Data Architect

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Data Architect Department: IT & Change: Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time Location: Manchester, UK: Description: We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Data Architect (DA) to fill a foundational role in a newly formed group concentrating on Data. This role requires strategic thinking, technical leadership, and deep expertise in best practices for the design and implementation of complex data architectures on modern, cloud-native platforms. The DA will partner closely with Data Engineers and Data Stewards to ensure our data assets are comprehensive, logically organized, and of high quality. Key Responsibilities: - Design and implement scalable data architectures on Microsoft Azure - Proactively maintain data models and schemas to ensure alignment with evolving business needs - Ensure consistent representation of borrowers, counterparties, exposures, and assets - Work with Data Engineering to help optimize data pipelines, storage patterns, and query performance - Provide strategic advice on long-term data strategy About you: - Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field is preferable - Proven experience unifying disparate datasets i...