The Role The AWS Security Engineer will work alongside the client's IT Infrastructure and Cyber Team and will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimising security controls across the client's AWS cloud environment. Essential Experience Minimum 3 years' experience in senior AWS security engineering. Proven ability to design and implement secure cloud architectures, including identity, access, logging, monitoring, and compliance controls. Expert level hands on experience with AWS security and core services, including IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Config, GuardDuty, and Security Hub. Strong experience designing and implementing IAM strategies, including cross account access, role assumption, federation, and least privilege models; designing fine grained role structures across multi account environments. Experience integrating AWS environments with enterprise identity providers (e.g., Okta), including SSO and RBAC. Experience implementing logging, auditing, and monitoring solutions for security visibility and compliance. Experience in vulnerability management and secure application practices (including dependency scanning and patch management). Familiarity with AWS native security and operational tooling such as Systems Manager, Inspector, and Config for compliance, patching, and inventory visibility. Understanding of sensitive infrastructure exposure risks (e.g., IAM metadata, topology, inventory) and implementation of appropriate access controls and protections. Experience embedding security controls within CI/CD pipelines, including automated vulnerability scanning and enforcing compliance gates on releases. Experience implementing automated patch management using AWS Systems Manager, including compliance monitoring and reporting. Experience implementing or supporting automated threat detection and response workflows using AWS native or third party tooling. Familiarity with tagging strategies, governance models, and security focused operational controls. Excellent problem solving skills with the ability to identify, assess, and remediate security risks across complex AWS environments, including multi account setups. Effective communication and collaboration skills, with experience working alongside infrastructure teams and supporting knowledge transfer and security uplift. Experience working within centrally governed AWS Organizations environments, including understanding of SCPs and the ability to specify and request appropriate policy guardrails from a central platform team. Understanding of data security controls for sensitive personal and financial data within AWS, including encryption, S3 security configuration, and object level logging. Desirable Skills AWS Certified Security - Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate/Professional), or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer. Experience with Terraform or other IaC tooling for security control deployment and enforcement. Understanding of public sector challenges and constraints. Understanding of modern software development frameworks. Understanding of SOAP and REST APIs, API Gateways & API Management.
17/07/2026
Full time
The Role The AWS Security Engineer will work alongside the client's IT Infrastructure and Cyber Team and will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimising security controls across the client's AWS cloud environment. Essential Experience Minimum 3 years' experience in senior AWS security engineering. Proven ability to design and implement secure cloud architectures, including identity, access, logging, monitoring, and compliance controls. Expert level hands on experience with AWS security and core services, including IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Config, GuardDuty, and Security Hub. Strong experience designing and implementing IAM strategies, including cross account access, role assumption, federation, and least privilege models; designing fine grained role structures across multi account environments. Experience integrating AWS environments with enterprise identity providers (e.g., Okta), including SSO and RBAC. Experience implementing logging, auditing, and monitoring solutions for security visibility and compliance. Experience in vulnerability management and secure application practices (including dependency scanning and patch management). Familiarity with AWS native security and operational tooling such as Systems Manager, Inspector, and Config for compliance, patching, and inventory visibility. Understanding of sensitive infrastructure exposure risks (e.g., IAM metadata, topology, inventory) and implementation of appropriate access controls and protections. Experience embedding security controls within CI/CD pipelines, including automated vulnerability scanning and enforcing compliance gates on releases. Experience implementing automated patch management using AWS Systems Manager, including compliance monitoring and reporting. Experience implementing or supporting automated threat detection and response workflows using AWS native or third party tooling. Familiarity with tagging strategies, governance models, and security focused operational controls. Excellent problem solving skills with the ability to identify, assess, and remediate security risks across complex AWS environments, including multi account setups. Effective communication and collaboration skills, with experience working alongside infrastructure teams and supporting knowledge transfer and security uplift. Experience working within centrally governed AWS Organizations environments, including understanding of SCPs and the ability to specify and request appropriate policy guardrails from a central platform team. Understanding of data security controls for sensitive personal and financial data within AWS, including encryption, S3 security configuration, and object level logging. Desirable Skills AWS Certified Security - Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate/Professional), or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer. Experience with Terraform or other IaC tooling for security control deployment and enforcement. Understanding of public sector challenges and constraints. Understanding of modern software development frameworks. Understanding of SOAP and REST APIs, API Gateways & API Management.
ASA Recruitment's client, a Public Sector organisation in Edinburgh, are currently looking to recruit 2x Business Analysts on a hybrid basis, for initial 12 month contracts (with potential extensions) on a rate c.£450-£475/day outside of IR35 (based on experience). The Role: Our client is undergoing a significant digital transformation, brought about by its own ambitions. They are looking for 2x agile business analysts to work in the Change Department. Essential Experience: Have a proven track record with a minimum of 5 years' experience as an agile BA in software implementation or transformation projects, within multiple business contexts Ability to work alone, quickly get up to speed, identify key stakeholders and form strong working collaborations cross-department Ability to map current working processes across technologies, hardware, buildings; identify new working processes; and identify a route to achieve implementation of new processes including associated business change activities Understanding, influencing and collaborating with stakeholders, users, the business, across departments and within and across teams to identify and define need Leading understanding and definition of goals, benefits and needs, using a variety of techniques including facilitating single or multiple user research sessions and the analysis of data (quantitative and qualitative) Using user story / process mapping, identifying and defining business benefit, value and metrics, roadmaps, epics, features, user stories, including splitting and refining work, and 'as is' and 'to be' states, generating documentation to a good quality and standard, (required within the in-house LOAD methodology) including requirements / user stories Supporting the adoption of agile ways of working and solution delivery at pace, coaching others in the team in agile business analysis mind set, tools and techniques Delivering high quality results and decisions, within scrum cadence tight timescales whilst working under pressure and working with ambiguity YOU SEEK WE FIND
16/07/2026
Full time
ASA Recruitment's client, a Public Sector organisation in Edinburgh, are currently looking to recruit 2x Business Analysts on a hybrid basis, for initial 12 month contracts (with potential extensions) on a rate c.£450-£475/day outside of IR35 (based on experience). The Role: Our client is undergoing a significant digital transformation, brought about by its own ambitions. They are looking for 2x agile business analysts to work in the Change Department. Essential Experience: Have a proven track record with a minimum of 5 years' experience as an agile BA in software implementation or transformation projects, within multiple business contexts Ability to work alone, quickly get up to speed, identify key stakeholders and form strong working collaborations cross-department Ability to map current working processes across technologies, hardware, buildings; identify new working processes; and identify a route to achieve implementation of new processes including associated business change activities Understanding, influencing and collaborating with stakeholders, users, the business, across departments and within and across teams to identify and define need Leading understanding and definition of goals, benefits and needs, using a variety of techniques including facilitating single or multiple user research sessions and the analysis of data (quantitative and qualitative) Using user story / process mapping, identifying and defining business benefit, value and metrics, roadmaps, epics, features, user stories, including splitting and refining work, and 'as is' and 'to be' states, generating documentation to a good quality and standard, (required within the in-house LOAD methodology) including requirements / user stories Supporting the adoption of agile ways of working and solution delivery at pace, coaching others in the team in agile business analysis mind set, tools and techniques Delivering high quality results and decisions, within scrum cadence tight timescales whilst working under pressure and working with ambiguity YOU SEEK WE FIND
ASA Recruitment's client in Glasgow is looking for an experienced Scrum Master for a 9-month contract (with potential extensions). You will lead Agile delivery by coaching teams, facilitating key ceremonies, and removing obstacles for effective project outcomes. The ideal candidate will have 2-5+ years in Agile management, with a strong focus on collaboration and continuous improvement, using tools like Jira and Confluence for effective project management.
06/07/2026
Full time
ASA Recruitment's client in Glasgow is looking for an experienced Scrum Master for a 9-month contract (with potential extensions). You will lead Agile delivery by coaching teams, facilitating key ceremonies, and removing obstacles for effective project outcomes. The ideal candidate will have 2-5+ years in Agile management, with a strong focus on collaboration and continuous improvement, using tools like Jira and Confluence for effective project management.
ASA Recruitment is seeking a Power BI Developer for a 6-month contract in Glasgow, offering a rate of up to £435/day. The role involves designing and developing analytical solutions using Power BI, translating business requirements into impactful dashboards. Essential skills include report development, user story translation, and understanding dimensional modelling. The position requires collaboration within Agile teams and a focus on data governance and performance optimization.
06/07/2026
Full time
ASA Recruitment is seeking a Power BI Developer for a 6-month contract in Glasgow, offering a rate of up to £435/day. The role involves designing and developing analytical solutions using Power BI, translating business requirements into impactful dashboards. Essential skills include report development, user story translation, and understanding dimensional modelling. The position requires collaboration within Agile teams and a focus on data governance and performance optimization.
ASA Recruitment's client, a Public Sector organisation in Glasgow are currently looking to recruit a Scrum Master for an initial 9 month contracts (with potential extensions) on a rate up to £465/day inside of IR35 (based on experience). The Role: The Scrum Master will be responsible for enabling effective Agile delivery by coaching teams, facilitating Scrum ceremonies, removing impediments, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. The Scrum Master will support one or more multidisciplinary Agile delivery teams to deliver high quality outcomes aligned with organisational goals and Agile best practices. Working closely with Product Owners, Delivery Managers, Developers, Business Analysts, and wider stakeholders, the Scrum Master will ensure that Agile principles are understood and applied consistently, while helping teams improve flow, predictability, and value delivery. Responsibilities and Experience: Facilitating Scrum events including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective, ensuring meetings are effective and outcome focused. Coaching Agile delivery teams in Scrum practices, values, and principles, supporting team maturity and self organisation. Identifying, tracking, and actively removing impediments and blockers that impact team progress or delivery outcomes. Working with Data Product Owners & other data specialists to support backlog refinement, prioritisation, and clear definition of sprint goals and acceptance criteria. Promoting continuous improvement through retrospectives, metrics, and actionable improvement plans. Protecting the team from external distractions and unplanned work, enabling focus and sustainable delivery. Supporting Agile planning and delivery practices, including estimation techniques, capacity planning, and dependency management. Using Agile metrics (e.g. velocity, cycle time, throughput) to support transparency, forecasting, and data informed conversations. Encouraging collaboration, openness, and constructive challenge within the team and across stakeholders. Supporting organisational Agile adoption by sharing best practices, mentoring others, and contributing to Agile communities of practice. Coaching and facilitation, with the ability to influence without authority. Working with Agile delivery metrics and using data to support team improvement. Strong communication skills and an ability to engage technical and non technical stakeholders effectively. Working within multidisciplinary Agile teams across the delivery lifecycle, from discovery through to live service. Using Agile tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence) for backlog management and reporting. 2-5+ years' experience working in a Scrum Master or similar Agile delivery management role is expected.
06/07/2026
Full time
ASA Recruitment's client, a Public Sector organisation in Glasgow are currently looking to recruit a Scrum Master for an initial 9 month contracts (with potential extensions) on a rate up to £465/day inside of IR35 (based on experience). The Role: The Scrum Master will be responsible for enabling effective Agile delivery by coaching teams, facilitating Scrum ceremonies, removing impediments, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. The Scrum Master will support one or more multidisciplinary Agile delivery teams to deliver high quality outcomes aligned with organisational goals and Agile best practices. Working closely with Product Owners, Delivery Managers, Developers, Business Analysts, and wider stakeholders, the Scrum Master will ensure that Agile principles are understood and applied consistently, while helping teams improve flow, predictability, and value delivery. Responsibilities and Experience: Facilitating Scrum events including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective, ensuring meetings are effective and outcome focused. Coaching Agile delivery teams in Scrum practices, values, and principles, supporting team maturity and self organisation. Identifying, tracking, and actively removing impediments and blockers that impact team progress or delivery outcomes. Working with Data Product Owners & other data specialists to support backlog refinement, prioritisation, and clear definition of sprint goals and acceptance criteria. Promoting continuous improvement through retrospectives, metrics, and actionable improvement plans. Protecting the team from external distractions and unplanned work, enabling focus and sustainable delivery. Supporting Agile planning and delivery practices, including estimation techniques, capacity planning, and dependency management. Using Agile metrics (e.g. velocity, cycle time, throughput) to support transparency, forecasting, and data informed conversations. Encouraging collaboration, openness, and constructive challenge within the team and across stakeholders. Supporting organisational Agile adoption by sharing best practices, mentoring others, and contributing to Agile communities of practice. Coaching and facilitation, with the ability to influence without authority. Working with Agile delivery metrics and using data to support team improvement. Strong communication skills and an ability to engage technical and non technical stakeholders effectively. Working within multidisciplinary Agile teams across the delivery lifecycle, from discovery through to live service. Using Agile tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence) for backlog management and reporting. 2-5+ years' experience working in a Scrum Master or similar Agile delivery management role is expected.
ASA Recruitment's client, a Public Sector organisation in Glasgow are currently looking to recruit 2x Power BI Developers, for initial 6 month contracts (with potential extensions) on a rate up to £435/day inside of IR35 (based on experience). The Role: The Power BI Developer will be responsible for designing and developing high-quality analytical and reporting solutions using Power BI. They will translate business and user requirements into intuitive, performant, and well-governed dashboards, reports, and semantic models that enable effective decision-making. Working as part of a multidisciplinary Agile delivery team, the Power BI Developer will ensure that reporting solutions are technically robust, accessible, secure, and aligned with organisational data standards. Essential Skills & Experience: Designing and developing Power BI reports and dashboards that meet business requirements, with strong usability, accessibility, and visual clarity Translating user stories and acceptance criteria into effective reporting and analytical solutions Designing and developing semantic models aligned to best-practice dimensional modelling approaches (e.g., star schema principles) Collaborating with Business Analysts and Data Engineers to ensure requirements are clear and underlying data structures support reporting needs Optimising report performance through model design, query tuning, and best-practice development techniques Effectively utilising Power BI Service components including workspace configuration, deployment pipelines, access controls, and row-level security Applying governance, version control, and documentation standards to ensure maintainability and scalability Supporting testing and validation activities, including resolving defects and ensuring outputs meet acceptance criteria Contributing to user adoption through demonstrations, guidance, and support materials Using dimensional models and understanding how model design impacts performance and usability Managing Power BI Service environments, including security and deployment processes Data governance, accessibility standards, and secure data handling Working within Agile delivery teams
06/07/2026
Full time
ASA Recruitment's client, a Public Sector organisation in Glasgow are currently looking to recruit 2x Power BI Developers, for initial 6 month contracts (with potential extensions) on a rate up to £435/day inside of IR35 (based on experience). The Role: The Power BI Developer will be responsible for designing and developing high-quality analytical and reporting solutions using Power BI. They will translate business and user requirements into intuitive, performant, and well-governed dashboards, reports, and semantic models that enable effective decision-making. Working as part of a multidisciplinary Agile delivery team, the Power BI Developer will ensure that reporting solutions are technically robust, accessible, secure, and aligned with organisational data standards. Essential Skills & Experience: Designing and developing Power BI reports and dashboards that meet business requirements, with strong usability, accessibility, and visual clarity Translating user stories and acceptance criteria into effective reporting and analytical solutions Designing and developing semantic models aligned to best-practice dimensional modelling approaches (e.g., star schema principles) Collaborating with Business Analysts and Data Engineers to ensure requirements are clear and underlying data structures support reporting needs Optimising report performance through model design, query tuning, and best-practice development techniques Effectively utilising Power BI Service components including workspace configuration, deployment pipelines, access controls, and row-level security Applying governance, version control, and documentation standards to ensure maintainability and scalability Supporting testing and validation activities, including resolving defects and ensuring outputs meet acceptance criteria Contributing to user adoption through demonstrations, guidance, and support materials Using dimensional models and understanding how model design impacts performance and usability Managing Power BI Service environments, including security and deployment processes Data governance, accessibility standards, and secure data handling Working within Agile delivery teams
ASA Recruitment is looking for a Data Modeller for an initial 9-month contract in Glasgow, with a rate up to £530/day inside of IR35. The candidate will design, develop, and maintain data models supporting analytics and reporting needs. Responsibilities include translating business requirements into data structures and ensuring they meet organisational standards. Candidates should have extensive experience in data modelling, working with SQL, and collaborating in Agile teams.
06/07/2026
Full time
ASA Recruitment is looking for a Data Modeller for an initial 9-month contract in Glasgow, with a rate up to £530/day inside of IR35. The candidate will design, develop, and maintain data models supporting analytics and reporting needs. Responsibilities include translating business requirements into data structures and ensuring they meet organisational standards. Candidates should have extensive experience in data modelling, working with SQL, and collaborating in Agile teams.
ASA Recruitment's client, a Public Sector organisation in Glasgow are currently looking to recruit a Data Modeller for an initial 9 month contract (with potential extensions) on a rate up to c.£530/day inside of IR35 (based on experience). The Role The Data Modeller will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality data models and datamarts that support analytical and reporting needs. They will translate business requirements into scalable, performant, and well-structured data models that enable efficient consumption in Power BI and other reporting tools. Working as part of a multidisciplinary Agile delivery team, the Data Modeller will ensure that data structures are robust, governed, and aligned with organisational data standards and architecture principles. Demonstrable Experience of: Designing and developing dimensional data models and datamarts to support reporting and analytics use cases Translating business requirements and user stories into logical and physical data models aligned to reporting needs Applying best-practice dimensional modelling techniques to optimise usability and performance Collaborating with Data Engineers to ensure data pipelines and transformations deliver clean, reliable, and appropriately structured data Defining and maintaining data definitions, metadata, and data dictionaries to support consistent understanding and reuse Ensuring data models are optimised for Power BI consumption, including considerations for performance, aggregation, and usability Supporting the design of semantic layers and ensuring alignment between data models and reporting models Working closely with Business Analysts and Power BI Developers to ensure data structures meet analytical requirements Implementing and upholding data governance standards, including naming conventions, lineage, and documentation Identifying opportunities to improve data quality, consistency, and reusability across datamarts Supporting testing and validation activities, ensuring data accuracy and integrity Contributing to continuous improvement in data modelling standards, patterns, and tools Solid understanding of how data modelling impacts report performance and usability Working with SQL and data transformation processes Working with modern data platforms (data warehouses, data lakes) Data governance, metadata management, and data quality principles Working in Agile delivery teams, collaborating with cross-functional roles Analytical thinking, attention to detail, and ability to communicate data concepts clearly 3-7+ years' experience in data modelling, data warehousing, or analytics engineering roles is expected
06/07/2026
Full time
ASA Recruitment's client, a Public Sector organisation in Glasgow are currently looking to recruit a Data Modeller for an initial 9 month contract (with potential extensions) on a rate up to c.£530/day inside of IR35 (based on experience). The Role The Data Modeller will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality data models and datamarts that support analytical and reporting needs. They will translate business requirements into scalable, performant, and well-structured data models that enable efficient consumption in Power BI and other reporting tools. Working as part of a multidisciplinary Agile delivery team, the Data Modeller will ensure that data structures are robust, governed, and aligned with organisational data standards and architecture principles. Demonstrable Experience of: Designing and developing dimensional data models and datamarts to support reporting and analytics use cases Translating business requirements and user stories into logical and physical data models aligned to reporting needs Applying best-practice dimensional modelling techniques to optimise usability and performance Collaborating with Data Engineers to ensure data pipelines and transformations deliver clean, reliable, and appropriately structured data Defining and maintaining data definitions, metadata, and data dictionaries to support consistent understanding and reuse Ensuring data models are optimised for Power BI consumption, including considerations for performance, aggregation, and usability Supporting the design of semantic layers and ensuring alignment between data models and reporting models Working closely with Business Analysts and Power BI Developers to ensure data structures meet analytical requirements Implementing and upholding data governance standards, including naming conventions, lineage, and documentation Identifying opportunities to improve data quality, consistency, and reusability across datamarts Supporting testing and validation activities, ensuring data accuracy and integrity Contributing to continuous improvement in data modelling standards, patterns, and tools Solid understanding of how data modelling impacts report performance and usability Working with SQL and data transformation processes Working with modern data platforms (data warehouses, data lakes) Data governance, metadata management, and data quality principles Working in Agile delivery teams, collaborating with cross-functional roles Analytical thinking, attention to detail, and ability to communicate data concepts clearly 3-7+ years' experience in data modelling, data warehousing, or analytics engineering roles is expected
ASA Recruitment is seeking a Developer Team Lead for a Public Sector organisation in Glasgow, offering hybrid working. This role involves providing technical leadership and mentoring an established team to meet legislative needs and drive modernization objectives. The ideal candidate will have experience in Java, Spring Boot, and AWS, along with a passion for agile practices. The position is for an initial 6-month contract, with a competitive rate of £550-£585 per day, outside of IR35.
06/07/2026
Full time
ASA Recruitment is seeking a Developer Team Lead for a Public Sector organisation in Glasgow, offering hybrid working. This role involves providing technical leadership and mentoring an established team to meet legislative needs and drive modernization objectives. The ideal candidate will have experience in Java, Spring Boot, and AWS, along with a passion for agile practices. The position is for an initial 6-month contract, with a competitive rate of £550-£585 per day, outside of IR35.
ASA Recruitment's client, a Public Sector organisation in Glasgow (hybrid working), are currently looking to recruit a Developer Team Lead, for an initial 6 month contract (with potential extensions) on a rate of £550-£585/day outside of IR35 (based on experience). The Role Developer required to provide technical leadership, mentorship and delivery capability to an established team with pressing need to rapidly build upon a customer account in order to meet legislative needs and deliver organisational cost reduction and modernisation objectives. We're looking for a Developer with experience of working with Service Oriented Architectures developed with Java and Spring Boot, who is passionate about working in agile environments and has strong knowledge of both modern AWS and development good practice. Experience Experience of working with, building and modernisation of Java and Spring Boot based microservices Experience of working with public cloud technologies (for this role, we require AWS specifically) Experience of TDD and Unit-Test tooling Experience of acting in a position of seniority within engineering teams within Government projects to deliver/enhance public facing services Familiar with JavaScript and best-practice approaches Demonstrable experience in mentoring and conducting knowledge transfer to junior permanent in-house staff Experience of working with Terraform scripts Experience of working with TypeScript Experience of working with AuroraDB or MySQL Experience with Linux based shell scripting Experience with Government security control requirements
06/07/2026
Full time
ASA Recruitment's client, a Public Sector organisation in Glasgow (hybrid working), are currently looking to recruit a Developer Team Lead, for an initial 6 month contract (with potential extensions) on a rate of £550-£585/day outside of IR35 (based on experience). The Role Developer required to provide technical leadership, mentorship and delivery capability to an established team with pressing need to rapidly build upon a customer account in order to meet legislative needs and deliver organisational cost reduction and modernisation objectives. We're looking for a Developer with experience of working with Service Oriented Architectures developed with Java and Spring Boot, who is passionate about working in agile environments and has strong knowledge of both modern AWS and development good practice. Experience Experience of working with, building and modernisation of Java and Spring Boot based microservices Experience of working with public cloud technologies (for this role, we require AWS specifically) Experience of TDD and Unit-Test tooling Experience of acting in a position of seniority within engineering teams within Government projects to deliver/enhance public facing services Familiar with JavaScript and best-practice approaches Demonstrable experience in mentoring and conducting knowledge transfer to junior permanent in-house staff Experience of working with Terraform scripts Experience of working with TypeScript Experience of working with AuroraDB or MySQL Experience with Linux based shell scripting Experience with Government security control requirements
ASA Recruitment is seeking a Lead Data Architect for a 10-month contract with a Public Sector organisation in Edinburgh. This hybrid role requires 2 days on-site and offers a competitive rate of £735/day. The successful candidate will lead data architecture practices and oversee data models to ensure alignment with business objectives. Essential skills include data strategy, data modelling, and leadership in complex programmes.
06/07/2026
Full time
ASA Recruitment is seeking a Lead Data Architect for a 10-month contract with a Public Sector organisation in Edinburgh. This hybrid role requires 2 days on-site and offers a competitive rate of £735/day. The successful candidate will lead data architecture practices and oversee data models to ensure alignment with business objectives. Essential skills include data strategy, data modelling, and leadership in complex programmes.
ASA Recruitment's client, a Public Sector organisation in Edinburgh are currently looking to recruit a Lead Data Architect, for an initial 10 month contract (with potential extensions) on a rate £735/day inside of IR35 (based on experience). This is a hybrid role with 2 days onsite per week in Edinburgh City Centre and 3 days remote. Responsibilities Design, govern and oversee data models and metadata systems, ensuring alignment with business needs Provide strategic leadership on data architecture across the programme, supporting the overall architecture lead and data architect vision Ensure systems are designed in accordance with agreed data architecture principles and standards Champion data architecture practices, standards and ways of working across teams Manage data-related risks, resolve complex data issues, and drive continuous improvement Ensure effective integration of data across products, services and external partners Essential Skills & Experience Data Strategy & Architecture: Ability to define and deliver a scalable data architecture strategy aligned to programme objectives and external standards (e.g. ONS). Data Modelling & Standards: Strong expertise in developing and governing data models, ensuring consistency and interoperability across systems and other government partners. Data Integration & Flow: Experience designing end-to-end data flows, enabling seamless data collection, processing, and dissemination at scale. Leadership & Governance: Proven leadership in complex programmes, establishing data governance, quality standards, and effective stakeholder engagement Desirable Skills Advanced architectures: Data mesh, data fabric, real time/event driven systems Modern tools: Databricks, Snowflake, Kafka, dbt Cloud engineering maturity: CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, DataOps, containers AI/ML enablement: Supporting MLOps and advanced analytics platforms Analytics expertise: BI tools and semantic data layers Certifications & frameworks: TOGAF, DAMA, cloud certifications
06/07/2026
Full time
ASA Recruitment's client, a Public Sector organisation in Edinburgh are currently looking to recruit a Lead Data Architect, for an initial 10 month contract (with potential extensions) on a rate £735/day inside of IR35 (based on experience). This is a hybrid role with 2 days onsite per week in Edinburgh City Centre and 3 days remote. Responsibilities Design, govern and oversee data models and metadata systems, ensuring alignment with business needs Provide strategic leadership on data architecture across the programme, supporting the overall architecture lead and data architect vision Ensure systems are designed in accordance with agreed data architecture principles and standards Champion data architecture practices, standards and ways of working across teams Manage data-related risks, resolve complex data issues, and drive continuous improvement Ensure effective integration of data across products, services and external partners Essential Skills & Experience Data Strategy & Architecture: Ability to define and deliver a scalable data architecture strategy aligned to programme objectives and external standards (e.g. ONS). Data Modelling & Standards: Strong expertise in developing and governing data models, ensuring consistency and interoperability across systems and other government partners. Data Integration & Flow: Experience designing end-to-end data flows, enabling seamless data collection, processing, and dissemination at scale. Leadership & Governance: Proven leadership in complex programmes, establishing data governance, quality standards, and effective stakeholder engagement Desirable Skills Advanced architectures: Data mesh, data fabric, real time/event driven systems Modern tools: Databricks, Snowflake, Kafka, dbt Cloud engineering maturity: CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, DataOps, containers AI/ML enablement: Supporting MLOps and advanced analytics platforms Analytics expertise: BI tools and semantic data layers Certifications & frameworks: TOGAF, DAMA, cloud certifications
