Enterprise Data Architect - IT ServicesGrade 9
Enterprise Data Architect - IT ServicesGrade 9
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£ 57422 - 66537
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IT Services
Location: University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham UK
Full time starting salary is normally in the range 57422 to 66537 with potential progression once in post to 86760
Grade: 9
Full Time Permanent
Closing date: 9th June 2025
Our offer to you
People are at the heart of what we are and do.
The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years andweare equally proud to be recognised as a leading global want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond support them to succeed and celebrate their success.
We are committed to helping the people who work here todevelopthrough our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programmewhichprovides allprofessionalservices staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full almost 5000professionalservices jobs in a wide-range of functionsin Edgbaston andin our campus inDubai there are plenty of opportunities foryou to be able to develop yourcareer at the University.
We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas innovation and warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we areand how we work.
Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees andtothe success of the University and depending on the role we offer avarietyof flexible working arrangements. We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible addition you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 dayspaid holidaya year one paid day a year for volunteering occupational sick pay and a pension scheme. We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.
The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus including main bus routes and a train station on campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool shopsplaces to eat and drinkour own art gallery museum and botanical gardens.
Find out more about thebenefits of working for the Universityof Birmingham
Background
Over the next decade our aspiration is to establish Birmingham in the top 50 of the worlds leading universities. That is a big aspiration and high-quality digital services and infrastructure are crucial to achieving it. In recognition of that our Digital Strategy combined with significant investments in technology mean this is an exciting time to join IT Services making IT happen at the University of Birmingham.
We want to attract outstanding inspirational and talented people support them to succeed and celebrate their success. It is our role to ensure that our community has access to accessible responsive resilient and secure systems and support. What we do enables our students staff researchers visitors and partners to confidently and creatively use digital services technology and data for the benefit of their learning teaching research or work.
The culture of IT Services is one of innovation collaboration excellence and inclusivity and we apply the principles of customer focus and continuous improvement to everything we do. We have an active People and Culture network Equality Diversity and Inclusion and Women in IT group bi-annual making IT happen awards recognition programme and a superb Social Committee which arranges regular activities and events.
Role Summary
The University of Birminghams digital and data landscape is undergoing major transformation. One of the underpinning elements of our Digital Strategy is to move our on-premise warehousing and reporting to the cloud investing in new technologies and services. In this role you will play an integral part in supporting the implementation of the Institutional Data Strategy and data informed decision-making by improving the Universitys data infrastructure analytics capabilities and institutional reporting. If you are looking to develop your experience of supporting impactful change and are passionate about demonstrating the value of data and analytics in driving institutional progress this is the role for you.
We are seeking an innovative and hands on Data Architect to join our IT Services (ITS) team. This pivotal role is responsible for designing implementing and maintaining modern data architectures that empower the Universitys digital transformation goals. The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership and technical expertise to ensure our data infrastructure is scalable secure and aligned with institutional objectives.
As a Data Architect you will work closely with stakeholders across academic research and administrative units to deliver solutions that harness the power of data for insight decision making and innovation.
Main Duties
Data Architecture Design and Implementation
- Design and build modern scalable data architectures using cloud based and on premises solutions.
- Develop and maintain data models databases and pipelines to support enterprise-wide data initiatives.
- Lead the enterprise expansion of Snowflake for cloud data warehousing and analytics.
- Leverage dbt (Data Build Tool) to enable efficient transformation and management of data pipelines.
- Support and develop data standards policies and best practices.
Hands on Development
- Work directly with data engineering and software development teams to build reusable ELT pipelines.
- Create with colleagues APIs and data integrations to enable seamless data access and flow between systems for warehousing and Analytics.
- Optimize the performance and scalability of data systems.
- Utilize Azure Data Factory and other Azure tools for data management and processing.
- Take IT Services ownership of the creation of conceptual and Logical models working with University business leads and SMEs.
Strategic Planning and Leadership
- Work with colleagues across the University to review and drive the Universitys data strategy ensuring alignment with institutional goals.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to identify and prioritise data driven opportunities.
- Stay informed and communicate emerging technologies and trends in data architecture and analytics.
Data Governance and Security
- Implement robust data governance frameworks to ensure data quality integrity and compliance.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to safeguard sensitive information and mitigate risks.
- Promote best practices for data privacy in line with GDPR and other relevant regulations.
Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement
- Partner with academics research teams and administrative staff to deliver impactful data solutions.
- Provide training and mentorship to cross functional team members on data architecture and tools.
- Act as a subject matter expert for data related projects and initiatives.
General Duties
- Actively manages equality diversity and inclusion through monitoring and evaluation and actively challenging unacceptable behaviour.
- Supports the Universitys sustainability agenda through resource efficient working.
- Any other duties commensurate with the grade.
Required Knowledge Skills Qualifications Experience
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent qualifications) in Computer Science/Information Systems/or another related field plus substantial work experience and/or management/supervisory role in a specialist area plus a higher degree where appropriate.
- Authoritative and advanced technical expertise in a relevant technical professional or functional specialism.
- Demonstrable professional development through a series of progressively more demanding and influential work roles.
- Proven experience as a Data Architect Data Engineer or similar role in a complex organization.
- Expertise in designing and implementing data architectures in cloud environments (e.g. Azure AWS or Google Cloud).
- Hands on experience with Snowflake dbt and Azure Data Services (e.g. Data Factory Synapse or similar).
- Experience with ETL/ELT tools APIs and integration platforms.
- Deep knowledge of data modelling warehousing and real time analytics.
- Familiarity with big data technologies principals (e.g. Spark Hadoop) and BI tools (e.g. Power BI Tableau).
- Strong programming skills (e.g. SQL Python Java or similar languages).
- Ability to exercise a substantial degree of independent professional responsibility and discretion and apply an expert understanding of their specialist to the needs of the University.
- Evidence of literacy and numeracy.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a solution-oriented mindset.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively across diverse teams and functions.
- Passion for enabling data driven decision making and innovation.
- Experience of championing Equality Diversity and Inclusion in own work area.
- Ability to monitor and evaluate the extent to which equality and diversity legislation policies procedures are applied.
- Ability to identify issues with the potential to impact on protected groups and take appropriate action.
Desirable skills
- Experience in higher education or research environments.
- Knowledge of machine learning and AI driven analytics.
- Certifications in cloud platforms (e.g. AWS Certified Data Analytics Azure Data Engineer Associate.
Informal enquiries to Julian Kobylarz email:
View our staff values and behaviourshere
We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of University of Birmingham staff and that diversity in its many forms is a strength that underpins the exchange of ideas innovation and debate at the heart of University life. We are committed to proactively addressing the barriers experienced by some groups in our community and are proud to hold Athena SWAN Race Equality Charter and Disability Confident accreditations. We have an Equality Diversity and Inclusion Centre that focuses on continuously improving the University as a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. We are also committed to sustainability which is a key part of our strategy. You can find out more about our work to create a fairer university for everyoneon our website.
Employment Type
Full-Time
