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Job Title: Data Architect - Minerva VAT TxR Data Acquisition
Clearance Required: SC
Duration: 6 months
Location: Telford with 2 days/week in office
Project Overview:
- This project aims to unify RSDD APIs TXR002 and ADE into a single service that will act as the central calculations data provider for all current and future consumers.
- Both services-TXR002 and ADE-are functionally equivalent but serve different consumers. By consolidating them, the project seeks to reduce service complexity, eliminate confusion, and streamline change management efforts across impacted domains, contributing to overall cost savings.
- This role will form part of a new scrum team within Minerva Platfrom to develop and deliver the Ingestion and Risking within the SAS Platform including IDP.
Data architect responsibilities:
- A data architect designs and builds data models to fulfil the strategic data needs of the organisation, as defined by chief data architects.
At this role level, you will:
- Design, support and provide guidance for the upgrade, management, decommission and archive of data in compliance with data policy
- Provide input into data dictionaries
- Define and maintain the data technology architecture, including metadata, integration and Business Intelligence or data warehouse architecture
Communicating between the technical and non-technical
- Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Support and host discussions within a multidisciplinary team, with potentially difficult dynamics
- Be an advocate for the team externally, and can manage differing perspectives
Communicating data
- Show an awareness that data needs to be aligned to the needs of the end user
- Create basic visuals and presentations
Data analysis and synthesis
- Undertake data profiling and source system analysis
- Present clear insights to colleagues to support the end use of the data
Data governance (data architect)
- Understand what data governance is required
- Take responsibility for the assurance of data solutions and make recommendations to ensure compliance
Data innovation
- Show an awareness of opportunities for innovation with new tools and uses of data
Data modelling
- Explain the concepts and principles of data modelling
- Produce, maintain and update relevant data models for an organisation's specific needs
- Reverse-engineer data models from a live system
Data standards (data architect)
- Develop data standards for a specific component
- Analyse where data standards have been applied or breached, and undertake an impact analysis of that breach
Metadata management
- Work with metadata repositories to complete complex tasks such as data and systems integration impact analysis
- Maintain a repository to ensure information remains accurate and up to date
Problem management
- Initiate and monitor actions to investigate patterns and trends to resolve problems
- Effectively consult specialists where required
- Determine the appropriate Remedy and assist with its implementation
- Determine preventative measures
Strategic thinking
- Explain the strategic context of your work and why it is important
- Support strategic planning in an administrative capacity
Turning business problems into data design
- Design data architecture by dealing with specific business problems and aligning it to enterprise-wide standards and principles
- Work within the context of well understood architecture, and identify appropriate patterns
If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.