SC Cleared Data Solutions Architect
Our key client is looking for an SC Cleared Data Solutions Architect on a 6 months+ on going contract with occasional travel to the London office when required. This is working on a major police force programme and will require NPPv3 clearance. Ideally NPPV3 and SC clearance but if not SC is a must.
Description and Location
The ideal candidate should have strong experience in enterprise data architecture ideally in government/secure environments, a proven track record of delivering complex solutions, excellent stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability to operate effectively across both business and technical audiences.
The primary responsibilities of the role will include: Defining, owning, and governing the end-to-end Data architecture, ensuring solutions align with business requirements, enterprise architecture principles, security standards, operational objectives, and strategic technology roadmaps.Designing and assuring complex
Data migration solutions across legacy, cloud, and hybrid technology landscapes.Working with the C&C Architecture team on:Data migrationMigration of 14 data sets against three pattern, Automated ETL, partially automated address cleansing and migrationExpertise in one-off and delta migrationsFamiliar with guiding data extraction and cleansing activities, and definition of data transformation rulesExpertise in assessing and recommending data migration testing activities, in particular the level of dip sampling and aggregated result comparison to ensure overall accuracy of routines
Regulatory requirements (working alongside a dedicated InfoSec architect) MoPI/PIRM Review, Retention & Disposal requirementsData Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA)Data Sharing AgreementsIntegration with DPS and similar Professional Standards teams to support internal investigations
Analytics, Reporting & Search integration Expertise in PowerBI report generation and associated data warehousing techniquesFeeds to Data Warehouse, Search A&R platformsCDWInterim POLE StoreeAppsEnterprise Data Platform (using a medallion architecture)Enterprise Data Archive (with some knowledge of how to preserve evidential weight of data being useful)Producing and reviewing solution architecture artefacts, including High-Level Designs (HLDs), data strategies, architecture decisions, and technical roadmaps.Providing architectural leadership and direction across project teams, suppliers, and stakeholders, supporting design decisions, impact assessments, option evaluations, and technical governance activities.Identifying and managing cross-workstream dependencies, technical risks, assumptions, constraints, and architectural impacts to support programme decision-making.Working collaboratively with business, operational, infrastructure, security, data, and supplier teams to ensure solutions meet both functional and non-functional requirements.Supporting architecture and programme governance, including design authority reviews, technical assurance activities, migration planning, and key delivery and cutover decisions.Maintaining architecture standards, decision logs, design documentation, and knowledge-transfer materials to support both delivery and ongoing service operation.
Role will be approx 70:30 Assurance:Design - most is assuring what client are designing, but there will be elements which need looking at MPS side eg EDP interface to OnCall would need input to Data Office design.
A lot of the role would be coordination between suppliers/teams to make sure end to end solutions hang together.Technical input needed to DPIAs (which the business design team would be authoring
Role is likely to be Full-time and to start asap. The team mostly work remotely, but there are occasions when they are on-site for meetings.
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