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Data Architect

Job in Glasgow, Glasgow City Area, G1, Scotland, UK
Listing for: Head Resourcing Ltd
Contract position
Listed on 2026-09-02
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Data Engineering, Data Warehousing
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 600 GBP Daily GBP 600.00 DAY
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Data Architect - Contract

Data Architect (Contract)

Initial 3-month contract (with potential extension)

Glasgow (Hybrid)

Up to £600 per day (Inside IR35)

A Glasgow-based Public Sector body is seeking an experienced Data Architect Contractor to help shape & evolve their enterprise data landscape and emerging AI capabilities.

Joining their Data Engineering team, the successful candidate is require to lead the design and governance of scalable, secure, and trusted data architectures that support reporting, analytics, machine learning, and AI-driven solutions across the organisation.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities will include:

  • Design and govern enterprise, logical, and physical data models.
  • Define data architecture standards, modelling conventions, and best practices.
  • Support the development of scalable data platforms for analytics, reporting, and AI.
  • Drive data governance, metadata management, lineage, and data quality initiatives.
  • Collaborate with Data Engineers, Product Owners, and business stakeholders to deliver trusted data solutions.
  • Lead architecture reviews, design workshops, and technical decision-making.

To be successful previous knowledge & experience in the following is required:

  • Proven experience as a Data Architect within modern cloud data environments (ideally within other Scottish Public Sector organisations)
  • Extensive expertise in conceptual, logical, and physical data modelling
    .
  • Experience designing enterprise-scale data warehouses, lakehouse platforms, and analytical solutions
    .
  • Strong knowledge of data governance, metadata management, lineage, and data quality
    .
  • Experience with data cataloguing, governance tooling, and data contracts
    .
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills will be essential as always.
  • Head Resourcing is committed to being an inclusive business where diversity is valued and celebrated. Diversity to us, includes but is not limited to: educational background, socio-economic background, neurodiversity, age, marriage and civil partnership status, veteran status, gender, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, religious or belief, race and ethnicity. As such we welcome enquiries and applications from everyone. We will be happy discuss with you any workplace adjustments you need in order to be at your best during the recruitment process.

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