Job Title: Data Architect
Level: Associate Manager
Locations: London, Bristol or Manchester
Salary: Competitive salary and package (Depending on level of experience)
Please Note: To be eligible for this role, you must hold active DV clearance
The above information relates to a specific client requirement
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.
We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognised worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.
“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO
Key responsibilities of the role are summarised below:
Define the architecture for high profile, public facing, government, and private sector projects, including providing architectural and technical leadership
Define data strategy, data migration approach, data integration approach, data models and data design for any given client
Investigate and thoroughly understand the current live applications and systems at any given client site
Ensure that the scope, context and constraints are documented and accepted
Define and document strategies, standards and guidelines to direct the build and deployment of systems
Ensure that agreed upon architectural principles and standards are applied to the finished system or product
Define a strategic Data Model across the enterprise and products
Propose technical solutions for storing data in distributed systems
Create a model that works for small micro-services as well as big-data storage solutions in line with national infrastructure standards and frameworks
Govern and support technical delivery of those solutions
Line manage, mentor, train and develop others
Qualifications:
You will have a strong architecture and software engineering background, have led teams of engineers or other architects and be able to contribute to our internal data strategy and thought leadership
In addition you will have:
Experience with defining data strategy, data migration approach, data integration approach
Experience being a hands on data architect (only when needed with programme languages Java, Scala and Python)
Experience with Big Data technologies
Experience with Microsoft Azure and services
Experience with both open source and vendor data platforms.
Experience with data architecture, architectural concepts, methodologies and approaches.
Experience with microservices architecture
Experience of designing for both structured and unstructured data
An understanding of non-functional drivers for design
Experience with data modelling
Strong background in Java and REST Services - ability to design solutions as well as review code
As a technology consultancy, we look for people who can deliver both exceptional technical solutions and work as true partners to the organisations we support. To do this you must be able to:
Communicate effectively verbally and in writing, demonstrated through:
Effectively explain complex technical solutions to a non-technical audience
Writing meaningfully to deliver clear information, and guidance
Giving impactful presentations, articulating clearly key points
Demonstrate critical thinking by:
Analysing and evaluating information
Using information gathered to present solutions and reach decisions
Displaying familiarity and…