Senior Data Architect - Contract - Inside IR35 London - Hybrid (3 days onsite) Initial 6-month contractI''m working with a major UK organisation looking for a Senior Data Architect to help shape the evolution of a large-scale, cloud-based data ecosystem.This is a senior but technically hands-on architecture role, working across complex distributed data platforms and influencing architecture direction across multiple engineering and data teams.Key experience:Enterprise-scale Data ArchitectureAWS cloud data platformsSpark / PySpark / PythonAirflow and ELT/data processingData Lakehouse and Data ProductsStreaming / Event-Driven ArchitectureData GovernanceArchitecture standards, patterns and technical design reviewsExperience with delivering data architecture that enables ML/AI platforms essentialThis isn''t an ivory-tower architecture position. We''re looking for someone with deep engineering credibility who can operate at both technical and senior stakeholder level.Financial Services or another highly regulated environment would be advantageous.Interested? Apply now to discuss further. ..... full job details .....