Senior Data Architect - Maritime and Coastguard Agency - G7

The key responsibilities of this role will include but are not limited to:

• Collaborate with the Chief Data Architect to interpret business requirements and maintain consistency in data architecture across programmes.

• Participate in governance forums such as the Architecture Review Board and Data Governance Board to review, validate, and approve data models, metadata systems, and related artefacts.

• Identify and escalate data-related risks, blockers, or deviations from agreed standards to the Chief Data Architect, contributing to continuous improvement of data practices. Provide technical leadership and guidance to partner data architects and delivery teams, ensuring adherence to data architecture principles and standards challenging third party designs where necessary.

• Define and maintain the enterprise data architecture, including data models, metadata, integration patterns, and business intelligence or data warehouse structures.

• Design and support the lifecycle management of data assets - including upgrade, decommissioning, and archiving - in compliance with data policy and architectural strategy.

• Ensure that data architecture artefacts are documented and maintained in the enterprise architecture repository, and that they remain compliant with MCA's architecture strategy and principles.

For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, not all criteria may be assessed during the recruitment process; this job advert outlines exactly which ones will be.