Cloud Data Platform Solution Architect at NCS3

As a Cloud Data Platform Solution Architect, you will lead the design, setup, and implementation of a modern, secure, and scalable cloud data platform that underpins enterprise analytics and AI initiatives. This role focuses on hands-on architecture leadership, deep integration of best-in-class data technologies, and translating complex government, security, and user requirements into a production-ready cloud data platform built on AWS.   What will you do? Cloud Data Platform Architecture & Design • Design and lead the end-to-end architecture of a cloud-based data platform on AWS. • Establish scalable, secure, and resilient platform foundations to support analytics, AI, and self-service data use cases. • Translate user stories, functional requirements, and security controls into platform infrastructure and architecture blueprints.Data Integration, Governance & Virtualisation • Deploy and configure Talend Big Data Management for scalable data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration. • Implement Talend Data Catalog to enable enterprise metadata management, lineage, and data governance. • Design and implement Denodo for data virtualisation and semantic modelling across heterogeneous data sources.Analytics & Data Science Enablement • Set up RStudio Workbench and Posit Package Manager to support secure, collaborative data science and analytics workflows. • Enable governed access to curated datasets for analysts, data scientists, and AI teams.API, Access Control & Data Sharing • Design a robust data API layer using Tyk API Gateway and AWS API Gateway for secure, scalable data access. • Implement CKAN to support data publishing, discovery, and open data use cases. • Deploy Keycloak for identity and access management, enabling SSO, RBAC, OAuth2, and secure authentication across platform components.AWS Platform & Security • Architect and deploy AWS services including S3, Glue, Redshift, and SageMaker to support data storage, transformation, analytics, and AI workloads. • Ensure platform security, compliance, and scalability aligned with government standards and best practices. • Support deployments within Government Commercial Cloud (GCC) and GCC+ environments.Delivery Leadership & Collaboration • Define and document platform architecture, integration patterns, and operational procedures. • Work closely with cloud infrastructure teams, DevOps (e.g. SHIPS/HAT), scrum masters, project managers, data engineers, and business stakeholders. • Act as a trusted technical authority to align platform capabilities with organisational and agency needs.