DV Cleared Data Architect Wanted - AWS / Data Platforms

Salary: £80,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:

• Active DV Clearance, must already be held
• Strong background in Data Architecture with hands-on AWS experience
• Solid understanding of modern data patterns, including lakehouse, medallion and streaming
• Experience designing full platforms on AWS, not just individual components
• Comfortable working with clients and stakeholders, not just internal teams
• Practical mindset with the ability to make sensible trade-offs rather than over-engineering

Responsibilities:

• Design full data platforms end to end, ensuring everything flows properly from ingestion through to consumption
• Work with modern approaches such as lakehouse and medallion architectures (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
• Define batch and streaming pipelines depending on the use case
• Make decisions around storage, orchestration, governance and security rather than simply executing a predefined design
• Work closely with clients and stakeholders to translate business problems into practical technical solutions
• Operate in secure, regulated environments where attention to detail and sound judgement matter

Technologies:

• AWS
• Redshift
• Databricks
• Security
• Snowflake
• Spark
• Cloud
• Architect
• Kafka

More:

We are a successful multinational tech consultancy that has secured a number of long-term client programmes and is hiring several DV Cleared Data Architects to meet that demand. This is an AWS-focused, end-to-end architecture role where you will have real ownership over how data platforms are designed and delivered across secure, high-impact programmes. You will work with AWS services including S3, Glue, Redshift, Lake Formation and Kinesis, alongside Databricks and Snowflake on AWS, with Spark and distributed processing frameworks. The role is hybrid, based across Bristol, Manchester or London, with two days a week in one of our offices. The salary is £80,000 to £100,000 plus bonus and benefits.

last updated 36 week of 2026

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