Data Architect

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the architecture vision, principles and roadmap for Data Products and Domain APIs.
• Align business capabilities, data assets, APIs and technology platforms across multiple delivery streams.
• Oversee the end-to-end solution architecture and coordinate the work of software architects embedded in individual delivery streams.
• Identify interfaces, data flows and cross-domain dependencies, and guide teams in evaluating solution alternatives.
• Establish patterns and standards for domain-owned data products that are discoverable, trustworthy, reusable and governed.
• Clarify data ownership, product boundaries, quality expectations, metadata, lineage and lifecycle responsibilities.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to maximise the value and safe use of data across the organisation.
• Promote modern data architecture practices, including data product thinking and domain ownership.
• Define API-first architecture principles, design standards, governance and lifecycle management practices.
• Guide the definition of domain boundaries, API contracts, versioning, security and reusable integration patterns.
• Ensure APIs are secure, scalable, resilient, observable and easy for consumers to use.
• Support event-driven and service-oriented integration approaches where they provide clear business and technology value.
• Define solution-level functional requirements and non-functional requirements for availability, performance, security, scalability, resilience and operability.
• Define subsystems and interfaces, allocate responsibilities and clarify interactions with the wider solution context.
• Build and maintain the architectural runway needed for sustainable delivery and future change.

Requirements

• Significant experience in Solution Architecture, Domain Architecture, Enterprise Architecture or a comparable senior architecture role.
• A proven track record of designing and delivering enterprise-scale data, API and integration solutions.
• Experience leading architecture across multiple teams, products or technology domains.
• A strong understanding of banking technology and business processes. Experience with Core Banking platforms is highly desirable.
• Experience working in complex, regulated environments with demanding security, resilience and data governance requirements."