Data Architect - Cloud
BAE Systems, Frimley, Surrey
Data Architect - Cloud
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BAE Systems, Frimley, Surrey
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 25 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 1cd0ef243ebf485bb59cdd09b58679f4
Full Job Description
- Responsible for designing and analysing data & analytics (D&A) cloud-based architecture that ensures efficient data management
- Supports the cloud data strategy, considering people, product, partners, and processes, collaborating with senior stakeholders across the business to understand the evolving data needs of the organisation
- Liaises with the product suppliers, COTS component vendors and sub-contract development teams ensuring alignment to the Data Technology roadmap
- Works jointly across enterprise architecture to inform, develop and design cloud data solutions that supports business strategy, requirements, and changes in capabilities
- Ensure strategy architectures are in alignment with data architecture, EA principles and target state
- Identifies conflicts and dependencies between action and raising these with the relevant projects and stakeholders
- Contributes and supports appropriate governance for all key aspects of delivery and platforms; champions and encourages adherence to process
- Actively participates across the enterprise, sharing and re-applying skills and knowledge and bringing in best practice
- Keep up to date with Microsoft Azure / AWS / GCP technologies and drive best practice and standard
Proven knowledge and experience of working within architecture frameworks e.g. TOGAF - Technical knowledge of a range of cloud data technologies across Azure, AWS, GCP
- Understanding of the service and software development lifecycles lifecycle (including methodologies e.g. Agile) and associated reviews, policies, standards, and governance processes
- Self-starter with great stakeholder engagement skills and able to explain complex capabilities and their value to other technical professionals. Desirable:
- Business and system requirements gathering / analysis
Salary: £72,000 + depending on experience, You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive. The Group IM&T team: The role sits within the Group IM&T team within Head Office. The responsibility of this team is to enable the Company to become more effective and efficient through exploitation of data capabilities. The team defines the policies and standards for IM&T that are adopted across BAE Systems and also provides assurance of these in order to meet our contractual and governmental obligations. Our vacancy is an exciting opportunity to work within the Enterprise Data Architecture team to influence and shape the cloud data architecture for a rapidly growing area in BAE Systems. Why BAE Systems? This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments. Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.