Principal Data Architect - Energy, Renewables, Azure
Hays plc
2 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Temporary contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
EnglishJob location
Tech stack
Microsoft Access
API
Audit Trail
Azure
Continuous Integration
Data Architecture
Data Infrastructure
Data Sharing
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Role-Based Access Control
Data Ingestion
Azure
Job description
- Own end-to-end architecture (data model, ingestion, APIs, anonymisation, access controls)
- Design a scalable Azure PaaS data platform (ADF, Functions, ADLS, Synapse, App Service)
- Define data contracts and standards across multiple turbine OEMs
- Build robust ingestion pipelines (batch + API)
- Implement automated validation & QA frameworks
- Manage time-series SCADA data standardisation and mapping
- Implement privacy-by-design architecture
- Own RBAC, audit trails, anonymisation, and access policies
- Translate legal and governance rules into technical controls
- Own CI/CD, monitoring, incident response, SLAs
- Ensure platform runs on a predictable monthly data cycle
- Manage cost optimisation and scaling
- Lead onboarding of external partners (asset owners)
- Communicate across technical and commercial stakeholders
- Build trust in a shared-data environment
Requirements
- Wind / Energy / industrial IoT / SCADA data experience
- Experience with data marketplaces or data sharing platforms
- Background in predictive maintenance / asset analytics