Lead Data Architect

Lead Data Architect position at Sword, a leading provider of business technology solutions. The role involves leading a team of Senior Data Engineers, providing technical direction, and overseeing the design and delivery of scalable, cloud-native data solutions. Responsibilities include delivering technical assurance, promoting best practices, and contributing to the engineering strategy, standards, and capability roadmap. The role offers a unique blend of leadership, technical depth, innovation, and client interaction, with opportunities to work with the latest Microsoft technologies and influence solution design and delivery excellence.

Requirements

• Lead, mentor, and develop Senior Data Engineers
• Provide technical direction, guidance, and oversight across all data engineering projects
• Deliver technical assurance by reviewing solution designs, pipelines, architectures, and implementation approaches
• Oversee the design and delivery of scalable, cloud-native data solutions using Azure technologies
• Ensure engineering teams follow best-practice patterns for ETL/ELT, data modelling, data lakes, governance, and optimisation

Benefits

• Personalised Career Development
• Flexible working
• Fantastic Benefits Package
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Enhanced family friendly benefits
• Pension scheme
• Access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes