**Data Architect - London, UK - Full Time**
Architect scalable, secure cloud-enabled data platforms for enterprise customers. Drive data strategy within Capgemini's Integration & Data practice. Key responsibilities include designing end-to-end data solutions, collaborating with stakeholders, and leading solution delivery.
Requirements:
- Proven experience in distributed data architecture, specifically on Cloudera CDH/CDP Platform or similar.
- Strong ETL and data pipeline background using modern big data toolsets like Airflow and NiFi.
- Proficiency in Python, Java, or Scala programming.
- Financial services experience preferred.
- Ability to work independently and lead complex data deliveries.
Keywords: Distributed Data Architecture, Data Platforms, Cloudera, AWS, ETL, Python, Java, Scala, Financial Services, Cloud, Hybrid Working.
Compensation
Not specified
Currency: Not specified
City
London
Country
United Kingdom
Full Job Description
About the Job you are considering:
Join Capgeminis Integration & Data (I&D) practice, where we Consult with Purpose, Continuously Evolve, and Architect Tomorrow. As a Data Architect, you will play a strategic role in shaping and delivering enterprise data architectures for our Financial Services clients. You will lead the design of scalable, secure, and cloud-enabled data platforms that empower organisations to harness data as a critical business asset.
Hybrid working:
The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.
Your Role:
Accountable for delivering effective solution designs within the Banks EDL and ODS Platforms on Cloudera in AWS taking the lead on the delivery from an data design perspective
Design end-to-end data lake and distributed data solutions to meet business needs within the context of a broader solution implementation
Contributor to overall solution planning providing input into the factory estimation process as well as highlighting technical risks issues and assumptions
Review design artefacts from other data solution architects within the factory team
Define and derive best practices in the data space adopting industry best practices and highlighting areas within the data factory that require remediation from a technology or process perspective
Produce required design artefacts independently or as part of a team
Work with the business and programmes to help refine their data requirements
Present to the Banks Architecture Review Board when necessary
Engage with key stakeholders in the Group Data Office and across the business
Provide support to and engage with nonfactory solution architects on change initiatives
Ensure solutions align with strategic architecture principles and direction
Review the designs produced by the technical teams to ensure alignment with the overall solution design
Support the delivery lead to break down the solution so that it can be delivered iteratively in sprints
Support other engineering functions within the factory including mapping build test and release
Review requirements and monitor change requests to ensure that the solution design is fit for purpose
Your Skills:
Highly experienced solution architect in designing solutions for largescale distributed data projects and programmes working in complex multivendor change delivery organisations
Deep distributed data platform knowledge and experience particularly on the Cloudera CDHCDP Platform or similar technology on both OnPrem and Cloud
Experience with processing large datasets as well as streaming data and unstructured data sources including Cassandra HBase Kafka and Spark
Strong ETL and data pipeline experience particularly with modern big data toolsets such as Airflow and Nifi or equivalent
Strong programming background in either Java Python or Scala
Experience in modern engineering practices and technologies
Good working knowledge of data architecture principles
Continuous improvement and innovative mindset
Financial services experience would be advantageous
Broad experience in complex enterprise IT estates with an ability to add value to
projects and programmes quickly
Ability to work independently
Ability to take a lead role and take ownership of complex data deliveries
API Exposure
Integration
Streaming
Change Data Capture
We are a Disability Confident Employer:
Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Governments Disability Confident scheme.As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:
Declare they have a disability, and
Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
Please opt in during the application process.
Make It Real (what does it mean for you):
Youd be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgeminis ‘learning for life mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.
You will be joining one of the Worlds Most Ethical Companies®, as recognised by Ethisphere® for 13 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.
Why you should consider Capgemini:
Growing clients businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, youll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine whats possible. Its why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the worlds leading businesses, and its how youll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, youll build the skills you want. Youll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.
About Capgemini:
Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion.
**Data Architect - London, UK - Full Time**
Architect scalable, secure cloud-enabled data platforms for enterprise customers. Drive data strategy within Capgemini's Integration & Data practice. Key responsibilities include designing end-to-end data solutions, collaborating with stakeholders, and leading solution delivery.
Requirements:
- Proven experience in distributed data architecture, specifically on Cloudera CDH/CDP Platform or similar.
- Strong ETL and data pipeline background using modern big data toolsets like Airflow and NiFi.
- Proficiency in Python, Java, or Scala programming.
- Financial services experience preferred.
- Ability to work independently and lead complex data deliveries.
Keywords: Distributed Data Architecture, Data Platforms, Cloudera, AWS, ETL, Python, Java, Scala, Financial Services, Cloud, Hybrid Working.
Full Job Description
About the Job you are considering:
Join Capgeminis Integration & Data (I&D) practice, where we Consult with Purpose, Continuously Evolve, and Architect Tomorrow. As a Data Architect, you will play a strategic role in shaping and delivering enterprise data architectures for our Financial Services clients. You will lead the design of scalable, secure, and cloud-enabled data platforms that empower organisations to harness data as a critical business asset.
Hybrid working:
The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.
Your Role:
Accountable for delivering effective solution designs within the Banks EDL and ODS Platforms on Cloudera in AWS taking the lead on the delivery from an data design perspective
Design end-to-end data lake and distributed data solutions to meet business needs within the context of a broader solution implementation
Contributor to overall solution planning providing input into the factory estimation process as well as highlighting technical risks issues and assumptions
Review design artefacts from other data solution architects within the factory team
Define and derive best practices in the data space adopting industry best practices and highlighting areas within the data factory that require remediation from a technology or process perspective
Produce required design artefacts independently or as part of a team
Work with the business and programmes to help refine their data requirements
Present to the Banks Architecture Review Board when necessary
Engage with key stakeholders in the Group Data Office and across the business
Provide support to and engage with nonfactory solution architects on change initiatives
Ensure solutions align with strategic architecture principles and direction
Review the designs produced by the technical teams to ensure alignment with the overall solution design
Support the delivery lead to break down the solution so that it can be delivered iteratively in sprints
Support other engineering functions within the factory including mapping build test and release
Review requirements and monitor change requests to ensure that the solution design is fit for purpose
Your Skills:
Highly experienced solution architect in designing solutions for largescale distributed data projects and programmes working in complex multivendor change delivery organisations
Deep distributed data platform knowledge and experience particularly on the Cloudera CDHCDP Platform or similar technology on both OnPrem and Cloud
Experience with processing large datasets as well as streaming data and unstructured data sources including Cassandra HBase Kafka and Spark
Strong ETL and data pipeline experience particularly with modern big data toolsets such as Airflow and Nifi or equivalent
Strong programming background in either Java Python or Scala
Experience in modern engineering practices and technologies
Good working knowledge of data architecture principles
Continuous improvement and innovative mindset
Financial services experience would be advantageous
Broad experience in complex enterprise IT estates with an ability to add value to
projects and programmes quickly
Ability to work independently
Ability to take a lead role and take ownership of complex data deliveries
API Exposure
Integration
Streaming
Change Data Capture
We are a Disability Confident Employer:
Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Governments Disability Confident scheme.As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:
Declare they have a disability, and
Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
Please opt in during the application process.
Make It Real (what does it mean for you):
Youd be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgeminis ‘learning for life mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.
You will be joining one of the Worlds Most Ethical Companies®, as recognised by Ethisphere® for 13 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.
Why you should consider Capgemini:
Growing clients businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, youll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine whats possible. Its why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the worlds leading businesses, and its how youll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, youll build the skills you want. Youll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.
About Capgemini:
Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion.
