Data Architect

Job description

Job title: Data Architect
Team: Data
Location: Flexible in any Scottish Enterprise office in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee or Aberdeen (with home working options)
Salary: £48,324
Hours: Full time (with flexible working options considered)
Status: Permanent
Closing date: 24 May 2024
Job ref no: R00526

Be part of building Scotland's future

Join us in our Data team and take the lead in defining, building and documenting Scottish Enterprise’s data architecture. You’ll be responsible for helping drive improvement in our data maturity, playing a pivotal role in shaping our digital transformation.

The role

Help us maximise the value of the large amounts of data that we hold. You’ll mostly be working as part of a small and dedicated team of data scientists and data engineers.

You’ll also work independently – this role is your chance to really extend your influence and the impact of your work across Scottish Enterprise systems and processes.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Understanding and documenting our current data architecture environment to maintain an accurate view of the data we hold across Scottish Enterprise
• Advising, designing and developing solutions to help us get the most out of our data
• Providing technical guidance and assurance to multiple stakeholders as part of the overall delivery of technical solutions

Who we're looking for

Your skills, abilities and experience should include:

• Designing data architecture and aligning it to organisation-wide standards and principles
• Explaining the concepts and principles of data modelling – producing, maintaining and updating data models, and reverse-engineering data models from a live system
• Working with metadata repositories to complete complex tasks such as data and systems integration impact analysis – maintaining a repository to ensure information remains accurate
• Working comfortably with Power BI, SQL Server Management Studio as well other Azure platform tools
• Communicating data effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Undertaking data profiling and source system analysis, and presenting clear insights to colleagues
• Understanding data governance, taking responsibility for the assurance of data solutions and making recommendations to ensure compliance
• Showing an awareness of opportunities for innovation with new tools and uses of data
• Initiating and monitoring actions to investigate patterns and trends, determining the appropriate remedy and assisting implementation, and determining preventative measures

Ideally, but not essentially, you’ll also have:

• An understanding of RStudio and experience of working with APIs
• A curiosity for the potential application of AI technologies

Life at Scottish Enterprise

As one of Scotland’s Top 10 Flexible Employers, we pride ourselves on empowering our colleagues to work when and where they prefer so that they deliver as best they can, in support of our corporate plan.  

Find more information on our rewards and benefits including pay progression.

What we offer

If successful, you'll gain access to the following benefits: 

• Membership of the Scottish Enterprise Pension and Life Assurance Scheme – a pension based on your final pensionable salary, flexible retirement options and generous life assurance cover
• Up to 43 annual leave days a year (including public holidays), with the opportunity to buy additional holidays
• Flexible working arrangements
• A health cash plan
• Our Employee Retail Benefits Scheme
• Our Employee Assistance Scheme

How to apply

If you're interested in this role, please follow the application process and upload your cv by 24 May 2024.

Interview dates:

• First interview: 30 May 2024
• Second interview: 4 June 2024

Our values

Being part of Scottish Enterprise means being open to new ideas and trying different ways of working. We support each other to reach our full potential. We celebrate shared success and learn together when things don’t go so well. And we always treat each other fairly, with respect and understanding. Together, we are the difference.

Apply now to keep building your future with us

At Scottish Enterprise, we’re proud to celebrate difference. Diversity of experience and thought is vital to the success of our vision for the future of every community across Scotland. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from a wide range of individuals, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender identity and expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

We commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required, not only during the application and assessment process, but throughout your employment with us.

We have the following networks which are open to all colleagues to help drive inclusion: Disability Positive, Gender Balanced, Multi-Cultural, Multi-Generational and Pride (LGBTQ+).