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Principal Data Architect DV Cleared

DatatechLondon🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 26 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

As a Principal Data Architect, you will shape the technical direction of critical, large-scale data platforms within secure government and defense programs, gaining hands-on experience with cutting-edge cloud technologies and leading impactful implementations. This hybrid role is ideal for experienced data architects with active DV clearance who thrive on ownership and want to see their architectural vision come to life, making a tangible difference to national security. Embrace this opportunity to lead and innovate within a highly reputable organization and apply today to drive exciting projects from concept to delivery.

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Leader

Job Description

Principal Data Architect DV Cleared
Secure Government & Defence Programmes
UK Hybrid + client site
Active DV clearance non-negotiable

Architecture that ends up in service, not in a slide pack.

Datatech Analytics is supporting a leading UK consulting and technology organisation building secure, enterprise-scale data platforms across defence, national security and classified government programmes. We're engaging Principal Data Architects who want ownership, not oversight.

The role
You'll set and lead the technical direction of large-scale data platforms on mission-critical programmes working alongside senior stakeholders, engineers and delivery teams. Not advisory. You stay close to delivery and shape how platforms get built, deployed and used.

What you'll do
- Own enterprise data architecture across secure programmes
- Design end-to-end platforms ingestion through to analytics and operational use
- Build secure, scalable architectures for highly classified environments
- Turn complex mission requirements into things that ship
- Lead engineering teams through implementation
- Shape long-term architectural strategy and capability

The environment
AWS, Azure, GCP Databricks, Snowflake lake, lakehouse and modern warehouse patterns distributed processing DevOps, IaC, secure deployment governance, access control, analytics enablement

What we need
- Active DV clearance
- Track record delivering enterprise-scale data platforms
- Defence, national security or secure government background
- Deep cloud data architecture and secure design expertise
- Credible with senior stakeholders
- Led teams through complex delivery

Why it matters
These programmes sit at the core of the UK's secure data capability. Real constraints, real consequences, no sandbox platforms that support operational decisions when it counts.

Confidential conversation: (url removed)

Skills

GCP
AWS
Snowflake
Azure
Databricks

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