Senior Data Architect Public Sector | Hybrid | Discovery Phase Programme

Reference: KB-288
Senior Data Architect Public Sector | Hybrid | Discovery Phase ProgrammeLocation: Remote - Once or twice across the contract onsite to your local office
Salary: £550 - £580 per day
IR35 - Inside ir35
10 Week Discovery with an option to go on for 2 years 
Provided data architecture leadership for a large-scale public sector discovery, defining the data strategy, governance framework, and information architecture required to enable secure data sharing across multiple organisations.
Key Responsibilities
  • Led the data architecture workstream, identifying data risks, dependencies, and opportunities across complex organisational landscapes.
  • Defined target data models, schemas, and integration requirements to support operational and analytical outcomes.
  • Designed scalable data architecture patterns, including cloud-based data platforms, APIs, and data-sharing solutions.
  • Established information governance, data protection, and security frameworks to ensure compliance with regulatory and organisational standards.
  • Collaborated with delivery, product, business analysis, and engineering teams to develop data-driven prioritisation and decision-support models.
  • Validated data architecture assumptions through prototyping and user testing, translating findings into future-state architecture recommendations.
  • Produced data strategy, governance, and architectural outputs to support progression into the next phase of delivery.
  • Provided expert advice to senior stakeholders on data management, interoperability, and information governance.
Skills & Experience
  • Enterprise Data Architecture and Strategy
  • Data Modelling (Conceptual, Logical, Physical)
  • Data Governance, Metadata Management, and Information Assurance
  • Data Sharing, Privacy, GDPR, and Security Frameworks
  • Cloud Data Platforms (AWS, Azure)
  • Data Lakes, API-Based Integration, and Modern Data Architectures
  • ArchiMate, UML, and Enterprise Architecture Modelling
  • Agile Discovery and Service Design
  • Stakeholder Engagement and Technical Leadership
£550.00 - £580.00
Per day
£550 - £580 per day, Benefits: Remote - Once or twice across the contract onsite to your local office
Added 04/08/2026
Reference: KB-288

Senior Data Architect Public Sector | Hybrid | Discovery Phase Programme

Barking, England, United Kingdom Contract IT

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