Job Description

N Brown - who we are and why work for us?

At N Brown, we\'re committed to building a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive environment that values equality for all. Our vision is that by \'championing inclusion, we\'ll become the most loved and trusted fashion retailer\'. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are, therefore, at the heart of our culture.

We\'re a forward-thinking digital retailer with a financial services proposition to be proud of. We\'re customer-obsessed, serving them through three core brands: JD Williams, Simply Be, and Jacamo. We\'re experienced, with over 160 years of trading under our belt. We\'re inclusive, as we believe in fashion without boundaries; and we\'re sustainable, striving to make as little impact on the planet as possible.

The Role

As a Data Architect your role will be both strategic and hands-on. We are looking for someone to act as an advocate of data to work with key business projects. To understand the data needs of the project and how to integrate them within the organisation\'s wider data estate. You will be a key input into how projects are tightly woven into the overall data strategy and be a key driver of data architecture and data governance initiatives.

What\'s in it for you?

• Hybrid working and flexible start times
• 24 days holiday (+ 8 bank holidays) with the option to buy an additional 10 days
• Annual bonus scheme
• Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
• Company pension with up to 8% N Brown contribution
• Mental Health support both internally and externally, including access to our wellbeing champions and counselling services
• A range of financial wellbeing support
• Colleague discount across all N Brown brands
• Onsite caf\xc3\xa9 with subsidised rates and local restaurant discounts!
• Life Assurance and Private Medical Insurance
• Paid volunteer time - all our colleagues can take a full day paid to volunteer for a charity of their choice

What will you do as a Data Architect at N Brown?

• Designing solutions to meet customer data needs. This will be end to end and take advantage of key frameworks that are part of our wider Data Strategy. From data visualisation, analytical requirements, and machine learning needs to ingestion of new data sources.
• Working with and alongside customers and data consultants to understand the full data project
• Work collaboratively with the Data Management function to create, maintain, support, and evolve a clean data ecosystem (enterprise-wide and EDW-specific data architecture, modelling, development, and governance) and champion the usage of relevant modern cloud and/or open-source tools and technology.
• Input into and enable the strategic Group Data and Analytics Platform roadmaps, develop and communicate the sequence of architectural implementation.
• Establish a strong support framework for group-wide data practitioners, evangelising existing and potential Analytics Platform capabilities.
• Leverage overarching knowledge of available and (potentially available) data to co-ordinate and enable cross-team projects and strategic programmes.

What Skills will you have?

• Significant practical and demonstrable data architecture experience, preferably in designing and implementing cloud-native analytics/data platforms (including data lake/warehouse) technology through all data lifecycle stages
• Excellent conceptual and logical data modelling and database design experience, including industry-recognised data modelling patterns and standards (i.e. dimensional), that is relevant to a retail and/or financial services business
• Passionate about high quality, usable data and governance structures
• Understand how to deploy data in support of complex machine learning projects
• Be able to demonstrate an innovative, dynamic and creative approach to problem-solving
• Can identify opportunities and lead others sensitively through organisational and technology change
• Have a growth mindset, taking advantage of learning opportunities to help N Brown become an industry leader

What Technology will you have experience with?

• Experience with Google Cloud products (BigQuery, GCS, Cloud Composer, Dataflow etc.) or similar products from other cloud platforms
• Experience with open-source data-stack tools such as Airflow, Airbyte, DBT, Kafka etc.
• Experience with data visualisation tools such as PowerBI, Tableau and/or Looker
• Knowledge of Teradata, DB2 and/or Google BigQuery is preferable
• Appreciation of data management, analytics, science, and visualisation workflows and data needs
• Appreciation of the modern cloud data stack, headless BI, analytics engineering, data meshes and lake-houses

Our promise to you:

We\'re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

What happens when you apply to a role at N Brown?

As soon as we receive your application, we\'ll send you an email to let you know. We always aim to come back to you as soon as possible with an update and we really appreciate you taking the time to apply for a role with us. Good luck!

N Brown Group