On behalf of The Ministry of Justice, we are looking for a Lead Data Architect (Inside IR35) for a 6 Month hybrid contract based 2 days per week in any UK Office. We''re recruiting for a Lead Data Architect here at Justice Digital, to be part of our collaborative Data Architecture team. We''re establishing a dedicated Data Architecture function to support the Ministry of Justice''s growing and evolving needs-enabling delivery of strategic and transformational priorities, such as the independent sentencing review recommendations. This is an exciting opportunity for a Lead Data Architect to shape the department''s architecture from the ground up, leading an end-to-end journey from concept to implementation. As a Lead Data Architect, you''ll translate the vision and standards set by the Principal and Chief Data Architects into practical designs and solutions. You will design data models, metadata systems, and data dictionaries, ensuring they are consistent, reusable, and aligned with organisational needs. You''ll provide expert guidance and oversight to data architects across different portfolios, helping teams to create high-quality data artefacts and ensuring our systems are designed in line with agreed data architecture principles. You will collaborate closely with technical architects, engineers, analysts, and policy colleagues to ensure data is managed and shared in ways that are secure, interoperable, and enable better services. You''ll also play a key role in embedding mo