Position: Senior Data Architect

Location: Based at client locations or working remotely

Salary: Negotiable, plus company benefits

The Role

Are you a Senior Data Architect who shares our passion for innovation and excellence?

Triad is actively seeking a dynamic Senior Data Architect to play a pivotal role in our ambitious journey to become the UK’s favourite technology company by 2025.

Your role is more than just designing data systems; it’s about shaping the future, driving excellence, and revolutionising how we leverage data across diverse business domains.

At Triad, we’re not just creating solutions; we’re crafting a legacy.

Why Triad:

• Glassdoor score of 4.8/5
• 95% of our staff would recommend Triad to a friend
• 100% CEO approval

“At Triad, I’ve felt a sense of support and community from day one. The range of projects and flexibility to try different roles means I can forge my own career path with the support of my peers.”

About Us

Join an award-winning team recognised twice for “Project Excellence” at “The Chartered Institute for IT & Computing Awards.” Triad operates at the heart of the public sector, understanding its technology challenges, and delivering goals at the best value for UK citizens. We are on a mission to become the UK’s favourite technology company by 2025.

Triad defines, designs, and delivers digital solutions, boasting a 35-year track record of success across public, private, and third sectors. Our flat management structure and absence of burdensome hierarchy promote autonomy, fostering a creative and innovative environment for solving complex problems.

Key Requirements:

• Active or eligible for SC Clearance (e.g., SC, DV, NPPV). To be eligible for SC clearance, you must have been a continuous resident in the UK for a minimum of 5 years.

• Have experience of working across a variety of business domains.
• Have a can-do attitude.
• Have experience in agile delivery including ScrumDesign data models and metadata systems.
• Help chief data architects to interpret an organisation’s needs.
• Provide oversight and advice to other data architects who are designing and producing data artefacts.
• Design and support the management of data dictionaries.
• Make sure that your teams are working to the standards set for the organisation by the chief data architects.
• Work with technical architects to make sure that the organisation’s systems are designed following the appropriate data architecture.

You may have one or more of the following technical skills:

• Have experience working in UK Public Sector including working on the “Service Manual” and “Service Standard”.
• Be an active contributor to communities of practice.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in the UK Public Sector, including adherence to the “Service Manual” and “Service Standard.”
• Scrum agile coaching experience.
• Product owner or proxy product owner experience.
• Waterfall project delivery experience.
• Active contributor to communities of practice.

Triad’s Commitment to You

As a growing and ambitious company, we prioritise the development of our people. Our working environment is one of mutual respect and free from discrimination. Creative free-thinking is encouraged, and your development is always our priority. Triad invests year on year in our consultants’ training, offering continuous training and development, including access to Udemy Business for top-rated courses.

What You Will Get:

• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays.
• Matched pension contributions of 5%.
• Free private health care and medical cover with Bupa (taxable as a benefit).
• Perkbox membership.
• Gym membership (up to £40 per month towards a gym of your choice or free membership at Lakeshore Fitness in Milton Keynes).
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Free health and wellbeing services (AIG Smart Health and Canada Life WeCare).

What Our Colleagues Have to Say

Please see for yourself on Glass Door and our “Day in the Life” videos at the bottom of our Careers Page.

Our Selection Process:

After applying for the role, our in-house talent team will make direct contact with you to introduce Triad, discuss the role, and gather some basic information from you. If you satisfy the requirements for the role and are keen to proceed, we submit your application and CV for review. If shortlisted, we will invite you for an interview with senior members of Triad staff. This will include a career review, explore mutual cultural fit, and allow you to ask questions. There will usually be a further opportunity to speak with one of Triad’s management team.

Other information

Please contact Laura Waddy for the full job description or submit your application now.

Triad is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion, or belief.

We are proud that our recruitment process has been recognised as inclusive and accessible to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for any role. We are a signatory on the Tech Talent Charter that aims to bring industries and organisations together to drive greater inclusion and diversity in technology roles, in addition, as a Disability Confident employer.