Job Title: Data Architect
Level: Manager (CL7)
Locations: London, Bristol or Manchester
Salary: Competitive salary and package (Depending on level of experience)
Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which typically requires 5 years continuous UK address history and declaration of being a British passport holder with no dual nationality at the point of application.
Key Responsibilities
- Define the architecture for high profile, public facing, government, and private sector projects, including providing architectural and technical leadership.
- Define data strategy, data migration approach, data integration approach, data models and data design for any given client.
- Investigate and thoroughly understand the current live applications and systems at any given client site.
- Ensure that the scope, context and constraints are documented and accepted.
- Define and document strategies, standards and guidelines to direct the build and deployment of systems.
- Ensure that agreed upon architectural principles and standards are applied to the finished system or product.
- Define a strategic Data Model across the enterprise and products.
- Propose technical solutions for storing data in distributed systems.
- Create a model that works for small micro‑services as well as big‑data storage solutions in line with national infrastructure standards and frameworks.
- Govern and support technical delivery of those solutions.
- Line‑manage, mentor, train and develop others.
Qualifications
You will have a strong architecture and software engineering background, have led teams of engineers or other architects and be able to contribute to our internal data strategy and thought leadership.
- Experience with defining data strategy, data migration approach, data integration approach.
- Hands‑on data architecture experience when required, with programme languages Java, Scala and Python.
- Experience with Big Data technologies.
- Experience with Microsoft Azure and services.
- Experience with both open source and vendor data platforms.
- Experience with data architecture, architectural concepts, methodologies and approaches.
- Experience with microservices architecture.
- Experience designing for both structured and unstructured data.
- An understanding of non‑functional drivers for design.
- Experience with data modelling.
- Strong background in Java and REST Services – ability to design solutions and review code.
Communication & Soft Skills
- Effectively explain complex technical solutions to a non‑technical audience.
- Write meaningfully to deliver clear information and guidance.
- Give impactful presentations, articulating key points clearly.
- Analyse and evaluate information.
- Use gathered information to present solutions and reach decisions.
- Be familiar and comfortable with a breadth of technologies, and appreciate how they can be combined and applied to solve customer problems.
Partnership & Stakeholder Management
- Effectively manage both internal and external stakeholders to ensure synergy.
- Collaborate meaningfully with all parties to ensure outcomes are reached effectively.
Benefits
At Accenture you will receive an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice. Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process. Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women. Please read Accenture’s Recruiting and Hiring Statement for more information on how we process your data during the Recruiting and Hiring process.
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