Data Assurance Architect - SFIA 6

Overview We are seeking a Solutions Architect with deep data architecture expertise (SFIA 6) to provide design assurance on a major data transformation programme for a Public Sector Client. You will assure the data solution design and confirm its alignment to the wider target solution architecture, driving understanding and formal approval across the programme''s architecture domains - technology, security, integration, data and business/service. The role is highly collaborative: you will orchestrate alignment across the programme core team, the incumbent shared services provider, the client department and the systems integrator. Success is a design that is understood, approved and demonstrably consistent with the client''s enterprise architecture requirements. Key Responsibilities Assure the data solution design, testing it against the wider target solution architecture and the client''s enterprise architecture principles. Drive the design through architecture governance, securing understanding and formal approval from the technology, security, integration, data and business/service domains. Orchestrate alignment across key stakeholders, including the programme core team, the incumbent shared services provider, the client department and the systems integrator. Constructively challenge supplier designs, identifying gaps, risks and non-compliances before they reach delivery. Translate complex architectural positions into clear options and recommendations for senior, ..... full job details .....