Senior Data Architect
| Posting date: | 04 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £54,416.00 to £68,344.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £54416.00 - £68344.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 September 2025 |
| Location: | Birmingham, Chilton, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Porton, E14 4PU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | K9919-25-0343 |
Summary
Joining our team as a Senior Data Architect, you will be at the forefront of transforming our data landscape. Collaborating closely with stakeholders and technology experts, you will be instrumental in crafting innovative Data Design and Architecture solutions tailored to meet both current and future business needs. Leveraging your wealth of experience, you will contribute to the development of cutting-edge data architectures, spanning AWS, Azure, and on-premises infrastructure. To ensure success as a data architect you should have substantial knowledge of how to optimise our data architecture in terms of efficiency, compliance, agility and simplicity and understand the impact of poor access to high quality data. You should have knowledge across multiple different data domains including on premise and cloud data architecture, data flows and interfaces, data management such as data quality, lineage, catalogues, business intelligence and analytics. A core understanding of data modelling approaches is also required. You should be skilled in understanding the big picture, whilst attending to detail, and able to obtain a broad level of understanding across multiple areas of our complex data estate. You should be able to use this knowledge along with data architecture skills to understand the impact of changes as our data systems, feeds and data products evolve and guide implementation teams. You should be able to engage with a wide range of technical, specialist and leadership roles to analyse, document and guide optimisation of our data estate. This role demands not only technical prowess in data models, data pipelines, and data component analysis but also strategic foresight, effective communication, and inspiring leadership in driving the delivery of meticulously crafted data architectures. Reporting to the Head of Data Architecture, you will play a crucial role in co-presenting solutions for review to governance bodies, ensuring meticulous alignment and securing approval for innovative data solutions. Essential Criteria Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Technology or equivalent experience Producing relevant data models across multiple subject areas Explaining which models to use for which purpose Understanding industry-recognised data modelling patterns and standards, and when to apply them Comparing the development and optimization of sophisticated data models Establishing design patterns and blueprints for data solutions, integrating the latest industry best practice Selection Process Details: This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills. Stage 1: Application & Sift You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the listed (6) essential criteria, and this will be in the form of a: Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application) 750 supporting statement. This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria. The Application form and supporting statement will be marked together. Longlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will longlist into 3 piles of: Meets all essential criteria Meets someessential criteria Meets no essentialcriteria The following will be taken through to the next stage: Meets all essential criteria Shortlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on the following: Producing relevant data models across multiple subject areas If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview & assessment. Please do not exceed 750 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number. Feedback will not be provided at this stage. Please note you will not be able to upload your CV. You must complete the application form in as much detail as possible. Please do not email us your CV. Stage 2: Interview (success profiles) You will be invited to a (single) remote interview. Behaviours, Technical and Experience will be tested at interview. The Behaviour's tested during the interview stage will be: Changing and Improving (lead behaviour) Seeing the Big Picture Making Effective Decisions Communicating and Influencing Working Together Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Eligibility Criteria - External Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants). Location This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQs. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQs (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London) or at one of our scientific campus sites (Colindale, Porton and Chilton). Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport links and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC). Security Clearance Level Requirement Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard. If you are based at one of our scientific sites, the following will apply: For meaningful National Security Vetting checks to be carried out individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 3 / 5 / 10 years as the role requires Counter Terrorism Check (CTC) / Security Check (SC) / Developed Vetting (DV) clearance.(delete as appropriate) UK residency less than the outlined periods may not necessarily bar you from gaining national security vetting and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder / Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice.