Sword Group
Energy
DataArchitect
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“Data Architect at Sword Group. Skills: Data architecture, Data modelling, Solution design, Data governance. Lead workshops. Conduct interviews”
What You'll Achieve.
Realise business value from data assets
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Experience in data architecture, Experience in data modelling, Experience in end-to-end data solution design, Translate business requirements into scalable data architectures, Experience with data governance frameworks, Experience with metadata management, Experience with data quality practices, Knowledge of modern data platforms, Knowledge of cloud-based architectures, Knowledge of integration patterns, Define non-functional requirements, Design resilient enterprise-scale data solutions
Nice to Have
Experience in the energy industry, Experience in the utilities industry
What You'll Do.
Conduct discovery sessions
Understand business processes
Understand data needs
Understand strategic objectives
Collaborate with stakeholders
Define target state data architecture
Own target state data architecture
Design reusable data structures
Define data dependencies
Produce technical designs
Produce data architecture artifacts
Produce functional designs
Produce high-level architecture
Produce detailed low-level designs
Establish principles for data ingestion
Establish standards for data ingestion
Establish principles for data transformation
Establish standards for data transformation
Establish principles for data storage
Establish standards for data storage
Establish principles for metadata management
Establish standards for metadata management
Establish principles for data access
Establish standards for data access
Maintain principles for data ingestion
Maintain standards for data ingestion
Maintain principles for data transformation
Maintain standards for data transformation
Maintain principles for data storage
Maintain standards for data storage
Maintain principles for metadata management
Maintain standards for metadata management
Maintain principles for data access
Maintain standards for data access
Work with data governance teams
Define data quality rules
Enforce data quality rules
Define metadata management practices
Enforce metadata management practices
Ensure compliance with organisational standards
Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
Ensure compliance with industry best practices
Specify non-functional requirements
Ensure adherence to non-functional requirements
Design reusable data pipelines
Design testable data pipelines
Design resilient data pipelines
Design reusable transformation processes
Design testable transformation processes
Design resilient transformation processes
Support implementation of data processing solutions
Ensure documentation is clear
Ensure documentation is structured
Ensure documentation is accessible
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Technical stakeholders; Non-technical stakeholders; Data governance teams
Communication Scope
Stakeholder management
Full Job Description
Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving transformational change within our clients. We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data, and business applications. We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals. The Data Architect is responsible for defining and implementing scalable, secure, and efficient data architectures that enable our client to realise business value from its data assets. This role ensures that data solutions are aligned to business needs, support strategic objectives, and adhere to best practice standards across the data lifecycle. * Lead workshops, interviews, and discovery sessions to understand business processes, data needs, and strategic objectives. * Collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure alignment between business requirements and data solutions. * Define and own the target state data architecture, including data domains, patterns, layers, and consumption models. * Design scalable and reusable data structures and define data dependencies across systems and produce detailed technical design and data architecture artifacts * Produce high-quality functional designs, including both high-level architecture and detailed low-level designs. * Establish and maintain principles and standards for data ingestion, transformation, storage, metadata management, and access. * Work closely with data governance teams to define and enforce data quality rules and metadata management practices. * Ensure compliance with organisational standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices. * Specify and ensure adherence to non-functional requirements such as scalability, performance, availability, resilience, monitoring, disaster recovery, and maintainability. * Desi
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