Senior Data Architect

Location: City of Edinburgh

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January 10, 2026 (23 days left to apply) job requisition :
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**** Job Description
**** At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent.

Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs:
* interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.
* Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
* Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.
** About the Department
** You’ll join our Corporate Technology Office, which underpins Aberdeen’s success by delivering modern, efficient, and innovative technology solutions. This team supports Corporate Functions—Finance, HR, Risk, Legal, Audit & Sustainability—helping them achieve strategic goals.
** About the Role
** As a Senior Data Architect, you’ll play a key role in evolving our data technology landscape. You’ll design and oversee strategic data solutions that deliver cost-efficiency, modernisation, and innovation at pace, ensuring data is structured to support business goals and enable efficient analysis and decision-making.
** Key Responsibilities
*** Understand Corporate Functions and their contribution to Aberdeen’s goals.
* Own and evolve the Data Product strategy for Corporate Technology, creating reusable data products for wider business use.
* Collaborate with Data Enablement and Data Platform teams to align principles and patterns.
* Design data integration solutions for cohesive use of internal and external systems.
* Create conceptual and logical data models; work with analysts and engineers to implement physical solutions.
* Architect solutions across disparate technologies to meet complex requirements.
* Communicate technical concepts clearly to varied stakeholders; challenge and build consensus.
* Perform technology and data impact assessments, including risk and cost estimation.
* Deliver design artefacts aligned with best practices and governance requirements.
* Guide delivery and operation of solutions to balance risk and deliver agreed value.
** About the Candidate
*** Architecture Certification (TOGAF or BCS) desirable.
* Strong understanding of cloud-based data platforms (Azure, Fabric, Snowflake) and supporting technologies (ETL, dbt, APIs, Azure Data Pipelines, Purview, IAM tools).
* Proven experience in data architecture approaches (Data Vault, Data Lake medallion, Data Mart/Warehouse, Lakehouse).
* Ability to work autonomously and drive results.
* Experience in Financial Services or other highly regulated industries.

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** Our benefits
** There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary.…