Chief Data Architect

Job Title:     Principal Data Architect
Location:     Farnborough, Hampshire
Package:    Competitive Salary + Benefits Package     
Role Type:  Full time / Permanent
Role ID:      SF16854

Be part of the QinetiQ journey. We have a requirement for a Principal Data Architect to own the strategic vision for QinetiQ’s global corporate IT estate, setting the strategic vision for the IT estate within a new organisation called The Digital and Data Design Authority.
 
The Role
As a Principal Data Architect, you'll be responsible for setting the vision and guiding the structure implementation of the group’s data architectures to support our transformation. You will be working within the Digital and Data Design Authority team operating within the Enterprise Architecture team making sense of the data elements within QinetiQ, driving the company to make use of the strategic asset in a way never done before. The role is to clearly understand the global information and data stores and flows, how they enable and help deliver business capabilities, translating to principles policies, guidelines, standards and requirements suitable to be handed.

Key Accountabilities
1.    Develop the strategic approach to data architecture to underpin operational the growth of the company (both operational efficiencies and data exploitation)
2.    Contribute to, and deliver the group data strategy.
3.    Develop and maintain the QinetiQ Group Data Architecture with a focus on corporate data.
4.    Develop the information Taxonomy and MDM an Information Handling model for QinetiQ.
5.    Map, understand and optimise information flows within the QinetiQ organisation.
6.    Establish processes to allow sharing of information between different environments.
7.    Develop new information architectures in response to changes in business need or the implementation of new technology.
8.    be accountable for assuring data models at enterprise and sector level.

Skills and Experience of the Principal Data Architect
•    Experience being able to map, understand and optimise information flow within the organisation and how it interfaces with partners and customers.
•    The ability to develop information handling and data exchange models whilst developing new strategic initiatives, customer relationships and enhancing pre-existing initiatives and relationships.
•    The ability to work autonomously, within a team and other enterprise architects.
•    Previous experience working in IT architecture backed up with experience working within a Global IT environment. 
•    Experience in gathering & cataloguing information related to application functions, technology functions, applications, general technologies and other information related to the enterprise landscape.

Qualifications for the Principal Data Architect
Qualified to degree level (or equivalent) or able to provide evidence of equivalent relevant technical experience.
 
The successful candidate will be able to achieve SC Clearance and be willing to potentially go through DV Clearance.
UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
  
Our Benefits
•    Adaptive and flexible working
•    Generous holiday allowance
•    Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
•    Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
•    Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
•    Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave
•    We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant
•    Payroll Giving and Volunteering - helping charities and local community
 
 

Why join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

You’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in an diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture here.  

Joining QinetiQ offers you an opportunity to work on a broad range of interesting defence-based projects with vast career progression across a global organisation in addition to competitive personal and professional benefits.  You’ll receive a highly competitive salary and benefits package: our basic salaries are very attractive as we constantly review what’s happening in the market. The range of benefits that we offer include, adaptive and flexible working, generous holiday entitlements, Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance and much more. 

About QinetiQ

As a company of over 6,000 dedicated professionals, we are a world-centre of excellence in research and development and act as a catalyst for fast-track innovation, offering outstanding experimentation facilities, and technical, engineering and scientific expertise. QinetiQ is made up of dedicated experts in defence, aerospace, security and related markets, all working together to explore new ways of protecting what matters most. Being part of QinetiQ means being central to the safety and security of the world around us. Partnering with our customers, we help to save lives; reduce risks to society; and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend. Come and find out how you can play a role.

Please note that many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting. Applicants that already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment, subject to approval. A number of roles are also subject to restrictions on access to information that mean factors such as nationality, previous nationalities held and the country in which you were born may have an effect on the roles that you can be employed in.