6 of 6 Data Architect Jobs in Scotland

Lead Data Architect £67,000 - 76,000 GBP Hybrid WORKING Location: Glasgow, Scotland - United Kingdom Type: Permanent Lead Data Architect Locations: Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, or London (Hybrid - up to 2 days on-site per week, remainder remote) Salary: £67,000 - £76,000 (non-London)/Up to £83,000 (London) + Benefits A respected … digital consultancy is hiring a Lead Data Architect to join its growing Data Engineering practice. Known for delivering modern, human-centred services across public and private sectors, this organisation supports clients through meaningful transformation by combining data, design, and engineering. This role is ideal for experienced architects who enjoy shaping cloud-native data platforms, working … in multidisciplinary teams, and embedding data governance and architectural rigour across complex service ecosystems. The Role: As a Lead Data Architect, you'll play a key role in designing scalable, secure, and accessible data platforms that enable insight-driven decision-making. You'll work closely with engineering teams and client stakeholders to define architectures, support implementation More ❯

Essential Data Architect or Solution Architecture background Ability to provide respectful and principled challenges based on observance to strategy Strong sense of architectural principles combined with commercial pragmatism Modelling Skills Attention to detail Desirable Data engineering/software development background Purpose of the role To define, direct and govern the bank's target data architecture (inc. … shared data environment, data model and standards) in support of business strategy, ensuring that data is accurate, secure and accessible to meet the needs of stakeholders. Accountabilities Development of the banks data architecture strategy, including the translation of bank-wide goals and objectives into target data architecture and transition plan. Collaboration with stakeholders, including data operations, engineers and analysts, to provide subject matter expertise and share knowledge to promote standardised, consistent, safe and value-driven data usage. Development and maintenance of the banks data architecture governance, standards and protection policies, regarding data models, authoritative data stores, and data capabilities, to support data quality, accuracy and consistency and the More ❯

Lead Data Architect - Cloud | Event-Driven | Payments Transformation - Manchester/Edinburgh We’re supporting a Tier 1 bank as they transform the foundations of their payments architecture. This is a high-impact opportunity to define and deliver the data strategy for one of the bank’s most critical domains shaping the future of payments data at … scale. They’re looking for a Lead Data Architect who combines deep technical expertise with thought leadership, strong communication skills, and the ability to bring others on the journey. This role reports into the Head of Payments Architecture and will play a key part in modernising a legacy landscape into a cloud-native, event-driven, product-led environment. … What You’ll Do Define and own the data architecture vision for the payments domain Design event-driven, microservices-based data architectures in a cloud-native environment Champion modern practices like data mesh and data as a product Collaborate with senior stakeholders across engineering, product, business, and regulatory functions Represent architecture at leadership forums and steer More ❯

Purpose of the role To define, direct, and govern the banks target data architecture (including shared data environment, data model, and standards) in support of business strategy, ensuring data accuracy, security, and accessibility to meet stakeholder needs. Accountabilities Develop the bank's data architecture strategy, translating bank-wide goals into a target data architecture … and transition plan. Collaborate with stakeholders such as data operations, engineers, and analysts to promote standardized, consistent, safe, and valuable data usage. Develop and maintain data architecture governance, standards, and protection policies regarding data models, authoritative data stores, and data capabilities to support data quality, accuracy, and confidentiality. Manage project alignment to the … target data architecture by providing guidance, data solutions, and progress monitoring. Define shared reusable data capabilities, assets, tools, and technologies to connect data sources, optimize storage, and enable seamless access. Oversee the data model that structures data logically and physically within the banks data resources, such as databases, interfaces, and reports. Monitor regulatory More ❯

Purpose of the role To define, direct, and govern the bank's target data architecture (including shared data environment, data model, and standards) in support of business strategy, ensuring data accuracy, security, and accessibility to meet stakeholder needs. Accountabilities Develop the bank's data architecture strategy, translating bank-wide goals into a target data architecture and transition plan. Collaborate with stakeholders such as data operations, engineers, and analysts to promote standardized, consistent, safe, and valuable data usage. Develop and maintain data architecture governance, standards, and protection policies regarding data models, authoritative data stores, and data capabilities to support data quality, accuracy, and confidentiality. Manage project alignment … to the target data architecture by providing guidance, data solutions, and progress monitoring. Define shared reusable data capabilities, assets, tools, and technologies to connect data sources, optimize storage, and enable seamless access. Oversee the data model that structures data logically and physically within the bank's data resources, such as databases, interfaces, and More ❯

We're seeking an ambitious Data Modeller/Architect to join our growing Data Architecture team at Barclays. You'll help design, implement and maintain conceptual, logical and physical data models that drive business value, regulatory compliance and operational efficiency across a wide range of platforms. To be successful as a Data Modeller/Architect, you should have experience with: Solid experience in data modelling or data architecture, ideally within financial services or large corporates. Proficiency with data modelling tools (e.g., Erwin, ER/Studio, PowerDesigner). Excellent knowledge of conceptual, logical, and physical modelling techniques. Experience with database systems (relational: Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL; columnar: Redshift, Snowflake; NoSQL: MongoDB … Cassandra). Advanced SQL skills (DDL, DML, performance tuning) and scripting experience (PL/SQL, T-SQL, Python or Shell). Knowledge of data warehousing concepts (Inmon/Kimball) and ETL tools (e.g., Informatica). Cloud platform experience, ideally AWS (S3, Redshift, Glue) and Data Lake implementation. You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for More ❯