Data Architect

Job Title: Data Architect

Location: London

About the Job you are considering:
We are seeking an experienced and strategic Data Architect to lead the design and implementation of enterprise-scale data architecture solutions within the Banking and Financial Services sector. The successful candidate will be responsible for defining the target-state data architecture, driving data modernization initiatives, and ensuring alignment between business objectives, regulatory requirements, and technology strategy.

This role requires deep expertise in banking data domains, enterprise data modeling, cloud-native data platforms, governance frameworks, and large-scale transformation programs.

Hybrid working:

The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

Your Role:
Enterprise Data Architecture

• Define and drive enterprise-wide data architecture strategy aligned with banking business objectives and digital transformation initiatives.
• Develop target-state information architecture, enterprise data models, canonical models, and domain-driven architecture frameworks.
• Establish architecture principles, standards, patterns, and best practices for enterprise data management.

Data Platform Architecture

• Architect scalable, secure, high-performance Data Lake, Data Warehouse, Lakehouse, and cloud-native data ecosystems.
• Design modern data platforms leveraging Azure, Databricks, Snowflake, and emerging cloud technologies.
• Define enterprise data integration architectures across legacy, on-premises, and cloud environments.

Banking Domain Solutions

• Architect data solutions supporting key banking domains including:
  • Risk Management
  • Finance & Regulatory Reporting
  • Treasury
  • Payments
  • Customer & Client Data
  • Financial Crime & Compliance
  • Reference Data Management
• Translate regulatory and business requirements into scalable and compliant data architectures.

Your Skills:

Essential

• 12+ years of experience in Data Architecture, Enterprise Data Management, or Information Architecture.
• Extensive experience working within Banking and Financial Services organizations, preferably Tier-1 financial institutions.
• Proven expertise in enterprise-scale data architecture and large transformation programs.
• Strong experience in designing Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, Lakehouse architectures, and modern analytics platforms.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise data modeling (Conceptual, Logical, and Physical Data Models).
• Expertise in data integration, ETL/ELT frameworks, event-driven architectures, and real-time data processing.
• Hands-on experience with Azure Data Platform, Databricks, Snowflake, and modern cloud ecosystems.
• Strong SQL and Big Data technology experience.
• Experience implementing Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata Management, Data Catalog, and Lineage solutions.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex regulatory and business-driven data transformation initiatives.

Desirable

• Experience implementing Data Mesh and Data Product operating models.
• Exposure to Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and advanced analytics architecture.
• Experience with banking modernization, digital transformation, and cloud migration programs.
• Knowledge of enterprise integration patterns and API-driven architectures.

We are a Disability Confident Employer:

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and 
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

Make It Real (what does it mean for you):

• You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation.  We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. 
  To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
• You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.
• You will be joining one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®, as recognised by Ethisphere® for 13 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.
  
  

Why you should consider Capgemini:

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask.  When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts.  We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible.  It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future.  By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini:

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.
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