Technical Architect - Data Platforms

DescriptionWe are seeking an experienced Technical Architect to support the design and evolution of large-scale, cloud-based data platforms across, working across our portfolio of clients.The Technical Architect will play a key role in shaping solution design patterns, ensuring alignment with established standards, and supporting a strategic transition and migrations across/to/from AWS andamp; Azure.Key ResponsibilitiesDefine and evolve technical architecture patterns for data ingestion, processing, and access.Design scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient data solutions within a Hub and Spoke model.Support the design of new data ingestion pipelines (batch and Real Time).Ensure alignment with organisational architectural standards and governance frameworks.Contribute to target architecture roadmaps.Provide architectural guidance across: Data ingestion (Kafka, APIs, SFTP)Data processing (PySpark, EMR, Glue)Storage (S3 and data lake patterns)Collaborate with DevOps, Data Engineers, and Testers to ensure cohesive delivery.Promote engineering best practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and observability.Ensure robust handling of schema evolution and upstream data changes.Support onboarding of new data sources and services into the platform.Ensure solutions meet requirements for: Data quality and consistencyPerformance and scalabilitySecurity and complianceWork within defined data modelling ownership boundaries where applicable.Support cloud strategy evolution.Avoid ..... full job details .....