Senior Data Architect, GCP, Kafka

Senior Data Architect – GCP, Kafka, OLTP, OLAP (2 days in London per week)

Senior Data Architect with a proven track record in designing robust data architectures for large financial service institutions

You will be responsible for crafting data architectures that address criticality, privacy, and security concerns while aligning with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.

Responsibilities:

• Design data architectures tailored to the specific needs of large financial service institutions, with a focus on criticality, privacy, and security.
• Demonstrate domain expertise in UK banking, core banking (ledger, products), UK payments, accounting models, regulatory reporting, analytics, and end-of-day processing.
• Utilize strong background in data engineering to understand and implement various components of data ecosystems, including OLTP/OLAP databases (on Google Cloud),Streaming and Event Processing ( Kafka ) , Batch and Orchestration, Reconciliation, Migration, Fault Tolerance, Disaster Recovery, and Performance Monitoring.
• Provide technical advisory to a diverse audience comprising enterprise architects, data owners, engineers, and business stakeholders, effectively communicating and defending technical positions.
• Curate design artefacts and develop roadmaps with transition states, ensuring alignment with business objectives and technical capabilities.
• Organize and facilitate workshops to educate and engage stakeholders, fostering collaboration and ensuring alignment between business context and technical solutions.
• Translate design concepts into actionable technical delivery plans, identifying activities and responsibilities required for successful implementation.

 Requirements:

• Extensive experience designing data architectures for large financial service institutions, preferably within the UK market.
• In-depth domain knowledge of UK banking, core banking systems, UK payments landscape, accounting models, and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Proficiency in data engineering principles and practices, including expertise in OLTP/OLAP databases (Google Cloud), Streaming and Event Processing (Kafka), Batch and Orchestration, Reconciliation, Migration, Fault Tolerance, Disaster Recovery, and Performance Monitoring.
• Strong technical advisory skills with the ability to communicate complex concepts to diverse audiences and defend technical positions effectively.
• Proven ability to organize and facilitate workshops, fostering collaboration and driving consensus among stakeholders.
• Demonstrated capability to translate architectural designs into actionable technical delivery plans, identifying key activities and responsibilities required for implementation.

Hybrid contract, 2 days week on site in London, banking client, inside IR35

INSIDE IR35 – this assignment will fall within scope of IR35 legislation and appropriate umbrella company should be utilised during this assignment.

• London & home working
• 6-12 months initial, long term extensions