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# Data Architect

- **Company:** Sword Group
- **Location:** Glasgow, UK
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Data Architecture, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Data Structures, Data Systems, Disaster Recovery, High-Level Architecture, Metadata, Meta-Data Management, Data Processing, Cloud Platform System, Data Ingestion, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** June 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=2cda42213b784736

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Metadata?, * Strong experience in data architecture, data modelling, and end-to-end data solution design.

 * Proven ability to translate business requirements into scalable data architectures.
 * Experience working with data governance frameworks, metadata management, and data quality practices.
 * Knowledge of modern data platforms, cloud-based architectures, and integration patterns.
 * Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to bridge technical and business audiences.
 * Experience defining non-functional requirements and designing resilient, enterprise-scale data solutions.
 * Experience working within the energy or utilities industry is desirable.

## Description

The Data Architect is responsible for defining and implementing scalable, secure, and efficient data architectures that enable our client to realise business value from its data assets. This role ensures that data solutions are aligned to business needs, support strategic objectives, and adhere to best practice standards across the data lifecycle.

 * Lead workshops, interviews, and discovery sessions to understand business processes, data needs, and strategic objectives.
 * Collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure alignment between business requirements and data solutions.
 * Define and own the target state data architecture, including data domains, patterns, layers, and consumption models.
 * Design scalable and reusable data structures and define data dependencies across systems and produce detailed technical design and data architecture artifacts
 * Produce high-quality functional designs, including both high-level architecture and detailed low-level designs.
 * Establish and maintain principles and standards for data ingestion, transformation, storage, metadata management, and access.
 * Work closely with data governance teams to define and enforce data quality rules and metadata management practices.
 * Ensure compliance with organisational standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
 * Specify and ensure adherence to non-functional requirements such as scalability, performance, availability, resilience, monitoring, disaster recovery, and maintainability.
 * Design data pipelines and transformation processes that are reusable, testable, and resilient.
 * Support the implementation of efficient data processing solutions across batch and real-time architectures where appropriate.
 * Ensure documentation is clear, structured, and accessible to relevant stakeholders.


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