Data Architect

About Ticketek Entertainment Group​

Ticketek Entertainment Group is a global fan experience Company that tickets, promotes and delivers incredible live experiences that are impossible to forget. In a distracted world where nothing beats real human moments, We make life better live!

Our Group includes; our Fan Experience Platform (Ticketek) that sells tickets and provides value added services, Event promoting with businesses across Touring (TEG Touring), Sport (TEG Sport), and Family Experiences (TEG Experiences) and our digital business (Ovation) which focuses on delivering seamless data-driven outcomes for our fans and partners

About the Role:

We're hiring a Data Architect to join our team. The Data Architect is a highly strategic and technical role responsible for defining the organization's enterprise data architecture and strategy. You will translate complex business requirements into robust, scalable, and secure data solutions, ensuring the efficient storage, flow, and governance of data across the entire organization.

Requirements:
What does a day in the life look like?

Architecture & Design

• Design & Modelling: Develop and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models for databases, data warehouses, and data lakes.

• Strategy: Define and execute the roadmap for the future state of the enterprise data platform, aligning with business objectives and growth.

• Technology Selection: Evaluate, recommend, and implement the appropriate data technologies, cloud services (e.g., AWS,GCP), and storage solutions.

• Integration: Design solutions for data ingestion, transformation (ETL/ELT), and integration across disparate source systems.

Governance & Quality

• Governance: Establish and enforce data governance policies, standards, and best practices for data quality, lineage, and metadata management.

• Security & Compliance: Design security and privacy controls to ensure data protection and adherence to regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR).

• Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of the data architecture, data flows, and technical standards.

Collaboration & Optimization

• Technical Guidance: Provide expert guidance and technical oversight to Data Engineers, BI Developers, and application development teams.

• Optimization: Monitor system performance and continuously optimize data structures, queries, and infrastructure for scalability and efficiency.

• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate effectively with business leaders, product managers, and non-technical stakeholders to understand and refine data requirements.

• Strategic & Collaborative: Takes ownership of the architectural roadmap, proactively learns and adapts, and effectively communicates across both technical and business teams.

About You

Essential experience & skills

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum 7+ years of progressive experience in a role.
• Data Modelling: Deep expertise in various data modeling techniques (Relational, Dimensional, NoSQL, graph databases).
• SQL Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in SQL and optimizing complex queries.
• Data Platforms: Hands-on experience designing and implementing solutions using modern data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, Google BigQuery)
• Cloud: Proven experience architecting data solutions on at least one major cloud platform (AWS and GCP).
• Big Data/Programming: Proficiency with distributed data processing technologies (e.g., Spark, Hadoop, Kafka) and a programming language like Python

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience with Data Mesh or Data Fabric architectural patterns.

• Familiarity with data virtualization and API design for data access.

• Relevant certifications

Benefits:
Here’s a taste of what TEG offers:

• Complimentary event tickets
• Birthday and volunteering leave
• Wellbeing discounts & flu vaccinations
• Paid parental leave & free employee support (EAP)
• Global rewards and recognition
• Learning, development & career pathways
• A diverse, inclusive, and passionate team

Equal Opportunities

TEG is an equal opportunity employer committed to embrace diversity, respect, and care for our people and communities.

If there are any adjustments that need to be made to ensure you have a fair and equitable experience in our recruitment process, please advise us when scheduling your interview.

*Only direct applications will be considered. No recruiters please*