Enterprise Data Platform Architect & Strategy

Baillie Gifford; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Baillie Gifford in Edinburgh seeks a Principal Data Platform Architect to define and drive the strategic direction of the enterprise data platform, ensuring scalable, governed capabilities for ingestion, movement, transformation and monitoring.

You will set the vision, roadmap and architectural principles, collaborating with senior architects and data governance to align data platform strategy with firm priorities.

Qualifications

• Strong experience shaping enterprise data platform strategy.
• Expertise in data architecture, platform design/product management.
• Strong understanding of data engineering concepts.
• Good knowledge of data governance, controls and architectural standards.
• Experience with cloud data platforms and technologies, including Snowflake.
• Strong understanding of data quality, observability, security and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Act as strategic product owner for the enterprise data platform and tooling, translating needs into capabilities, priorities and roadmaps.
• Develop and maintain the data platform architecture strategy.
• Define and maintain technical and design principles for the data platform.
• Collaborate with architects to align strategies, manage cross-domain dependencies and resolve overlaps.
• Work with governance, stakeholders and partners to ensure platform supports architecture, governance and standards.
• Prioritise and sponsor strategic data platform initiatives and provide leadership.
• Represent the data platform in governance and architecture forums, aligning with long-term strategy.
• Work with engineering and platform teams to maintain roadmaps and training material.
• Maintain technical knowledge and engage with external partners to evolve the platform.
• Facilitate resolution of complex platform issues and dependencies with internal and external teams.

Skills

Enterprise data platform strategy

Data architecture

Platform design/product management

Data governance

Data engineering concepts

Cloud data platforms (Snowflake)

Data quality & observability

Leadership & stakeholder influence

Decision making & prioritisation

Tools

Snowflake

Job description

Baillie Gifford in Edinburgh seeks a Principal Data Platform Architect to define and drive the strategic direction of the enterprise data platform, ensuring scalable, governed capabilities for ingestion, movement, transformation and monitoring.

You will set the vision, roadmap and architectural principles, collaborating with senior architects and data governance to align data platform strategy with firm priorities.