data architect

We have an exciting opportunity for a Data Architect to join us at our Head Offices in Leeds.

Why Join our IT Team?

As a business, Hermes is driven by our four values of; Do the right thing, Dare to be different, Strive for more and Be customer obsessed. It’s because of these values that we are the UK’s leading consumer delivery service handling over 380 million parcels per year and still growing and our IT team help to drive that growth.

Hermes has undergone a significant transformation moving from a parcel centric business to a customer focused business. There continues to be significant investment into IT realising Hermes’ vision of being a digital business with data being a significant enabler for the Hermes Business Strategy.

The Hermes Architecture team set the direction for IT Strategy to enable the realisation of business outcomes required to deliver the business strategy. The Enterprise Data Architect maintains the conceptual data model and governs the delivery against this vision.

You will work with the Enterprise Data Architect, business stakeholders the Enterprise Data Services team and the Software Engineers to be accountable for the physical data models and overseeing the delivery of new databases and updates to existing data domains.

You will provide advice to other Architects who have requirements related to data models maintaining and communicating the data dictionaries and ensuring adherence to the Enterprise Architecture Standards.

What You’ll Do:

• Decision maker for the Data Design Authority and advisor to the Technical Design Committee.
• The Data Architect will seek to guide the engineering managers and squad leads to understand and accept the benefits of well controlled and maintained data models.
• Deliver the IT Strategy of centralising Customer, Client Contact, Courier and Employee Master data to improve customer experience and optimise legislative compliance.
• As required, through the ongoing business transformation, deliver the data domains described in the conceptual and logical data models.
• Provide consultancy where required but also short ‘lunch and learn’ deep dive sessions around a specific data domain with an opportunity for Q & A.
• Provide guidance and governance to the delivery teams to ensure best practice is followed when accessing operational data. Ensure the loose coupling of applications to data by abstracting database technologies with a service layer.
• Work with engineering teams and database administrators to advise on data retention and housekeeping.
• Provide business and technical ownership of the data tooling, reviewing existing tooling e.g. Erwin and Lucidchart and evaluate new data tooling requirements.
• Be accountable for establishing and maintaining the data artefacts like the Business Glossary, Data Dictionary and Data Catalogue.
• Work with data stewards to ensure they have appropriate access and ownership of the business data.

Essential skills and experience required:

• Experience of producing new physical data models from logical models and, where necessary, creating physical models of existing databases.
• Working in mixed vendor multi-cloud environments with exposure to AWS
• Experience with the evaluation and selection of new database technologies based on the required data profile.
• Working with Relational and NoSQL database technologies both hosted (IaaS) and managed (PaaS).
• Communicates fluently, orally and in writing, and can present complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Applies a range of analytical techniques in consultation with experts.
• Highly analytical approach
• Familiarity with a variety of Enterprise Architecture (EA) tools, methods, standards and techniques, such as use cases, object-oriented analysis & design and selects appropriately. Provides advice and guidance to support adoption of methods and tools and adherence to policies and standards.
• Works under general direction within a clear framework of accountability. Exercises substantial personal responsibility and autonomy. Plans own work to meet given objectives and processes.
• Influences customers, suppliers and partners at domain level. May have some responsibility for the work of others and for the allocation of resources. Makes decisions which influence the success of projects and team objectives. Collaborates regularly with team members, users and customers. Engages to ensure that user needs are being met throughout.
• Assesses and reports on how different tactical decisions affect sustainability. Evaluates factors and risks that impact on operational processes and strategic direction.

Desirable skills and experience required:

• AWS Associate Solutions Architect

What we can offer you:

We can offer you a competitive salary, bonus, 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, 3% contribution into your pension, life assurance and income protection. On top of this, we offer a great range of flexible benefits that aim to provide something for everyone, so whether you want shopping vouchers, insurance or healthcare we’ve got you covered.

This role offers fantastic opportunities for you to climb the career ladder into managerial roles within both the function and wider business. At Hermes, we don’t just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, we thrive on it and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

Apply Today!

If you are ready to develop your career in an empowering, growing yet supportive business then why not join us? Clicking apply is the first step to ‘Being the Me in Hermes’!

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