Data Architect - Palantir Foundry (Health Domain)

Location: UK (Hybrid). Office Location is Leeds, LS1 5JL.
Contract: Permanent or Contract
Salary Range for Perm: £50,000 - £75,000, depending on experience.
Rate for Contract: £500-£600/day, Inside IR35.

Overview

We are looking for a highly experienced Data Architect with deep expertise in Palantir Foundry to lead the design, modelling, and governance of next-generation data platforms across the UK health sector. This role will shape how clinical, operational, and population-level insights are delivered using one of the most advanced data operating systems in the world.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end architecture of Palantir Foundry, covering data integration, pipelines, transformations, ontology modelling, governance, and operational applications.
• Own and evolve the enterprise ontology, defining object types, links, actions, and semantic relationships for clinical and operational domains.
• Design scalable, modular, and governed data pipelines following Foundry best practices (transform patterns, DRY architecture, no circular dependencies).
• Integrate structured, unstructured, streaming, and device/IoT datasets using Foundry's ingestion and connector frameworks.
• Build ontology-driven data products, KPIs, data marts, and analytical frameworks for clinical pathways, care coordination, workforce planning, and command-centre operations.
• Implement robust security, classification, and purpose-based access controls, ensuring full lineage, auditability, and regulatory compliance.
• Work closely with clinicians, analysts, data engineers, DevOps teams, and senior leadership to guide platform adoption and architectural decision-making.
• (AWS optional but advantageous) Support Foundry deployments on AWS including S3 data storage, KMS encryption, multi-AZ architecture, CloudWatch monitoring, and alignment to AWS Well-Architected Framework.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Extensive hands-on expertise in Palantir Foundry architecture, including pipelines, transforms, ontology, governance, and operational app development.
• Strong understanding of healthcare datasets (EPR, PAS, FHIR/HL7, clinical coding, operational and workforce data).
• Proven experience designing enterprise data models, semantic layers, or ontologies.
• Strong background working within regulated environments such as NHS trusts, ICSs, central government, or large healthcare providers.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Certifications (Highly Desirable)

• Palantir Foundry Solution Architect Certification
• AWS Solutions Architect - Associate/Professional
• TOGAF/BCS Enterprise Architecture (optional)

Preferred Skills

• Understanding of interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7v2, SNOMED CT).
• Experience with cloud-native data engineering on AWS.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices (CI/CD, IaC, GitOps).
• Experience designing data quality frameworks and governance models.