Senior Data Architect Public Sector Hybrid Discovery Phase Programme

Senior Data Architect Public Sector Hybrid Discovery Phase Programme Location: 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