Data Solution Architect

Kingfisher • Lower Southampton Township, PA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas to life. Guided by our purpose Better Homes. Better Lives. For Everyone. We believe a better world starts with better homes, and we work every day to make that a reality. Join us and help shape the future of home improvement. As a Data Solution Architect, you will design and govern scalable, secure, AI‑ and data‑driven solutions across a complex European technology landscape. Partnering with product, engineering, and business teams, you’ll translate business needs into end‑to‑end data architectures aligned to enterprise strategy and standards, enabling analytics, reporting, and customer‑facing AI use cases while shaping the future evolution of the data platform. Please note that this role will be based out of our Kingfisher Southampton office or the Kingfisher Head Office in Paddington with an expectation of 12 days a month in the office.

Requirements

• Proven experience designing end‑to‑end data solutions and large‑scale data migrations in complex enterprise environments
• Strong data architecture and modelling expertise across relational and non‑relational platforms
• Experience designing scalable, real‑time data architectures using modern integration patterns (pipelines, APIs, event/streaming)
• Hands‑on experience with cloud‑based data platforms and modern analytics ecosystems
• Experience designing or enabling AI‑driven data solutions (e.g. RAG, embeddings, vector search)
• Strong stakeholder management skills, able to communicate complex concepts clearly and challenge constructively

Nice To Haves

• Experience with MDM and CDP platforms (e.g. Stibo, Amperity, Riversand)
• Exposure to data warehouses, data lakes, and lakehouse architectures (e.g. Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery)
• Familiarity with modern data modelling approaches (Kimball, Data Vault, Medallion)
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and event‑driven/streaming technologies (Kafka, Flink, CDC)
• Knowledge of SAP and D365 data extraction approaches, BI tools (e.g. Power BI), and data governance, privacy, and security
• Experience working in large‑scale, multi‑brand or multi‑country organisations

Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end data solution architecture for major initiatives, from concept through delivery
• Design and document high‑level and detailed data architectures covering sourcing, integration, storage, processing, and consumption
• Act as the design authority for data architecture decisions, aligned to enterprise strategy, standards, and governance
• Partner with product, engineering, and business teams to meet functional and non‑functional requirements
• Guide delivery teams on data architecture patterns, best practices, and modern data platform choices
• Ensure compliance with data privacy, protection, and assurance policies
• Support platform modernisation, data migrations, AI‑enabled solutions, and continuous improvement of the architecture practice

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed