Data Analytics Architect

Are you the kind of Analytics Architect who doesn't just deliver solutions - but defines how entire enterprise data platforms should be built?

We're looking for experienced Architects to join a high-growth consultancy delivering large-scale cloud data and analytics transformations for major UK organisations.

This isn't a delivery-only role. You'll be responsible for setting the architectural vision across complex, multi-system environments, helping clients modernise legacy estates and move toward scalable, cloud-native data platforms that actually stand up in production.

You'll act as a design authority, shaping strategy at stakeholder level, defining target architectures, and ensuring every solution is engineered for performance, governance, and long-term scalability across the enterprise., * Act as a trusted technical advisor on analytics, data engineering, and cloud data platform architecture

• Lead the end-to-end design of enterprise analytics and BI solutions
• Define and govern solution architectures aligned to business and technical requirements
• Design scalable cloud data platforms, lakehouse architectures, and analytics ecosystems
• Lead architecture for data modelling, warehousing, and ETL/ELT pipelines
• Design and oversee BI and semantic layer architecture (Power BI and similar tools)
• Define standards for data governance, security, lineage, and data quality
• Engage senior stakeholders to shape data strategy, architecture roadmaps, and transformation plans
• Provide architecture governance and solution assurance across delivery teams
• Support pre-sales, solution shaping, and client presentations where required

• Proven experience as a Data Architect, Analytics Architect, or Senior Cloud Data Consultant
• Strong background in enterprise data platform and analytics architecture
• Extensive experience with Azure data ecosystem (Fabric, Databricks, Synapse, Azure Data Factory)
• Strong understanding of data modelling (Kimball, dimensional modelling, lakehouse patterns)
• Experience designing enterprise ETL/ELT and data integration architectures
• Strong BI architecture experience (Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent)
• Solid understanding of data governance, security, metadata, and data quality frameworks
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable architectures
• Strong consulting and stakeholder engagement experience

Desirable

• Exposure to AI/ML and advanced analytics platform architecture
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric adoption or modernisation programmes
• Knowledge of Databricks Lakehouse architecture patterns
• Experience in regulated environments (government, defence, financial services)
• Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD, and DataOps practices in cloud environments
• Experience contributing to architecture governance boards and solution assurance