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# Data Architect

- **Company:** Sanderson Recruitment Plc
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Salary:** £120,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Architecture, Data Governance, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Warehousing, Database Design, Microsoft Data Access Components, Microsoft SQL Server, Power BI, Enterprise Data Management, Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks
- **Published:** July 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/data-architect/sanderson-recruitment-job107688043

## About the Role

* Proven experience as a Data Architect with strong hands-on data modelling and SQL Server/database design expertise.
 * Experience designing modern Microsoft data platforms, ideally Microsoft Fabric or Databricks.
 * Strong understanding of ETL, Azure Data Factory, data warehousing and Lakehouse architectures.
 * Background within Financial Services, with exposure to investment data highly desirable.
 * Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to operate across both technical and business teams.

## Description

* Design end-to-end data architectures across enterprise data platforms, with a strong focus on Microsoft Fabric, data modelling and database design.
 * Lead conceptual, logical and physical data modelling while defining target-state architecture for large-scale transformation programmes.
 * Partner with Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture and Data Governance teams to deliver scalable data solutions.
 * Play a key role in a multi-year Microsoft Fabric implementation, standardising data estates and enabling self-service analytics through Power BI.
 * Engage with senior business stakeholders across the investment function, translating business requirements into robust technical solutions.


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