Architect (Data)

• Take responsibility for shaping and delivering Data & AI Architecture, working closely with the Lead Data Architect across change projects and programmes
• Develop and maintain alignment with GK’s Enterprise Data & AI Architecture principles, standards and methodology enabling the organisation to be a leading data driven company
• Create and maintain enterprise data & AI architecture assets that meets data governance, regulatory and business requirements, mapping the business requirements to data requirements and defining how the data should be provisioned to the business to serve all of their needs to ensure consistency, ease of use and performance
• Contribute to the common reference data and hierarchies in collaboration with Data Stewards, Analysts and Business SME’s to agree and ratify these data sets
• Ensure that data definitions align to the enterprise data model and that these definitions/models are adhered to on transformation programmes
• Work closely with technology teams to enable physical schemas to be implemented in the Data & Analytics solution that align to the enterprise data models
• Define the policies and standards for how data is used, stored, managed and integrated and its data systems (operational and analytical)
• Define the data architecture as part of a data solution (e.g. ETL, data integration and data migration) for a wider programme
• Building conceptual and physical data models, optimised for operational or analytical use cases
• Documentation of solutions (e.g. data models, configurations, and setup)
• Providing Quality Assurance, reviewing relevant development activity
• Contributing to the methods, standards and keeping abreast of the technical advances in data engineering for the Data Practice
• Design, deliver and implement Data & AI Architecture in line with the organisation's goals for data
• Proactively research latest developments and emerging trends in Data and AI. And identify how these can be applied to drive growth and efficiency withing Greene King

At Greene King we believe Data and AI will enable us to deliver a step change in the pub 
experience. We obsess over building best in class user and customer experiences across 
our products. We will live up to being the pride of British hospitality by making sure we 
deliver products that fit into our physical experiences seamlessly and to ensure our 
customers come back time and time again.

Reporting to the Lead Data Architect you will play a key role in shaping, supporting and 
delivering the Data & AI strategy and the wider enterprise architecture. You’ll be part of 
shaping and executing the Greene King data architecture across IT; you’ll be heavily 
involved with significant data & AI programmes and take accountability for a wide range 
of different data-related tasks and activities designed to improve data across the board.

In reward for your hard work, you will receive...

You will receive a competitive salary, pension contribution as well as:

• Agile working policy - Your time will be split with 50% working within our Burton on Trent office or pubs and 50% working from home
• 33 days Holiday – With the opportunity to buy an additional 5 days!
• Discount of 33% for you and 15% for your loved ones on all of our brands – so you enjoy your favourite food and drink at a discount.
• Discount of 50% for you and 25% for your loved ones at our Greene King Inns and hotels. – so, you can enjoy a weekend away without breaking the bank
• Life Assurance – Up to 4 times your salary!
• Discounted Dental & Health Insurance
• Free employee assistance program – Mental Health, well-being, Financial, and Legal support because you matter!
• Refer a friend – Who do you know who could be interested in a new role? When they are placed, you will a bonus for referring them!
• Retail discounts – Receive up to 30% of at Superdrug, exclusive discounts with three mobile along with many more…
• The chance to further your career across our well-known brands – As one of the industry's top apprenticeship providers, we can provide training and development at each level of your career. 

• A demonstrable passion for data and AI, as well as for technology in general
• Strong technical understanding of modern data and AI architecture frameworks and approaches
• Ability to define standards, patterns & building blocks within an architectural framework
• Extensive experience of delivering in both an Agile and Waterfall environment
• Ability to create and communicate solution designs, following key architectural principles to inform business cases and project starts
• Strong stakeholder management skills – ability to work at a senior level in a professional manner
• Comfortable in presenting complex data and information to non-technical audiences
• Customer centric- putting the customer at the heart of everything you do
• Broad understanding of technology disciplines covering application, integration, hosting, networking, security (required)
• Skilled in using at least one data modelling tool to develop normalised data models with the ability to reverse engineer from physical to logical models
• Track record in supporting the development of common data platforms (ideally using Azure or Data Bricks components)
• Experience of the Retail or Hospitality sectors (desirable)
• Architecture Certification such as TOGAF (desirable)
• Good technical awareness of common software platforms and packages 
• Experience of working within an IT Governance Framework (inc Technical Design 
• Authority and Change Advisory Boards) (desirable)