Data Solution Architect
Posted Today by RED Global
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary: The Data Solution Architect role requires a hands-on professional with expertise in Kafka, MongoDB, AWS, APIs, and Operational Data Stores. The candidate must demonstrate immediate productivity and experience in designing and delivering solutions in streaming and ODS environments. Responsibilities include designing, building, and validating end-to-end solutions while engaging with senior stakeholders and engineering teams. The position is hybrid, requiring presence in Glasgow for 2-3 days per week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and validate end-to-end solutions in streaming and ODS environments.
- Drive PoCs, prototypes, solution demos, and hands-on technical spikes.
- Contribute to architecture governance processes including reviews and compliance.
- Ensure architectural decisions align with organizational guidelines.
- Engage with senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners.
- Operate autonomously, managing expectations and ensuring team alignment.
Key Skills:
- Expertise in Kafka / Confluent Kafka, MongoDB, AWS, APIs, and ODS.
- Experience in designing and delivering solutions in streaming environments.
- Strong communication skills for engaging with senior stakeholders.
- Ability to switch between conceptual architecture and detailed design.
- Experience in architecture governance processes.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Glasgow
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Data Solution Architect
Duration: 23rd Feb to 31st Dec
Hybrid - 2/3 days per week in Glasgow
Role Description:
Hands on Solution Architect with strong expertise in Kafka / Confluent Kafka, MongoDB, AWS, APIs, and Operational Data Stores (ODS) — able to operate confidently across both high level architecture and low level design and implementation. Must bring immediate productivity with no learning curve — prior demonstrable experience designing and delivering solutions in streaming and ODS environments is essential.
Expected to design, build, and validate end to end solutions, not just provide architectural oversight. Able to drive PoCs, prototypes, solution demos, and hands on technical spikes, ensuring architecture decisions are validated in practice. Comfortable switching between conceptual architecture, detailed solution design, and implementation guidance for engineering teams.
Contribute to and support architecture governance processes:
- architectural distribution reviews
- standards compliance
- approval board submissions
- adherence to patterns and guardrails
Ensure decisions align with organisational guidelines and help uphold the architectural integrity of the corporate streaming & ODS pillar. Strong communicator who can confidently engage with senior stakeholders, engineering teams, and cross functional partners due to the high visibility of the role within the bank. Expected to operate autonomously, managing expectations, articulating design rationale, and ensuring alignment across teams.