Contract Length: 6 months (likely to extend)
Work Location: 2 to 3 days a week onsite in Glasgow
Interview Process: 1 stage technical interview
Looking for an experienced GDPR Data Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise-wide data architecture across a complex, distributed environment. The role will focus on embedding privacy by design principles, ensuring GDPR compliance, and driving large-scale data integration and migration initiatives.
This is a strategic yet hands-on role suited to someone comfortable operating across architecture, governance, and delivery within enterprise data environments.
Responsibilities:
* Define enterprise data architecture aligned with GDPR and business strategy
* Design conceptual, logical, and physical data models across Oracle, NoSQL, and unstructured data
* Implement data governance frameworks including lineage, classification, and ownership
* Architect privacy-first solutions including anonymisation, retention, and DSAR processes
* Design and govern ETL/ELT, API, and event-driven data integration patterns
* Lead data migration and centralisation initiatives across data warehouses and data lakes
* Ensure data security through RBAC, encryption, masking, and tokenisation
* Collaborate with legal, compliance, and engineering teams to align architecture with regulatory requirements
Key Skills:
* Extensive experience as a Data Architect within enterprise environments
* Strong GDPR and data privacy expertise (privacy by design, DSAR, data retention)
* Deep knowledge of data modelling (conceptual, logical, physical)
* Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g. Oracle, MongoDB)
* Proven experience with ETL/ELT tools (Informatica, Talend, DataStage)
* Strong background in data governance, lineage, and compliance
Bonus Skills:
* Experience with data governance tools such as Collibra
* Exposure to unstructured data platforms (documents, logs, media)
* Experience working across cloud and hybrid environments
* Familiarity with MDM and enterprise data warehouse architectures
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