Lead Data Platform Architect

Iberdrola Renewables; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 82,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in renewable energy is seeking a Lead Data Platform Architect in Glasgow. This senior role involves leading a team to design sustainable data architectures and engineering solutions, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards while driving innovation in data management. The position offers a competitive salary, flexible hybrid working, and excellent benefits.

Benefits

36 days annual leave

Pension scheme with double matching

Share Incentive Plan

Holiday purchase option

Technology Vouchers

Electric Vehicle Schemes

Cycle to Work scheme

Private medical insurance options

Life Assurance (4x salary)

Employee discounts on various services

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of DataOps and project delivery methodologies.
• Proven capabilities in information and system change delivery.
• Experience leading a team with strong leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Data Engineering & Architecture team.
• Establish a technical team across data systems.
• Define and review functional and non-functional requirements.

Skills

DataOps

Project Delivery Methodologies

Data Modelling

Leadership

Data Engineering

Cloud Architecture

Change Management

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Data or a related discipline

Tools

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2

Azure SQL

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Job description

Lead Data Platform Architect / Senior Architect (Data Systems & Data Engineering)
Location - 320 St Vincent Street, Glasgow

Flexible Hybrid Working

Salary up to £82,000 per annum + bonus + car allowance + excellent benefits

Closing Date: 21st of May 2025

Help us create a better future, quicker

As a Senior Architect within the Data Transformation team, you will lead the Data Engineering & Architecture team in the design of sustainable data engineering and architectures to meet the needs of the Data Use Cases brought forward within the SPEN business. Using your Data, system architecture, cloud architecture and change management experience, you will collaborate to design and build the SPEN data estate and processes to meet the requirements of the RIIO-ED2, RIIO-T2 & RIIO-3 business plans.

What you’ll be doing

• Establish a small technical team across the data systems & operations landscape including:
  • Data pipelines and APIs
  • Data modelling
  • Systems and databases
  • Policies and process
• Use of specific technologies shall include, but not limited to:
  • Developing data ingestion and transformation pipelines using Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, and Azure SQL.
  • Designing and deploying microservices-based data platforms using Kubernetes.
  • Building and managing containerized data services for scalable and resilient data pipelines.
  • Implementing CI/CD pipelines for data services using GitHub Actions.
• Steer policy development on data modelling and engineering with internal/external stakeholders including external data interfaces.
• Develop DataOps processes to encourage sustainable and scalable data provisioning /storage which encourages value creation, democratisation of data and re-use.
• Define and review functional and non-functional requirements for data systems and platforms, ensuring alignment with business objectives, regulatory standards, and architectural best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical specifications, including performance, scalability, security, and data quality requirements.
• Collaborate and designing data systems which proactively enable future data analytics and other value-added use cases.
• Work with Data Governance to ensure compliance with policies.
• Work with Business Intelligence, Data Science and other subject matter expert teams to identify data requirements and integration priorities.
• Work with Business Transformation to create platforms suitable for scalable/advanced analytics and to enable new tools for analytics and data science teams.
• Deliver (with Business Transformation) integrated platforms/architectures to enable a
  sustainable and scalable Data Estate and enable reporting, business intelligence and advanced analytics such as Machine Learning.
• Engage with and ensure the implementation of industry best practice in the functional model, skills and capabilities when building the organisational design of the function.

What you’ll be responsible for

• Responsibility for a CAPEX budget of circa £10million and an OPEX budget of up to £500,000 per annum.
• Leading a specialist team of data engineers and architects with a team of up to 10 direct and 20 indirect employees (contractors).
• Delivery of technology development initiatives in line with SPEN business plans within CAPEX
  programme.
• Working and leading within industry forum to steer technology strategy within the networks
  operation sector.

What you’ll bring

• Strong understanding of DataOps and project delivery methodologies (such as Agile).
• Extensive understanding of information systems, and asset data and system architecture.
• Proven capabilities in information and system change delivery in an operational environment.
• Strong proficiency in Azure data services (Synapse, Data Lake, Azure SQL, Data Factory).
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes for orchestrating containerized data services.
• Experience designing event-driven architectures and RESTful APIs for data access and integration.
• Experience withmonitoring and observabilitytools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor)
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform) for cloud- deployments.

To be successful, as a minimum you will have

• Degree qualified in Computer Science, Data or a related discipline.
• Experience leading a team, with strong leadership and people management skills.
• Experience in delivering designs, data modelling, and architecture for data systems.
• Proven track record in developing and delivering information system and data change in a large, multi-disciplined organisation.
• Strong understanding of effective partnership working with third-party organisations.
• Ability to successfully engage with and influence both internal ScottishPower and Iberdrola groups, as well as regulatory bodies and industry working groups (Ofgem, DESNZ, ENA).
• Advanced experience in project management and cost management of capital investments in systems.
• Knowledge and experience with scalable data systems and architectures.
• High-level analytical skills and advanced data/IT abilities.
• High level of business planning, financial, and strategic thinking.
• High-impact influencing and negotiating skills with respect to technical issues and solutions.

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future, and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously. We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

, , and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require -related support. If you need support, please reach out to [e-mail].

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

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May-21-2025