Data Architect

Data Architect Manchester, England

PwC
Full Time Manchester, England 50398 - 70516 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Our purpose focuses on how we contribute to society, and how our business decisions can contribute to greater trust and solving important problems. In order to achieve our purpose and deliver a first-class service to our clients, we need first-class support internally. The people who power us - our internal teams - have a vital role to make sure we have all the right resources, services and technology to be the best we can be. Not all of us work directly with external clients.

Senior Data Architect


What’s happening at PwC?

As part of PwC’s global strategy, The New Equation, we’re investing significantly in skills, capabilities and technologies to address the breadth and complexity of the challenges that our clients face with their businesses and in society. One of our responses to this was establishing Tech Central, a technology focused function working alongside other PwC teams.

What’s happening in the function?
Tech Central is rapidly growing and the environment that our people work in is fueled by ingenuity, collaboration and innovation. Our people are skilled and passionate about the work they do. As part of the team you’ll experience an environment consisting of a wide range of technologies with ample room for you to learn, grow and innovate.

About the Team:

Joining the data team offers multiple opportunities to work on cutting edge technologies & solve complex data problems. As a large organisation we have vast quantities of data moving around our systems ready to be organised, analysed & leveraged to create business insights that can help us operate effectively. As a data architect you will be front and centre in providing guidance in the architecture and design of data within the firm's application landscape.

Job Skills

Data architecture focuses on delivering the vision for the organisation’s use of data within the firm's application landscape. Data architects understand a broad range of Data Management disciplines and act as a bridge between non-technical stakeholders and technical practitioners.

  • Understands how to undertake structured analysis of business requirements and translate these into data models and design

  • Can ensure that data architectural decisions align to agreed data governance standards and guidelines

  • Can ensure data is of consistent design across systems that use it

  • Is able to create new and extend existing data models

  • Understands how to effectively manage metadata

  • Can identify the need for key data design decisions and is able to manage their path through architecture governance

  • Provides direction through the definition of data in target and transition architectures to satisfy the perspectives of different stakeholders

Related expertise

  • Understanding of Data Quality Management principles

  • Ability to confidently communicate with a wide variety of stakeholders

  • The ability to liaise with product managers and technical architects to define data roadmaps

  • Inquisitive mindset, constantly looking to explore how things work & why

Data Architect
PwC

https://www.pwc.co.uk/careers.html
London, United Kingdom
Robert E. Moritz
$5 to $10 billion (USD)
10000+ Employees
Company - Private
Accounting & Tax
Finance
1998
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