Data Architect - Contract

Contract length: 6 months initially
Rate: Competitive day rate, outside IR35
Location: Remote, with occasional travel on site

The opportunity

A well-known UK business is building a data architecture function from scratch and needs a seasoned data architect to lead it. You'll own how data is modelled for analytics, set the standards, and bring a capable team along with you.

This isn't a role for someone who waits to be told what to build. They want someone who has done it before, takes ownership from day one, and enjoys coaching others as they go.

What you'll be doing

• Getting under the skin of how the business works, from processes and key events to where data is created along the way
• Working with business teams to agree what they need to measure and how, and building a shared language around it
• Designing dimensional models and subject-area data marts in Snowflake
• Making the key design decisions: grain, keys, and dimensions that can be reused across the business
• Turning complex source data into clean, business-friendly models
• Producing conceptual, logical and physical models
• Partnering with the solution architect, and handing designs over to data and BI engineers who build in dbt
• Setting modelling standards and coaching the team

What you'll bring

• Proven experience as a data architect or senior data modeller, owning analytical model design
• Strong Kimball and dimensional modelling expertise, including grain and conformed dimensions
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake, and a good working knowledge of dbt
• Confidence working with business stakeholders and turning requirements into clear designs
• A track record of setting standards and coaching or mentoring others
• Retail or ecommerce experience is a real bonus