Data Architect

About This Role

Working closely with the Head of Information and Data Management, the Data Architect will lead the design and delivery of data management projects necessary to store, move, manage and utilise data across the Civil Aviation Authority. This role ensures that data is structured, governed, and integrated to support current project objectives, including service transformation, digital enablement, customer journey optimisation, and data-driven decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a data architecture strategy aligned to the CAA Data Strategy
• Ensure data is accessible, secure, and optimised for surveillance and modernisation use cases
• Act as the Data Architect for CAA projects, providing technical leadership across projects and managing data specialists and contract resources to deliver programme outcomes
• Work flexibly across a portfolio of programmes, projects and change initiatives, providing hands-on data architecture leadership, solution design and data modelling expertise to support strategic business outcomes
• Oversee data activities to ensure compliance to the architectural standards and guidelines defined, including the development of processes to monitor adherence to standards and guidelines and the resolution of non-adherence
• Establish and track metrics to measure the effectiveness of data architecture initiatives, with regular reporting across all levels of the organisation
• Champion a Master Data Management approach, collaborating with other architects to implement consistent data standards across projects
• Develop and iterate conceptual and logical data models, using data modelling tools such as ER/Studio to design and document data structures
• Serve as the technical design authority for data within projects, ensuring coherence, scalability, and alignment with enterprise architecture principles
• Collaborate with Solution Architects and Data Engineers to ensure cohesive, scalable, secure data solutions
• Collaborate with the Data Governance team to ensure architectural solutions align with data quality, security, and compliance standards, supporting the implementation of enterprise-wide data policies and stewardship frameworks

Requirements

• Broad understanding of all architectural disciplines, with the ability to integrate data architecture within wider enterprise architecture frameworks
• Strong expertise in data management practices
• Experience in delivering data migration projects, including handling common challenges such as data quality issues, system differences, and performance constraints
• Proven ability to collaborate and influence stakeholders at all levels across the organisation
• Proficient in conceptual, logical, and physical data modelling techniques, in particular relational data modelling