Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Data Architect

The closing date is 10 December 2025

Job summary

The Data Architect is a key member of the Digital Data & Technology(DDaT) team, adding value for our patients through improving anddeveloping digital services across the Trust and wider health and caresystem.

Ensure the Data Warehouse and BI teams are an effective component ofthe Trust's DDaT target operating model, working alongside others, delivering continuous overall improvement. The Data Architect is responsible for teams delivering accurate and timely datasets and analytics to support clinical services, in line with Trust priorities. They will also pro-actively review new and emerging technologies and their potential benefit to the Trust, and where relevant develop business cases for these technologies.

The role has a strong client focus, manages complex and sensitiveinformation, liaises and communicates with clinical and non-clinical staffand external suppliers to ensure quality standards are met for any changes deployed.

They take a leading role in how their teams operate, supporting theorganisation (and the ICS), and enabling innovation and supporting delivery of local, regional and national strategy.Ensure that services are supported with consistent, professional and value adding expertise from the Data Warehouse and BI teams.The role requires an expert technical base and the ability to deliver as wellas manage technical solutions.

Main duties of the job

o Provide leadership and senior specialist technical support for the existing set of data applications in SQL server, Exasol, Tableau, Azure.o Ensure the data warehouse and BI teams are kept abreast of current technologies in their respective spaces; engendering an understanding of current and future opportunities.o Ensure the Data Warehouse and BI team deliver accurate and timely datasets to support clinical operational services, research and clinical analytics in line with Trust priorities, that support direct care delivery and lead to research funding.o Specify, develop and maintain technical standard operating procedures used by the Data Warehouse and BI teams and ensure they are followed.o Act as senior point of contact to solve user and system problems.o Lead on projects with the analytics and other digital colleagues to ensure that the Trust's requirements are met and enable the production of analysis that helps the Trust to understand and improve quality and safety of care.

o Advise key internal customers/stakeholders on management and storage of datasets and analysis tools available to them.o Assist in managing the secure data environment quality function where data quality issues (e.g. inconsistency, referential integrity, missing data) are identified from investigations of data within the warehouse; maintaining an Issue log whereby issues are logged and tracked through to resolution.

About us

Diversity makes us interesting... Inclusion is what will make us outstanding.

Inequality exists and the journey to eliminate it is not easy. Every step we take will be a purposeful step forward to deliver a truly inclusive culture where all our people are enabled to deliver outstanding care, where background is no barrier, and where everyone can be their authentic self and we truly represent our patient community.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where possible. All applicants who have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the post can opt for a guaranteed interview.

If you need additional help with your application please get in touch by calling the recruitment team on 0118 322 6997 or 0118 322 5342.

Our primary method of communication will be via email. However, if you would prefer to be contacted through a different method, please inform the recruitment team.

Details

Date posted

26 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-7611855COR

Job locations

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN


Job description

Job responsibilities

Be responsible for complex and sensitive datasets for internal customers and external parties to support clinical analytics, evaluation, research, and operational decision making. Advise key internal customers/stakeholders on management and storage of datasets and analysis tools available to them. Assist in managing the secure data environment quality function where data quality issues (e.g. inconsistency, referential integrity, missing data) are identified from investigations of data within the warehouse; maintaining an Issue log whereby issues are logged and tracked through to resolution. Overall responsibility for co-ordinating the logging of key data quality problems with the internal back office and system suppliers and oversee the resolution of the issues by working together with these internal and external parties. Support the maintenance and improvement of the secure data environment as a system, including relevant system documentation. Maintain and monitor the secure data environment such that it is dependable, reliable, timely and has a robust disaster recovery mechanism in place.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Be responsible for complex and sensitive datasets for internal customers and external parties to support clinical analytics, evaluation, research, and operational decision making. Advise key internal customers/stakeholders on management and storage of datasets and analysis tools available to them. Assist in managing the secure data environment quality function where data quality issues (e.g. inconsistency, referential integrity, missing data) are identified from investigations of data within the warehouse; maintaining an Issue log whereby issues are logged and tracked through to resolution. Overall responsibility for co-ordinating the logging of key data quality problems with the internal back office and system suppliers and oversee the resolution of the issues by working together with these internal and external parties. Support the maintenance and improvement of the secure data environment as a system, including relevant system documentation. Maintain and monitor the secure data environment such that it is dependable, reliable, timely and has a robust disaster recovery mechanism in place.

Person Specification

Lead the end-to-end architecture of enterprise data platforms

Essential

  • Data Lakes, Lakehouse, and Data Warehouses.

Desirable

  • Design and maintain canonical data models (conceptual, logical, and physical) for structured, semi-structured

Develop architectural strategies, blueprints for hybrid and cloud-native solutions

Essential

  • leveraging AWS, Azure, or GCP

Desirable

  • Extensive exprience in developing architectural strategies, blueprints for hybrid and cloud-native solutions

ELT/ETL Frameworks & Pipelines

Essential

  • Develop robust ELT/ETL pipelines using tools like Apache Airflow, DBT, AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, or Kafka Connect.

Desirable

  • Optimize data transformations for performance, reusability, and modular design (e.g., using SQL/Scala/Python).
Person Specification

Lead the end-to-end architecture of enterprise data platforms

Essential

  • Data Lakes, Lakehouse, and Data Warehouses.

Desirable

  • Design and maintain canonical data models (conceptual, logical, and physical) for structured, semi-structured

Develop architectural strategies, blueprints for hybrid and cloud-native solutions

Essential

  • leveraging AWS, Azure, or GCP

Desirable

  • Extensive exprience in developing architectural strategies, blueprints for hybrid and cloud-native solutions

ELT/ETL Frameworks & Pipelines

Essential

  • Develop robust ELT/ETL pipelines using tools like Apache Airflow, DBT, AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, or Kafka Connect.

Desirable

  • Optimize data transformations for performance, reusability, and modular design (e.g., using SQL/Scala/Python).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN


Employer's website

https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN


Employer's website

https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Enterprise Architect

Mustansar Hussain

Mustansar.Hussain@royalberkshire.nhs.uk

01183221111

Details

Date posted

26 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-7611855COR

Job locations

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN


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