Data Architect - Palantir Foundry (Health Domain)
4 days ago
Leeds
Location: UK (Hybrid). Office Location is Leeds, LS1 5JL. Contract: Permanent or Contract Salary Range for Perm: £50,000 - £75,000, depending on experience. Rate for Contract: £500-£600/day, Inside IR35. Overview We are looking for a highly experienced Data Architect with deep expertise in Palantir Foundry to lead the design, modelling, and governance of next-generation data platforms across the UK health sector. This role will shape how clinical, operational, and population-level insights are delivered using one of the most advanced data operating systems in the world. Key Responsibilities • Lead the end-to-end architecture of Palantir Foundry, covering data integration, pipelines, transformations, ontology modelling, governance, and operational applications., • Own and evolve the enterprise ontology, defining object types, links, actions, and semantic relationships for clinical and operational domains., • Design scalable, modular, and governed data pipelines following Foundry best practices (transform patterns, DRY architecture, no circular dependencies)., • Integrate structured, unstructured, streaming, and device/IoT datasets using Foundry's ingestion and connector frameworks., • Build ontology-driven data products, KPIs, data marts, and analytical frameworks for clinical pathways, care coordination, workforce planning, and command-centre operations., • Implement robust security, classification, and purpose-based access controls, ensuring full lineage, auditability, and regulatory compliance., • Work closely with clinicians, analysts, data engineers, DevOps teams, and senior leadership to guide platform adoption and architectural decision-making., • Extensive hands-on expertise in Palantir Foundry architecture, including pipelines, transforms, ontology, governance, and operational app development., • Strong understanding of healthcare datasets (EPR, PAS, FHIR/HL7, clinical coding, operational and workforce data)., • Proven experience designing enterprise data models, semantic layers, or ontologies., • Strong background working within regulated environments such as NHS trusts, ICSs, central government, or large healthcare providers., • Palantir Foundry Solution Architect Certification, • AWS Solutions Architect - Associate/Professional, • Understanding of interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7v2, SNOMED CT)., • Experience with cloud-native data engineering on AWS., • Knowledge of DevOps practices (CI/CD, IaC, GitOps)., • Experience designing data quality frameworks and governance models.