AWS Data Architect

• AWS / Data Platform / Cloud / Security Architect
• Remote Working
• Outside IR35
• Market Rates
• Start Date - September 2026

The Opportunity:

Our client is seeking an experienced Data Platform, Cloud or Security Architect to support the design of a strategic Unified Data Platform for a major UK public sector organisation.

This is a high-profile architecture engagement that will help shape the future data capabilities of a nationally significant programme.

Working alongside senior architecture consultants and client stakeholders, you'll play a key role in refining the target architecture, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, security, governance, operational and non-functional requirements, whilst supporting the organisation through internal architecture review and approval processes.

This engagement offers the opportunity to influence the design of a modern cloud-native data platform built around AWS, Databricks and Enterprise Data Governance principles.

Skills and Experience:

Essential

• Proven experience operating as an AWS- focussed Data Platform Architect, Cloud Architect, Security Architect or Enterprise Architect within large-scale, complex environments.
• Strong experience designing modern cloud-based data platforms using AWS.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale Data Lake and Lakehouse architectures.
• Strong knowledge of Amazon S3 storage strategies, including Bronze, Silver and Gold data layer architectures.
• Experience designing scalable data ingestion, integration and orchestration solutions.
• Strong understanding of Databricks architecture and data engineering patterns.
• Experience developing enterprise architecture documentation and supporting architecture governance processes.
• Strong understanding of Data Governance, security and operational best practice.
• Experience defining non-functional requirements including resilience, scalability, availability, performance and operational support.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Desirable

• Experience designing or implementing solutions involving:
• AWS Data Services
• Databricks Lakehouse Platform
• Enterprise Data Governance
• Cloud Security Architecture
• Data Integration
• API-led Architecture
• Data Quality Frameworks
• Metadata Management
• Data Lineage
• Observability and Monitoring
• Enterprise Architecture Frameworks
• Public Sector or Government Digital programmes

Technologies

Experience across a number of the following technologies would be highly advantageous:

AWS / Amazon S3 / Databricks / Lakehouse Architecture / Data Lakes / Data Governance / APIs / Cloud Integration / Enterprise Architecture / Security Architecture / Cloud Security / Data Engineering / Analytics Platforms

Role and Responsibilities:

You will refine and develop the target architecture for a new Unified Data Platform., ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, security standards, governance frameworks and operational requirements.

Producing high-quality architecture documentation, technical designs and supporting artefacts and design scalable ingestion patterns supporting databases, APIs and file-based integrations.

You be involved with defining Data Lake and Lakehouse architecture using Amazon S3, supporting Bronze, Silver and Gold data layers, as well as design transformation, orchestration and processing patterns using Databricks and supporting AWS services.

Developing secure and scalable data consumption patterns supporting reporting, analytics, operational applications and APIs, you will be helping to define architecture for governance, security, observability, resilience and operational support, as well as supporting technical governance, architecture review boards and design assurance activities.

The role will see you collaborating closely with enterprise architects, security specialists, engineering teams and business stakeholders to ensure the proposed architecture aligns with strategic objectives.

NB: The successful candidate will be required to undergo a basic level of security clearance before undertaking the assignment (around one weeks lead-time).

Applications:

To learn more about this newly created opportunity consulting as an AWS-focused Data Architect for an initial 3-month engagement, operating on a remote-working basis; please call and speak with Edward Laing here at ISR Recruitment or please send through a copy of your latest online profile and/or CV for an immediate call back in the strictest confidence.

If you're an experienced Data Platform Architect, Cloud Architect, Security Architect or Enterprise Architect with strong AWS, Databricks and Data Governance expertise, and you're looking to shape the future architecture of a major public sector data platform; please contact Edward Laing here at ISR to learn more about our client and how they are leading the way in developing the next generation of technical solutions through innovation and transformational technology?