Enterprise Data Architect — Governance & Platform Strategy

Barclays; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays in the United Kingdom seeks an XDP Data Architect to shape target data architecture, data models, and governance practices to enable secure, available data for colleagues and customers.

You'll work with engineering, operations, analytics and business teams to define standards, promote interoperability, and monitor regulatory requirements; the role emphasizes collaboration, risk management and scalable data solutions.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to define enterprise-wide data models and standards.
• Experience in data governance and data stewardship.
• Expertise in data integration and platform architecture.

Responsibilities

• Develop bank-wide data architecture strategy and target model.
• Collaborate with data operations, engineers and analysts to promote standardized data usage.
• Maintain governance, standards and protection policies for data models and stores.
• Align projects to target data architecture and monitor progress.
• Define reusable data capabilities and tools to connect data sources.
• Oversee custodianship of the overarching data model across data resources.

Skills

Data modelling

Data architecture design

Data governance

Data integration

Architecture governance

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

Barclays in the United Kingdom seeks an XDP Data Architect to shape target data architecture, data models, and governance practices to enable secure, available data for colleagues and customers.

You'll work with engineering, operations, analytics and business teams to define standards, promote interoperability, and monitor regulatory requirements; the role emphasizes collaboration, risk management and scalable data solutions.