Senior Data Architect

Senior Data Architect

Location: London (Hybrid) | Practice Area: Data & Analytics | Type: Permanent

Design the blueprint. Architect the future. Empower data transformation.

The Role

Capco is seeking a Senior Data Architect to lead and deliver complex data architecture initiatives across our Financial Services clients. In this senior consulting role, you'll guide clients through their data transformation journeys—defining strategy, designing architecture and building scalable, cloud-based platforms. You'll help organisations create modern data foundations that enable advanced analytics, AI and future digital capabilities, while championing AI-enabled ways of working and responsible architecture practices.

What You'll Do

• Lead agile consulting engagements focused on modern data architecture, cloud transformation and the design of scalable platforms that support analytics and AI workloads.
• Define and implement enterprise data strategies across programmes and business units, ensuring architectures are scalable, secure, governed and ready to support emerging AI capabilities.
• Design and deliver cloud-native data platforms using AWS, Azure or GCP, leveraging modern automation and approved AI-assisted engineering tools where appropriate to improve delivery quality and efficiency.
• Drive the integration of data governance, metadata management, cataloguing, privacy and security capabilities, ensuring solutions align with regulatory requirements and responsible AI principles.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients, translating complex technical concepts into business outcomes while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across architecture, engineering, analytics and AI.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience in enterprise data architecture, cloud data engineering and large-scale platform design within complex environments.
• Deep knowledge of data modelling practices, including conceptual, logical and physical modelling, with experience designing architectures that support analytics and AI use cases.
• Hands-on experience with cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure or GCP), modern data platforms and architectural best practices, alongside an openness to AI-enabled engineering approaches where appropriate.
• Strong understanding of cloud migration, enterprise data management, governance, security frameworks and the architectural considerations required to support responsible AI adoption.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical audiences and guide strategic architectural decisions.

Bonus Points For

• Industry-recognised cloud or data architecture certifications, such as AWS, Azure, GCP or Databricks.
• Experience designing data lakes, lakehouses or large-scale cloud migration programmes.
• Familiarity with graph technologies, semantic data modelling, knowledge graphs or architectures supporting AI and machine learning workloads.
• Financial Services experience, including working with senior stakeholders in complex regulatory environments. <li style="