Lead Technical Architect

£202.57 PAYE - £261.56 UMBRELLA per day

Full Time

3 month contract

Cardiff - Predominantly Remote

Our Client is looking to recruit multiple Lead Technical Architect on initial 3 month contracts who are based in Cardiff.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

* Lead the definition of technical strategies, visions and designs across teams based on Google Cloud Platform best practice to achieve organisational objectives.

* Direct the delivery of technical strategies, visions and designs across teams.

* Drive best practices in cloud-based data engineering, automation, and DevOps for data solutions.

* Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and other engineering teams to define architecture principles and patterns.

* Lead and guide the team, contributing to team skill growth and knowledge sharing.

* Design and implement scalable, reliable data models in the Google Cloud Platform.

* Ensure the security, compliance, and performance of Google Cloud Platform data solutions.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

* Significant experience with Google Cloud Platform for data and analytics.

* Ability to define strategies and visions across teams based on best practice, which align with organisational objectives.

* Ability to direct the implementation of strategies and visions for example by creating and implementing roadmaps or plans.

* Ability to make and guide architectural decisions, identify and address associated risks, and use governance and assurance to make design decisions.

* Can define architectural principles and patterns using best practice.

* Ability to produce relevant data models, explaining which models to use for which purpose and advising on industry best practice.

* Can develop and maintain strategies in response to feedback and findings.

* Ability to create technical designs characterised by high risk, impact and complexity.

* Can lead and guide others in creating technical designs to achieve organisational objectives.

* Can understand the impact on the organisation of emerging trends in data tools, analysis techniques and data usage.

* Ability to communicate between technical and non-technical stakeholders, mediate in difficult architectural discussion and gain support from stakeholders for architectural initiatives.

* Can work collaboratively in a group and adapt feedback to ensure it's effective.

* Can use feedback to optimise and refine standards for technical designs throughout the lifecycle.

* Ability to track emerging internal and external issues, solve problems with the most appropriate actions influencing colleagues across the organisation.

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

* Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.

* Cloud Platform Certification (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform)

* AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty

* Google Professional Architect

* Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer

Desirable

* Google Professional Data Engineer

* Data Engineering Certifications (e.g., Cloudera, Databricks)

* Data-related Certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Data Scientist Associate, Databricks Certified Data Engineer)

If this role is of particular interest and matches up well with your skills/experience then please do apply immediately