Data Architect

SummaryRole: Lead / Senior Data ArchitectContract Type: Freelance / Contract / B2B / UK LTDLength: 6-month contract with strong extension potentialStart Date: ASAPProject Language: EnglishInterview Process: Fast-moving 2-stage processLocation: 100% Remote from anywhere across the UK or EU, with a required 8-hour working overlap with US EST hours. Candidates must be comfortable working aligned to North American business hours.Montash are working with a major enterprise transformation consultancy delivering into a large US automotive customer. The programme is focused on modern data architecture, AI readiness and advanced analytics.They are looking to engage a Lead / Senior Data Architect to assess, optimise and govern enterprise data platforms, enabling scalable AI-driven use cases across the business. Extensive Snowflake and Azure experience is mandatory for this role.RoleThe role focuses on building AI-ready, governed and scalable data platforms, while guiding engineering teams and aligning business, technical and consulting stakeholders.Key ResponsibilitiesAssess and improve enterprise data architecture across commercial and operational domainsOwn and govern scalable Snowflake data models and knowledge graph structuresDefine and maintain schema governance, data contracts and lineage standardsEnsure data products are structured for AI readiness, semantic retrieval and agent-queryable use casesReview and guide data engineering pipeline implementations and architectural decisionsCollaborate with consulting teams, vendors and senior stakeholders across business and technology functionsSupport AI and analytics initiatives through scalable cloud and data platform designIdeal ProfileStrong background in Data Architecture or senior-level Data Engineering within enterprise environmentsExpertise with Snowflake, Azure and scalable cloud-based data platformsExperience designing graph databases, semantic relationships or knowledge graph architecturesUnderstanding of AI-ready data structures, RAG architectures and semantic retrieval conceptsStrong stakeholder management skills across consulting, technical and business environmentsComfortable operating autonomously within complex, fast-paced transformation programmesStrong communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to align business and technical prioritiesPlease reply with your CV and complete the qualification questions below. We will then reach out to discuss next steps.