Principal Data Architect

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United Kingdom
Senior level
Information Technology
The Role
The Principal Data Architect will lead the development of data and AI solutions, providing assurance and support to agile teams, managing architects and engineers, and delivering customer-focused strategies while advising on new technologies.
Summary Generated by Built In

When you join Kainos, you get to think beyond limitations to make an immediate and positive impact – like transforming digital services for millions of citizens or helping Fortune 500 companies get live and thrive on Workday.You’ll be part of a people-first culture that is growing around the world. We’re a creative, committed, and diverse group of individuals who succeed as a team.At Kainos your ideas are heard and valued and you’ll leave a legacy that you can feel proud of. Join us and discover how our people write our story.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE BUSINESS:

As a Principal Architect for Data & AI in Kainos, you’ll be accountable for successful delivery of contemporary data/ AI solutions across multiple customers.

You’ll have gravitas within the data/ AI community and strong thought leadership, working with senior stakeholders to agree principles, strategic direction and functional and non-functional designs. You'll manage other architects and engineers in the capability to help them navigate their careers.

You will provide assurance and support to multi-skilled agile teams by understanding the outcomes the solution is trying to achieve, the technical implications and complexity surrounding you and your teams' designs and helping teams make the right decisions. As a technical leader, you will work with your colleagues to lead the development of policy and standards, develop customer relationships, develop account strategies and share knowledge and mentor those around you. You’ll do this whilst advising about new technologies and approaches, with room to learn, develop and grow.

MINIMUM (ESSENTIAL) REQUIREMENTS

• Broad knowledge of a spectrum of current and emerging data and AI technologies, and able to communicate clearly and influence C-level stakeholders (such as IOT, edge processing, event driven data architectures, serverless processing, file system, object, document, key-value, search, RDBMS, graph, cognitive services, machine learning).

• Proven experience being accountable for designing, building and productionising modern data or AI intensive applications, including systems that are distributed and scalable.

• Has experience with public cloud data platforms, at least one of AWS, Azure or GCP including use of IaaS, SaaS and PaaS offerings.

• Comfortable with data integration techniques such as messaging, queuing, change data capture or data virtualisation.

• Able to prioritise customer concerns, for example incorporating non functional concerns into application design and prioritise your time across multiple major projects particularly when working to deadlines.

• Has pro-actively developed business and applied an understanding of the commercial implications of their decisions.

Motivate and empower teams to create an inclusive and creative culture for our people to perform well, learn and grow with a focus on wellbeing.

DESIRABLE

• Experience in managing others, setting objectives, giving feedback and leading performance reviews.

• Actively shares their thoughts and views on technology.

• Has participated in technology communities.

 

So what are you waiting for? Let’s write the next incredible chapter of our story together. 

Embracing our differences

At Kainos, we believe in the power of diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to building a team that is as diverse as the world we live in, where everyone is valued, respected, and given an equal chance to thrive. We actively seek out talented people from all backgrounds, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes them who they are. We also believe every candidate deserves a level playing field. Our friendly talent acquisition team is here to support you every step of the way, so if you require any accommodations or adjustments, we encourage you to reach out. We understand that everyone's journey is different, and by having a private conversation we can ensure that our recruitment process is tailored to your needs.

 

Top Skills

AWS
Azure
GCP
The Company
HQ: Belfast
2,999 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1986

What We Do

At Kainos we use technology to solve real problems for our customers, overcome big challenges for businesses, and make people’s lives easier.

We build strong relationships with our customers and go beyond to change the way they work today and the impact they have tomorrow.

Our two specialist business areas, Digital Services and the Workday Practice, work globally for clients across healthcare, commercial and the public sector to make the world a little bit better, day by day.

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