Lead Technical Data Architect

Technical Data Architect

Duration: 6 months
Location: Telford (2 days onsite per week)

Clearance: Active SC Clearance Required

Umbrella Rate: Inside IR35 £650.00 - £680.00 pd

Our Client is hiring for a reputed client to help lead a critical transformation of Legacy data feeds and services onto AWS. This is a delivery-focused architecture role where your judgement, structure and assurance will turn messy Legacy realities into clear, safe migration and decommissioning plans-backed by strong governance and practical outcomes.

What you'll be doing:
. Lead architecture teams to discover, document and assure existing data feeds, interfaces, dependencies and operational constraints
. Set documentation standards and quality expectations so outputs are consistent, traceable and usable across engineering, delivery, operations and governance
. Define AWS target-state transformation approaches (data movement, processing, integration, security, resilience, observability and support)
. Develop decommissioning strategies for Legacy services, including dependency mapping, migration sequencing, risk management, cutover planning and retirement evidence
. Use AI-enabled tools to accelerate feed discovery and architecture artefact production-ensuring human review, accuracy, security and governance
. Provide architectural assurance throughout discovery, design, migration and decommissioning, challenging unsupported assumptions and incomplete analysis
. Partner with delivery leads, engineers, operations teams, client stakeholders and third parties to keep plans realistic and aligned to programme priorities

What you'll bring:
. Experience leading teams of architects and coaching delivery-ready technical outputs
. Strong background in analysing complex Legacy data feeds and mapping consumers, business usage and service dependencies
. Proven ability to plan AWS data service transformations (pipelines, storage, processing, integration, security, monitoring and support considerations)
. Track record of creating credible decommissioning strategies with evidence-based retirement decisions
. Confidence operating within multi-supplier governance environments, owning architectural decisions, risks, issues and assumptions
. Clear communication skills-able to explain complex cloud and Legacy transformation topics in plain English

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