Job Description:-

Required Skills and Experience:

Essential

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent number of years of experience in a Computer Science or Data Management related field.
• Experience in leading and delivering enterprise data platform architectural thinking, and its practical application.
• Experience in the use of conceptual and logical data modelling technologies.
• Experience in defining and working with information and data regulatory governances.
• The role holder will possess a blend of data/information architecture, analysis, and engineering skills.
• Experience in known industry IT architectural patterns and IT architecture ways of working/methodologies (e.g. FAIR data principles, Data Mesh).
• Understanding the appropriate data structure and technology based on business use case and completely familiar with data lifecycles.

Desirable

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent number of years of experience in a Computer Science or Data Management related field.
• Experience in leading and delivering enterprise data platform architectural thinking, and its practical application.
• Experience in the use of conceptual and logical data modelling technologies.
• Experience in defining and working with information and data regulatory governances.
• The role holder will possess a blend of data/information architecture, analysis, and engineering skills.
• Experience in known industry IT architectural patterns and IT architecture ways of working/methodologies (e.g. FAIR data principles, Data Mesh).
• Understanding the appropriate data structure and technology based on business use case and completely familiar with data lifecycles.

• Experience in a data architect role with practical examples of designing and providing data engineering/architectural blueprints that have been implemented.
• Experience of Information and Data Governance frameworks and their application in a commercial organisation
• Understands Data Platforms concepts and cloud-based containerization strategies for hybrid cloud environments.
• Experience in Agile data definition scrums.
• Experience in the use of tooling, e.g. metadata cataloguing tools, data modelling tools, EA tools
• Understanding of, or familiarity with, Data Mesh approaches (as distinct from Data Fabric or Data Platform
• Experience working in matrix-based environment with multiple stakeholder groups identifying priorities.
• Experience of working in the Pharmaceutical industry.