SC Cleared Data Architect at IO Associates, England, 3 Months, £550-£600 per day

We're looking for a Senior Data Architect to deliver a short, decision-focused engagement assessing the feasibility of centralising cyber security data and insights.

You'll own the end-to-end data architecture - from understanding the current data landscape through to shaping a clear path to MVP delivery.

Rate: Up to £600/day Outside IR35

Location: Remote

Clearance: Active SC Clearance (essential)

Contract: 3 months (+extensions)

• Assess priority cyber datasets for readiness, quality, sensitivity, ownership, and access constraints

• Define what is MVP-ready, what needs remediation, and what belongs in a future state

• Set clear architectural guardrails to guide MVP delivery, covering data centralisation vs federation, secure access, privacy, and metadata-led discovery

• Advise pragmatically on tools and platforms, aligned to what's achievable within the engagement

• Support proof-of-concept insights, ensuring assumptions, limitations, and reuse potential are clear

• Contribute to a prioritised MVP backlog and provide a robust architecture handover

• Strong knowledge of data governance, sharing, lineage, and stewardship

• Experience working in high-security or restricted data environments

• Ability to translate technical constraints into clear, decision-ready advice

• Confidence working with senior stakeholders and hands-on data teams

• Background in mixed cloud/platform environments (eg Microsoft and Google)

The client are looking to get someone started next Monday (26th), so please don't hesitate to apply now!