What's this role about?
Here's how you'll contribute:
Key Responsibilities:
- Data Architecture Strategy & Design
- Define and maintain the data architecture roadmap aligned with the Programme’s modernisation goals.
- Establish standards for data modelling, integration, and interoperability across platforms.
- Ensure architecture supports scalability, security, and regulatory compliance.
- Data Interrogation & Quality Management
- Data Migration & Transformation
- Reporting & Analytics Enablement
- Lead efforts to analyse existing data assets, identifying gaps, redundancies, and quality issues.
- Implement robust data quality frameworks, including validation, cleansing, and enrichment processes.
- Drive adoption of data governance principles through the delivery of the Programme
- Design and oversee migration strategies from legacy systems to modern platforms (e.g., cloud, hybrid).
- Ensure data integrity and minimal disruption during migration phases.
- Collaborate with application and infrastructure teams to optimise data flows.
- Define data structures and pipelines to support advanced reporting and BI tools.
- Ensure timely and accurate delivery of data for operational and strategic decision-making.
- Partner with business stakeholders to align reporting capabilities with organisational needs.
- Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as the primary authority on data architecture within the programme.
- Influence senior stakeholders on data-driven strategies and best practices.
- Mentor and guide data engineers, analysts, and architects to build internal capability
| Career Level (Technical Skills and Qualifications) |
| Good level of secondary education + some work experience |
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| Degree level or equivalent + 2-5 years’ work experience |
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| Degree level or equivalent, possibly professional qualifications and 5 years + work experience |
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| Significant work experience at a senior level |
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Essential
The following outlines the skills and experience required:
- Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
- Professional certifications (e.g., TOGAF, DAMA, CDMP) desirable.
- Demonstrable experience (ideally 5 years+) working in a data or Architecture domain across a range of different technologies (including business intelligence, data warehousing, data management and data delivery, database and ETL technologies)
- Expertise in data concepts and tools, such as Big Data, ML Ops and Kafka.
- Confident communicator - able to present complex technical issues in a clear manner to technical and non-technical audiences
- Knowledge of cloud infrastructure, such as AWS, Azure and GCP.
- Multi-task and prioritise across a number of projects and initiatives.
- Work independently and collaborate effectively across the organization.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly-changing environment
- Self-motivated, goal-oriented individual with the ability to take ownership of the task assigned
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Desirable
- Financial Services experience is desirable but not essential
- Experience of multiple architecture frameworks
- Experience in Agile Delivery models
- Experience of multiple cloud technologies
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How we’d like you to lead:
Advantage Zensar
We are a technology consulting and services company with 11, 800+ associates in 33 global locations. More than 130 leading enterprises depend on our expertise to be more disruptive, agile and competitive. We focus on conceptualizing, designing, engineering, marketing, and managing digital products and experiences for high-growth companies looking to disrupt through innovation and velocity.
Zensar Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer, encouraging diversity in the workplace. Please be assured that we will consider all qualified applicants fairly, regardless of race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizen status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, or protected veterans’ status.
Zensar is a place where you are free to express yourself in an environment that values individuality, nurtures development and is mindful of wellbeing. We put our people and customers at the center of everything that we do. Our core values include:
- Putting people first
- Client-centricity
- Collaboration