Job title: Data Architect - Outside IR35
Job type: Contract
Emp type: Full-time
Pay interval: Daily
Pay rate from: GBP £600.00
Pay rate to: GBP £700.00
Location: Bournemouth, UK
Job published: 11/06/2026
Job ID: 44123
Contact name: Georgia Field, Richard Barker
Phone number: , +441962442040
Contact email: Georgia@Talentlocker.co.uk, richard@talentlocker.co.uk

Job Description

Data Architect - Contract

6 months initial

Outside IR35 - £600-700pd

South Coast - Hybrid 2 days

Outside IR35 Data Architect required for a major UK transformation programme in a regulated insurance environment. 

Large-scale data modernisation and transformation programme, replacing a significant legacy estate by moving multiple systems out of a central platform into a new target architecture. The landscape includes strong engineering capability across microservices, cloud, AI, and data-driven services, alongside complex legacy migration.

This is a hands-on delivery role, shaping real data flows, integrations, and migration patterns. No strategy or governance focus purely build and deliver.

What you’ll be doing;

  • Design end-to-end data flows across multiple systems
  • Translate requirements into data architecture and mapping solutions
  • Support integration, migration, and system consolidation activity
  • Define data pipelines and data movement (inbound/outbound)
  • Work within microservices-based architectures
  • Collaborate closely with BAs, Engineers, and Delivery teams

What You’ll Need

  • Strong hands-on Data Architecture experience in delivery environments
  • ETL / ELT and data streaming (Kafka) experience
  • Strong understanding of microservices (essential)
  • Experience in system integration and migration programmes
  • AWS experience (GCP beneficial)
  • Strong data mapping and data flow design skills
  • Understanding of UK GDPR / regulated environments