Data Architect

TL;DR

Data Architect: Join a large, established organisation and become part of a growing, centralised data function with an accent on data strategy and hands-on data architecture. Focus on influencing how data is designed, governed, and leveraged across the wider business.

Location: Hybrid - 2 days per week in office in Glasgow

Salary: £80000 - £100000 per annum

Company

hirify.global is an equal opportunities employer.

What you will do

• Influence how data is designed, governed, and leveraged across the wider business.
• Operate within a broader Data and Analytics team, working alongside data engineers, governance specialists, and technology architects.
• Help set the direction for the organisation's data landscape while remaining close to delivery.
• Define architectural standards and support delivery teams with clear, well-considered data designs.

Requirements

• Strong experience designing data architectures within complex or enterprise environments.
• Experience contributing to data strategy as well as hands-on architectural design.
• Understanding of modern data architecture patterns and approaches.
• Solid grasp of data engineering practices, including integration, transformation, and pipelines.
• Good awareness of data governance principles, data quality, and ownership.
• Experience working with modern data tooling and cloud platforms (e.g. Snowflake, AWS, Azure, etc.).

Nice to have

• Previous experience working in a highly regulated environment would be preferred.

Culture & Benefits

• Excellent pension scheme.
• Discretionary bonus.
• 25 days holiday (+/-).
• Private medical cover.
• Life assurance and income protection.
• Share save scheme.