{"id":3147,"date":"2026-07-25T23:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T23:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coderseditor.com\/itjobs\/job\/senior-data-architect-london-uk-fulltime\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T23:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T23:21:15","slug":"senior-data-architect-london-uk-fulltime","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/coderseditor.com\/itjobs\/job\/senior-data-architect-london-uk-fulltime\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Data Architect &#8211; London, UK &#8211; Fulltime"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Senior Data Architect &#8211; London, UK &#8211; Fulltime Overview<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Company Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Capgemini<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Job Role<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Senior Data Architect &#8211; London, UK &#8211; Fulltime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Qualifications<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Not Specified<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Category<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>IT Jobs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Job Type<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Full Time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Capgemini is looking for an experienced Data Architect to join its Integration &amp; Data practice and help shape enterprise data architecture for financial services clients. The role is focused on designing and delivering secure, scalable, cloud-enabled data platforms that treat data as a strategic business asset. This is a permanent position based in London, and the working model is hybrid, with time split between company offices, client locations, and home. Full-time home working is not permitted.<\/p>\n<h3>What you will do<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Take ownership of solution design for the bank\u00e2\u0080\u0099s EDL and ODS platforms running on Cloudera in AWS, leading the data design aspect of delivery.<\/li>\n<li>Design end-to-end data lake and distributed data solutions that meet business requirements within a broader implementation programme.<\/li>\n<li>Contribute to solution planning by supporting estimation work and identifying technical assumptions, risks, and issues early.<\/li>\n<li>Review architecture and design outputs created by other data solution architects within the delivery factory.<\/li>\n<li>Help define and improve best practices for data architecture, while also spotting areas where the factory needs technical or process improvement.<\/li>\n<li>Create design artefacts either on your own or as part of a wider team.<\/li>\n<li>Work closely with business teams and programme stakeholders to clarify and refine data requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Present designs to the bank\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Architecture Review Board when needed.<\/li>\n<li>Collaborate with stakeholders in the Group Data Office and across the wider business.<\/li>\n<li>Support solution architects outside the factory on change initiatives and help maintain alignment across teams.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure all solutions follow strategic architecture principles and the organisation\u00e2\u0080\u0099s overall direction.<\/li>\n<li>Review technical team designs to confirm they remain consistent with the approved solution architecture.<\/li>\n<li>Help the delivery lead break the solution into smaller increments that can be delivered iteratively in sprints.<\/li>\n<li>Support other engineering activities in the factory, including mapping, build, testing, and release work.<\/li>\n<li>Review requirements and change requests to make sure the design continues to meet business and technical needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What you need<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Substantial experience as a solution architect delivering large-scale distributed data solutions in complex, multi-vendor change environments.<\/li>\n<li>Deep knowledge of distributed data platforms, especially Cloudera CDH\/CDP or similar technologies, across both on-premises and cloud environments.<\/li>\n<li>Experience handling large datasets, streaming data, and unstructured data sources.<\/li>\n<li>Practical exposure to technologies such as Cassandra, HBase, Kafka, and Spark.<\/li>\n<li>Strong ETL and data pipeline experience, particularly with modern big data tooling such as Airflow and NiFi, or equivalent tools.<\/li>\n<li>Programming ability in at least one of Java, Python, or Scala.<\/li>\n<li>Understanding of modern engineering methods and technologies.<\/li>\n<li>Good grounding in data architecture principles.<\/li>\n<li>A continuous-improvement mindset and an appetite for innovation.<\/li>\n<li>Financial services experience would be an advantage.<\/li>\n<li>Broad experience across complex enterprise IT environments, with the ability to contribute quickly and effectively.<\/li>\n<li>The ability to work independently and take responsibility for complex data delivery work.<\/li>\n<li>Experience or familiarity with APIs, integration, streaming, and change data capture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What Capgemini offers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A hybrid working model with a mix of office, client-site, and home-based working.<\/li>\n<li>Access to wellbeing support, including Mental Health Champions and wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.<\/li>\n<li>Recognition as a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing in 2024.<\/li>\n<li>A strong learning culture with many development opportunities, including think tanks and hackathons.<\/li>\n<li>Access to a large learning library and external certifications from providers such as AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, and cybersecurity organisations.<\/li>\n<li>Employment with a company recognised by Ethisphere as one of the World\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Most Ethical Companies for 13 consecutive years.<\/li>\n<li>The opportunity to work for a global business that values inclusion, sustainability, and professional growth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>About the wider organisation<\/h3>\n<p>Capgemini describes itself as an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner that delivers measurable business value through technology, design, engineering, strategy, and business operations. The company has a long history, a large international workforce, and a broad partner ecosystem. It emphasises collaboration, ethical business conduct, diversity, and helping clients use technology to innovate and grow.<\/p>\n<h3>Additional information<\/h3>\n<p>The role is for an experienced professional and is offered on a permanent contract in London. Capgemini also states that it is a Disability Confident Employer at Level 2 and will offer an interview to applicants who declare a disability and meet the minimum essential criteria, provided they opt in during the application process. 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