Technical Data Architect

Rewardinsight; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A data-focused technology firm in the United Kingdom seeks a Data Architect to define and own enterprise-wide data architecture aligned to business goals. The role involves designing data models, ensuring compliance with standards like GDPR, and providing technical leadership. The ideal candidate holds a degree in Computer Science or related field and has expertise in AWS and GCP technologies. This position offers hybrid working and a supportive organization where data architecture matters.

Benefits

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Hybrid working (3 days per week in the office)

Pension via Hargreaves Lansdown up to 6% matched

Income protection, life insurance & critical illness cover

Dental & optical cover

Active social calendar and company events

Qualifications

• Expertise in data modelling and optimisation.
• Hands-on experience with ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Excellent communication skills for technical explanations.

Responsibilities

• Define and own enterprise-wide data architecture.
• Design and maintain data models across multiple domains.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards like GDPR.

Skills

Data modelling

Database design

ETL/ELT pipelines

AWS technologies

GCP technologies

Streaming technologies

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or Information Systems

Tools

Collibra

Apache Atlas

Kinesis

S3

Pub/Sub

BigQuery

Job description

What You’ll Be Doing

Data Architecture & Strategy

• Define and own enterprise-wide data architecture aligned to business and technology goals
• Design and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models across multiple domains
• Establish scalable integration patterns, data flows, and canonical models
• Architect and optimise modern data platforms across AWS, GCP, and hybrid cloud
• Design real-time and batch data pipelines using modern data engineering frameworks
• Evaluate emerging technologies to improve performance, scalability, and cost efficiency

Governance, Security & Compliance

• Define and embed data governance frameworks, including lineage, metadata, and data quality
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and industry standards (e.g. GDPR, HIPAA)
• Implement best practices around encryption, key management, and platform security

Collaboration & Technical Leadership

• Partner closely with engineering, analytics, product, and business teams
• Provide technical leadership and architectural direction across initiatives
• Mentor engineers and support design reviews to ensure architectural consistency

What You’ll Bring

• A degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or similar
• Expertise in data modelling, database design, and optimisation
• Hands-on experience with:
• ETL / ELT pipelines and data transformation optimisation
• AWS (Kinesis, S3, Redshift) and GCP (Pub/Sub, BigQuery)
• Streaming technologies (Kafka, Confluent, Spark, Flink)
• Solid understanding of data governance tools and frameworks (Collibra, Apache Atlas)
• Strong knowledge of security, encryption, and key management (AES-256, TLS, KMS, Vault)
• Experience working in multi-cloud or hybrid environments, including cost optimisation
• Excellent communication skills — able to explain complex architectures to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Relevant certifications (AWS, GCP) are highly desirable.

Why Join Us?

You’ll be part of a forward-thinking, supportive organisation where data architecture genuinely matters. You’ll have the opportunity to influence strategy, work with modern technologies, and support clients tackling meaningful, large-scale challenges.

The Benefits

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Buy, sell, or bank holiday options (tenure dependent)
• Hybrid working (3 days per week in the office)
• Pension via Hargreaves Lansdown – up to 6% matched
• Income protection, life insurance & critical illness cover
• Dental & optical cover
• Active social calendar, team socials & company-wide events

If you enjoy turning strategy into robust data solutions and influencing architecture at scale, we’d love to hear from you.