Senior Data Architect (SC Cleared)

Location: Remote

Salary: £70K per year

Company

Scrumconnect is a multi-award-winning UK digital consultancy delivering digital services for public and private sector organisations through agile, multidisciplinary teams.

What you will do

• Design and maintain enterprise and solution-level data architectures.
• Define and govern data models, schemas, metadata structures, and data dictionaries.
• Guide delivery teams in producing data artefacts and aligning solutions with organisational standards and architecture principles.
• Advise on data storage, access, integration patterns, data quality, consistency, and integrity.
• Collaborate with Technical Architects, Software Developers, Analysts, engineers, and delivery teams.
• Communicate architecture decisions and contribute to continuous improvement of data architecture practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of work experience with strong experience in data architecture and data design.
• Ability to design and maintain data models and metadata systems, including data standards and data dictionaries.
• Strong understanding of relational and NoSQL databases, such as Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, and Oracle.
• Experience with cloud-based data platforms using AWS and/or Azure.
• Understanding of data integration and data lifecycle management.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
• Ability to collaborate with architects, engineers, and delivery teams in agile delivery environments.

Nice to have

• Exposure to analytical and reporting platforms such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Experience with data governance or data quality frameworks.
• Familiarity with event-driven or integration-led architectures.
• Experience working effectively in a hybrid environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent remote role.
• Work on digital services used by millions of people and designed to create public impact.
• Join a growing, award-winning consultancy with a strong delivery culture.
• Career development alongside experienced architects and engineers.
• Equal opportunities employer with reasonable adjustments available during the recruitment process.