London
Role: Senior / Principal Data Architect Salary: £115,000 - £118,000 + Bonus WFH: 3 Days/Week Onsite (Shoreditch) Overview Our client, a leading global technology and business consultancy focused on financial services, is hiring a Senior / Principal Data Architect to join their award-winning Data Practice. This is a hands-on architecture and leadership role, supporting major banking and financial services clients with modernising data infrastructure, guiding cloud transformation, and shaping scalable, best-in-class data platforms. You'll join a team of 800+ data professionals in a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages innovation and values individuality. If you're passionate about strategy, architecture, and delivering meaningful impact in data-driven transformations, this is an opportunity to lead from the front. Key Responsibilities • Lead complex agile consulting projects focused on data architecture design and delivery, • Advise technology leaders on modern best practices in data management, • Develop cloud-based enterprise data platforms using AWS, Azure, or GCP, • Define services and frameworks that enable efficient, scalable, and secure data management, • Contribute to internal IP and delivery frameworks across the firm's data practice, • Manage small project teams and support capability building and business development Ideal Candidate • Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise data strategies and governance, • Deep knowledge of contextual, logical, and physical data modelling, • Hands-on experience with cloud data migration and architecture (AWS, Azure, or GCP), • Strong grasp of metadata management, data privacy/security frameworks, and cloud ecosystem best practices, • Financial services project experience preferred, with stakeholder-facing communication skills, • Comfortable operating across complex environments, leading multiple workstreams Preferred Skills & Experience • Cloud architecture certifications (AWS/GCP/Azure), • Experience designing data lakes and modern cloud storage patterns, • Familiarity with data cataloguing, classification, and semantic/graph modelling, • Exposure to ESG data, risk/compliance platforms, or financial crime data architectures, • An understanding of cloud cost management, automation, and network architecture Tech Domains • Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP, • Data Management: Metadata tools, privacy frameworks, security architecture, • Modelling: ER, Contextual, Semantic, Logical/Physical, • Orchestration & Integration: API design, DevOps support, cloud-native workflows Why Join? • Work on high-impact transformation projects with top-tier global banks, • Join an agile, innovation-focused culture with flat structure and open collaboration, • Learn and grow in a highly supportive environment with extensive L&D support, • Inclusive and diverse culture with enhanced family-friendly policies, • Join the multi-award-winning data team, voted Best Consultancy in Data Management and ESG Interview Process • Initial Discussion - Culture, expectations, and mutual fit, • Technical/Project Interview(s) - Assessing delivery experience and architectural thinking, • Final Interview - Client-facing alignment and career progression discussion Desired Skills and Experience AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, GCP