Well established IT Professional Services firm who specialise in providing software & digital services to the UK Public Sector have an urgent need for an SC-Cleared Principal Data Solution Architect. They have just renewed a long-standing relationship with one of the UK's vital Central Government departments and need a strategic data architecture leader to join them by no later than Monday 27th January 2025 who will: - Develop data management target operating models, architectures and roadmaps. - Build relationships with senior level stakeholders and align their business needs to their data eco-system. - Be strategically-focussed, not hands-on, defining data strategies and building business cases to realise investment into data management. - Design data architectures which solve multiple challenges for various business areas of their client. - Set data standards for their client. To be considered for this role you will: - Have a notice period and availability to start by no later than Monday 27th January 2025. - Have active, not lapsed, SC-level security clearance and be the owner of a sole British passport. - Enterprise data architecture leadership experience in strategy across data modelling, data migration, meta data management and data governance. - Strong experience using the visual modelling and design tool Sparx EA which is commonly used in the UK Public Sector. - Successful bid and proposal writing acumen. - Certifications such as TOGAF, CDMP and / or ArchiMate.