Data Architect

Role overview

Data architecture and standards

• Define and maintain enterprise data architecture artefacts, including conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
• Own and evolve data architecture principles, standards, and patterns.
• Promote consistent, reusable data designs across Ofgem’s digital and data landscape.

Solution design and assurance

• Lead architecture design for data ingestion, storage, transformation, integration, data sharing, analytics, and reporting.
• Review and assure solution designs against enterprise architecture and regulatory requirements.
• Provide practical architectural direction that supports delivery while managing long-term risk.

Governance, risk, and compliance

• Ensure architectures comply with DDaT and GDS standards, UK GDPR, and security and information assurance policies.
• Contribute to governance forums and formal design reviews; manage risks including technical debt and obsolescence.
• Support DPIAs and security design reviews from a data architecture perspective.

Required experience and expertise

• Significant Senior Data Architect experience in a complex organisation.
• Strong expertise in data modelling, integration technologies, and cloud-based data architectures.
• Understanding of structured data standards, governance approaches, and interface documentation.
• Awareness of data security, privacy, and information governance requirements; ability to work at strategic and delivery levels.

Location

• Successful candidates may be based at an office in Cardiff, Glasgow, or London; Cardiff and Glasgow applicants are especially welcomed.

Pay and contract

• Salary range is £49,452–£62,699, with national and London ranges stated in the posting.
• The contract type is permanent; the working pattern lists flexible working, full-time, and job share.
• The posting states a Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.

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