Data Architect

TL;DR

Data Architect: Designing and influencing data strategy and hands-on data architecture for a large, established organisation with an accent on data governance, modern cloud platforms, and complex enterprise environments. Focus on defining architectural standards, supporting delivery teams with clear data designs, and ensuring practical, scalable solutions.

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

Salary: £90,000–£110,000 per annum

Company

hirify.global is a large, established organisation with a growing, centralised data function.

What you will do

• Operate within a broader Data and Analytics team, alongside data engineers and governance specialists.
• Help set the direction for the organisation's data landscape.
• Ensure architectural decisions translate into practical, scalable solutions.
• Contribute to long-term data direction and define architectural standards.
• Support delivery teams with clear, well-considered data designs.
• Influence stakeholders across engineering and architecture teams.

Requirements

• Strong experience designing data architectures within complex or enterprise environments.
• Experience contributing to data strategy and 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, namely AWS and Snowflake.
• Experience with Salesforce data environments.
• Must be based in Glasgow, UK, with hybrid work (2 days per week in office).

Nice to have

• Exposure to IT architecture and solutions design.
• Previous experience working in a highly regulated environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Excellent pension scheme and discretionary bonus.
• 25 days holiday.
• Private medical cover, life assurance, and income protection.
• Share save scheme.
• Additional flexible benefits, learning and development opportunities, and perks.