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About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Data Architect for a 6-month contract in London, requiring strong enterprise data architecture, deep data modelling, and a solid understanding of regulated environments.
Responsibilities
- Define enterprise data architecture principles, standards, models, and architecture repositories.
- Shape data strategy and translate it into practical roadmaps aligned to business outcomes.
- Define canonical, domain, shared, reference, and analytical data models.
- Communicate complex data concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Requirements
- Active SC clearance required.
- Strong background in enterprise data architecture, information architecture, and data domain modelling.
- Experience across conceptual, logical, and physical data modelling.
- Good understanding of data governance, data quality, metadata, lineage, traceability, and auditability.
- Knowledge of data migration strategy, including source-to-target mapping, reconciliation, and phased cutover approaches.
- Understanding of data ownership, stewardship, and federated operating models.
- Experience designing data architectures for regulatory, security, and compliance requirements.
- Ability to work independently in complex, regulated environments.
Skills
- Enterprise data architecture
- Information architecture
- Data domain modelling
- Conceptual data modelling
- Logical data modelling
- Physical data modelling
- Data governance
- Data quality
- Metadata management
- Data lineage
- Data traceability
- Data auditability
- Data strategy
- Roadmap development
- Data migration strategy
- Source-to-target mapping
- Data reconciliation
- Phased cutover
- Data ownership
- Data stewardship
- Federated operating models
- Regulatory compliance
- Security compliance
- Cloud data platforms (Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Spark)
- Communication skills
Location
- London
Work Type
- Contract
- 6 months
Experience Level
- Experienced
About the Company
- Optima Partners is a challenger consultancy focused on AI-driven transformation, helping organisations across Financial Services & Insurance, Energy, and Telecoms turn strategy into measurable outcomes.
- The team combines expertise across data, technology, design, marketing, and transformation to simplify complexity, build trusted partnerships, and deliver practical change that lasts.