Technical Data Architect

Technical Data Architect

Ocho People | Technology Recruitment

• Technical Data Architect role at a fast growing loyalty and commerce media technology scaleup recognised in the E2ETech100 fastest growing tech companies in the UK
• Enterprise data architecture, AWS and GCP, Kafka, Spark, Flink and real time and batch processing pipelines
• Work with some of the world's largest banking and retail brands
• Hybrid working from Belfast - three days per week in office
• Salary up to £80,000

Why This Organisation

Our client is a fast growing technology scaleup that has built one of the most sophisticated loyalty and commerce media platforms in the world. Operating across 15 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, their cloud based platform powers award winning bank loyalty programmes and commerce media solutions for some of the world's most recognised brands.

They have given back more than one billion dollars in cashback rewards to consumers worldwide over the last five years. Their growth has been recognised in the E2ETech100 list of the fastest growing tech scaleups in the UK, and they have won the Industry Achievement Award at the prestigious Card and Payments Awards. This is a company with serious momentum, serious clients and a genuine mission behind everything they build.

The benefits package is strong. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, the ability to buy and sell holiday days, employee share scheme, private healthcare, critical illness cover, life insurance, dental, optical, a fitness and wellbeing app and a genuinely active social culture with regular company events and team socials.

If you are a data architect looking for a role where the data problems are real, the clients are world class and the company has the ambition to match your ability, this is worth your attention.

The Role and What It Can Do For Your Career

This is a Technical Data Architect position at the heart of the engineering function, reporting to the Data Director of Engineering. You will design and implement scalable, secure and future proof data architectures that support advanced analytics, business intelligence and enterprise data needs across cloud and hybrid environments. You will define data models, integration patterns and governance frameworks, and translate complex strategic objectives into robust technical solutions for banking and retail clients navigating significant transformation.

The career value here is the breadth and depth of the domain. You will be working across AWS and GCP, real time streaming with Kafka and Confluent, batch and stream processing with Spark and Flink, data governance frameworks including GDPR and HIPAA compliance, and multi cloud cost optimisation. That combination of enterprise scale, regulated domain experience and modern cloud data architecture is increasingly rare and extremely valuable. You will also be providing architectural leadership and mentorship to data engineering teams, which compounds your influence well beyond your own output.

What you will need:

• Strong expertise in data modelling, database design and architecting conceptual, logical and physical models
• Proven experience with SQL and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB and Bigtable
• Hands on experience building ETL and ELT pipelines and optimising data transformations
• Practical knowledge of AWS including Kinesis, S3 and Redshift, and GCP including Pub/Sub and BigQuery
• Experience with streaming technologies such as Kafka and Confluent, and real time processing engines including Spark and Flink
• Knowledge of data governance tools and frameworks including Collibra, Apache Atlas, GDPR and HIPAA
• Familiarity with encryption standards and key management solutions including AES-256, TLS, KMS and Vault
• Strong understanding of performance optimisation techniques including indexing, partitioning, caching and query tuning
• Experience working with multi cloud and hybrid cloud environments including cost optimisation
• Degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems or a related field
• Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate complex architectures to both technical and non technical audiences

Nice to Have:

• AWS Certified Data Analytics or Google Professional Data Engineer certification

Why You Should Apply Now

Technical Data Architect roles with this breadth of scope - enterprise architecture, real time streaming, governance frameworks, multi cloud environments and world class clients - are not common in Belfast. This is a company with genuine momentum, a strong benefits package and a data engineering challenge that will stretch and develop any senior architect.

Salary up to £80,000. Hybrid working from Belfast, three days per week in office.

Please reach out to Nick Napier directly on LinkedIn or submit your CV via the link below.

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