drives our success.
Drive Excellence: Commit to being the best in what we do excellence isnt an option its our benchmark.
Act with Integrity: Uphold a culture of trust and respect build strong relationships and deliver on every promise.
Think Customer First: Put our customers at the heart of every decision you make their success defines ours.
Go Big & Innovate: Be ambitious challenge norms and innovate boldly to redefine whats possible for us and our customers.
The Opportunity
As a Data Architect you will be at the heart of designing and delivering modern data solutions driving highquality data architecture and design outcomes for enterprise organisations. You will leverage your expertise in modern technologies data management approaches and industry best practices to create scalable robust and innovative data solutions. Working in an agile environment you will ensure that data architecture aligns with both strategic objectives and delivery excellence.
Responsibilities
- Design highlevel and lowlevel data architecture solutions including creating data models (conceptual logical physical) and metamodels to support organisational data strategies.
- Develop implement and maintain data lineage and metadata management approaches to assure data traceability governance and quality.
- Produce and own architectural artefacts such as data flow diagrams system interface designs and sourcetotarget mappings for data migrations.
- Apply principles from frameworks such as DCAM DMBOK TOGAF and other modern methodologies to ensure a cohesive and futureproof architecture.
- Collaborate with stakeholders including agile leads business analysts developers and other architects to ensure functional and nonfunctional requirements are captured understood and implemented effectively as part of the design process.
- Advocate for and implement best practices in data management including schema design query optimisation and scalable storage solutions.
- Provide design options to cater for tactical and strategic solutions depending on time sensitivity of each project and product without compromising on the reference target state goals.
- Implement smart design components in your solutions to pivot organisations towards data products and where pragmatic implement principles aligned to the Data Mesh.
- Act as the SME to help clients understand and assess different solution architecture archetypes such as the Modern Data Warehouse Data Lakes Lakehouses and the respective offerings from leading closed and open source providers with the ability to provide cloud design recommendations best suited to each archetype.
- Actively contribute to sprint planning backlog refinement and iterative delivery processes.
- Support the definition and maintenance of reference architectures standards and guidelines for data architecture.
Requirements (Not expected to be strong in all areas)
- Proven experience in data architecture and design particularly in cloud environments such as Azure and AWS.
- Strong understanding of data modeling techniques at all levels including conceptual logical and physical data models.
- Detailed understanding of the main data modelling approaches (e.g. 3NF Kimball Data Vault Graph etc) and able to assess pros and cons of each within different contexts.
- Experience with tools and methodologies for metadata management data lineage and governance (e.g. Unity Collibra Erwin).
- Familiarity with designing and implementing solutions for deployment in data lakes data warehouses and operational data stores.
- Knowledge of modern data frameworks including streaming platforms NoSQL databases and distributed systems.
- Solid experience in creating architectural documentation and artefacts such as sourcetotarget mappings data dictionaries and integration designs.
- Familiarity with agile methodologies and experience working in crossfunctional agile teams.
- Awareness of architectural principles and frameworks including DMBOK DCAM TOGAF and modern datacentric approaches.
- Strong problemsolving skills and the ability to communicate technical concepts effectively to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
- A background in developing scalable secure and maintainable data systems that align with enterprise standards.
Why MeshAI
- Valuedriven fastgrowing startup organisation with huge opportunity for career growth
- Highly competitive salary package along with company bonus & benefits
- A hugely collaborative diverse and inclusive working environment where every persons viewpoint is considered a chance to make your mark on a growing business
- Financially backed business meaning security and support for new initiatives and global market expansion
- Flexible working policy to ensure you work where you work best and deliver great outcomes for our clients
- Drive your development with a personal learning budget (Mentors Career Framework Delivery forums Lunch & Learns)
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Employment Type
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