OT Data Architect

Capgemini Engineering; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini Engineering in the United Kingdom seeks an IT/OT Data Architect to define and govern how OT/SCADA data is structured and used across real-time operations and cloud analytics. You will align OT data domains with the client’s Azure data lake and IT/OT convergence strategy.

You will design cloud-based solutions, set governance standards, and engage stakeholders across operations, engineering, and leadership to ensure secure, scalable data assets.

Qualifications

• Experience with industrial and operational data in asset-intensive, regulated environments.
• Knowledge of SCADA, historian, telemetry, and event/alarm data modelling at scale.
• Experience designing cloud-based data/analytics solutions on Microsoft Azure.
• Understanding of IT/OT convergence patterns and unified namespace concepts.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve enterprise SCADA and OT data architecture across multi-site environments.
• Design and govern a unified namespace and data model with asset, tag, signal, and hierarchy standards.
• Define integration patterns between SCADA, historians, telemetry platforms and Azure data & analytics services.
• Translate operational and regulatory needs into data requirements for dashboards, KPIs, analytics, audit, and event replay, providing architectural leadership across IT/OT convergence initiatives.

Skills

Industrial data modelling

Azure data platforms

IT/OT convergence

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

OPC UA

MQTT

Job description

Your role

The IT/OT Data Architect defines and governs how operational technology (OT) and SCADA data is structured, integrated, and managed across the enterprise to support resilient operations, regulatory reporting, and advanced analytics. Operating at practice and enterprise scale, the role ensures industrial data is consistently modelled, secure, and fit for use across real‑time operations and cloud-based analytics platforms, aligning OT data domains with our client’s Azure data lake and broader IT/OT convergence strategy.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the enterprise SCADA and OT data architecture, including real time telemetry, historians, events, and operational context across multi‑site environments.
• Design and govern a unified namespace and data model, ensuring consistent asset, tag, signal, and hierarchy standards across OT systems.
• Define and assure integration patterns between SCADA, historians, telemetry platforms, and Azure data & analytics services, balancing latency, reliability, and scalability.
• Establish OT data governance standards covering data quality, ownership, naming, lineage, retention, and alignment with master and reference data.
• Translate operational and regulatory needs into clear data requirements for dashboards, KPIs, analytics, audit, and event replay, providing architectural leadership across IT/OT convergence initiatives.

Your profile

You’ll bring strong experience working with industrial and operational data in asset intensive, regulated environments, with a solid understanding of how SCADA, historian, telemetry, and event/alarm data are modelled, integrated, and used at scale. You’re comfortable designing cloud based data and analytics solutions—particularly on Microsoft Azure—and understand modern IT/OT convergence patterns, including unified namespace concepts and standards such as OPC UA and MQTT. You combine technical depth with the ability to define pragmatic OT data governance and confidently engage stakeholders across operations, engineering, and leadership.

Key strengths

• Industrial data modelling and cloud based data integration, with deep knowledge of Azure data platforms
• IT/OT convergence, data governance, and stakeholder engagement across operational and enterprise teams

Make it real - what does it mean for you?

• Open access to digital learning platforms
• Active employee networks promoting diversity, equity and inclusion like OutFront, CapAbility or Women@Capgemini

Need to know

• All roles will require a level of security clearance; BPSS OR Security Clearance OR Developed Vetting.
• You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.

Disability Confident Employer (Level 2)

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who declare they have a disability, and meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. Please opt in during the application process.