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The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others..\nOR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..\nAdvise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.\nManage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.\nDemonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.\nDemonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.\nCollaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.\nCreate solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.\nAdopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.\nSeek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.\nAll colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.\nJoin us as an XDP Data Architect and help shape how data is structured, governed, and used across our bank. You will contribute to a trusted, secure, and scalable data environment. This environment supports our colleagues, customers, and business priorities. Working across technology and business teams, you will help ensure data is available, reliable, and easy to use.\nAs an XDP Data Architect, you will play an important role in supporting the responsible use of data across the organisation. You will define enterprise-wide data models and establish architectural standards. You will also support the adoption of data governance frameworks that align with regulatory requirements and business needs. Working closely with stakeholders across engineering, operations, analytics, and business teams, you will help create a reliable data foundation for the organisation.\nYou will contribute to the development of target-state data architectures. You will help teams adopt scalable and sustainable approaches to data stewardship, integration, and governance. You will provide guidance on data architecture patterns, data flows, and platform capabilities. 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Together, we deliver data solutions that support innovation, operational efficiency, and positive outcomes for our customers and colleagues.\nTo be successful as an XDP Data Architect, you must have the following essential skills:\nData Modelling and Data Architecture Design, coupled with the ability to partner with platform teams to influence and shape solutions at the solution and integration level.\nData Governance and Data Stewardship.\nData Integration and Platform Architecture.\nStandardised Architecture Governance.\nSome other highly valued skills may include:\nAnalytics, AI and Machine Learning Architecture.\nCloud Data Platforms.\nMaster Data Management (MDM) and Reference Data.\nYou may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.\nThis role will be based out of our Knutsford or Glasgow offices.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7468,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Commercial & Retail Banks","Cards & Card Issuing","Wealth Management & Financial Advisors","Investment Banking & M&A Advisory"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-11T16:36:03Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-09-19T01:06:01Z"},{"event":"reopen","at":"2026-09-22T12:40:58Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":18,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.657,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":46,"expected_fill_days":17,"reasons":["conf:5","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-28T05:59:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/barclays-xdp-data-architect","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/barclays-xdp-data-architect.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-28T19:32:35Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":27040,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-29T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":12541},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=12541"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fbarclays-xdp-data-architect"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fbarclays-xdp-data-architect"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fbarclays-xdp-data-architect"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/barclays-xdp-data-architect\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fbarclays-xdp-data-architect"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":753952}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"home.barclays","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":753952},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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