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Data Solutions Architect

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In-Office or Remote
Hiring Remotely in United Kingdom
Mid level
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Hiring Remotely in United Kingdom
Mid level
The Data Solutions Architect will design secure, scalable data solutions, collaborate with stakeholders, create design artifacts, and ensure compliance with design principles.
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Who You are

  • An excellent communicator, able to influence stakeholders, and to document complex data estates clearly;
  • Experienced in designing secure, scalable, and performant data solutions in complex environments.
  • Experienced in data lake/lakehouse architectures, analytics, data engineering, and governance best practices. 
  • Skilled in creating Key Design Principles (KDPs) and Key Design Decisions (KDDs) and presenting proposals to senior stakeholders
  • An enthusiastic collaborator, motivated by solving problems and helping M7S reach its goals.

 

What you will do

  • Build strong, collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders across data, analytics, governance, and architecture teams;
  • Provide thought leadership, understanding data use cases and proposing design patterns and solution designs; 
  • Create and maintain design artefacts to enable engineering teams to implement solutions effectively;
  • Review data solutions to ensure compliance with design principles and functional/non-functional requirements; 
  • Stay current with industry trends in data technology and contribute to best practice principles and design decisions.

What's in it for you

Being a part of M&S is exactly that – playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special…

  • After completing your probationary period, you’ll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
  • Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
  • Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
  • A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
  • A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
  • Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
  • Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
  • Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
  • A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.

Everyone's welcome

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.

We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

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Top Skills

Analytics
Data Engineering
Data Governance
Data Lake
Lakehouse Architectures

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