Azure Data Architect

• Total 15 to 20 years experience - 8+ years in data engineering or data architecture, with at least 4 years delivering on Azure (Synapse, ADF, Data Lake Gen 2)
• Proven experience leading production data platform migrations - not greenfield builds - from a source environment to a new Azure tenant under delivery timelines
• Hands-on experience managing SFTP-based data ingestion from multiple concurrent external vendors
• Demonstrated experience handling PHI data in HIPAA-regulated environments, including technical documentation for compliance and BAA processes
• Ability to inherit, reverse-engineer, and document pipelines from third-party managed service providers with varying documentation quality
• Experience running parallel environment validation - comparing source and target outputs at scale - prior to production cutover
• Comfortable operating as the primary technical owner on a time-pressured delivery program with direct stakeholder accountability

Preferred

• Background in pharmaceutical or life sciences commercial data - specialty pharmacy, patient support programs, claims, payer intelligence, or distribution data
• Experience migrating Power BI environments across tenants, including RLS re-implementation and dataset re-mapping
• Consulting or professional services background - proven ability to document as you go and produce clean handover deliverables
• GxP validated data environment or regulated SharePoint experience
• Familiarity with Azure Synapse managed services and third-party data aggregation platforms in pharma