Data Architect at Kainos · Remote (United Kingdom)
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Sourcing
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Education
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Experience across UK Healthcare sector or Public Sector
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Strong technical design expertise in core data architecture disciplines including data modelling, data analysis, metadata management, data t
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Track record of providing technical leadership within data projects including assurance, mentoring and standards definition. Aware of best p
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Experience of product or technology selection, either for a project or at enterprise level.
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Excellent client engagement skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders – able to provide thought leadership to clients and th
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Highly proficient in at least three mainstream data technologies and aware of wider data technology trends.
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A self-starter able to work with a high degree of uncertainty. We are passionate about developing people – a demonstrated ability in managin
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Why they ask: Design judgement.
How to answer: Draw it, name the trade-offs, say what you learned.
Why they ask: Debugging method.
How to answer: Measure first, then caching, queries, indexes, async work.
Why they ask: Quality habits.
How to answer: Unit, integration, and what you would not test.
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Why they ask: Sourcing is named in the posting.
How to answer: One concrete project, one honest lesson.
Why they ask: Opener to see how you frame your story.
How to answer: Two minutes: current role, one achievement that matches this job, why this company now.
Why they ask: Checks ownership and depth.
How to answer: Use situation, action, result. Quantify the result.
Why they ask: Tests accountability and learning.
How to answer: Pick a real failure, own your part, show the fix and what changed afterwards.
Why they ask: Checks judgement under pressure.
How to answer: Describe a concrete framework and one example of a trade-off you made.
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