Azure Data Architect

Are you an experienced Azure Data Architect looking for the opportunity to shape a greenfield enterprise data platform from the ground up?

We’re partnering with a growing consultancy who are undertaking a major transformation programme and are looking for a hands-on Azure Data Architect to lead the design and delivery of a modern Azure Data Warehouse solution. This is a highly visible role where you’ll influence architecture strategy, drive technical decisions, and work closely with engineering teams to deliver a scalable, secure and future-proof data platform.

This is not a purely governance-focused architecture position. You’ll remain close to delivery, leading and collaborating with Data Engineers, validating designs, reviewing solutions, and contributing technically throughout the project lifecycle.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading the architecture and delivery of a new Azure-based data warehouse platform
• Reviewing, challenging and enhancing existing high-level solution designs
• Collaborating with engineering teams to produce detailed technical designs
• Defining architecture standards, best practices and long-term technology roadmaps
• Providing hands-on technical leadership throughout delivery
• Working alongside Data Engineers to build production-ready solutions
• Reviewing code, designs and technical deliverables to ensure quality and consistency
• Driving architectural decisions across security, governance, scalability and performance
• Engaging with business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Supporting deployment, release management and CI/CD processes within Azure DevOps
• Promoting modern engineering practices across data, cloud and DevOps teams, * Fully remote (UK only) with ad hoc meetings to South Wales/Southwest

Essential Experience

• Proven experience as a Data Architect delivering Azure-based data platforms
• Strong background designing enterprise-scale data warehouse and analytics solutions

Extensive experience with:

• Azure SQL
• Azure Data Factory
• Power BI
• Azure DevOps
• Experience delivering greenfield data platform implementations
• Strong understanding of dimensional modelling and modern data warehouse design
• Experience developing scalable, secure and maintainable cloud architectures
• Expertise establishing CI/CD and DevOps practices for data platforms
• Strong stakeholder management and requirements gathering skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments

Desirable Experience

• Data governance and data quality frameworks
• Azure security and access control architecture
• Consultancy, technology consulting or professional services experience
• Experience within highly regulated environments
• Current UK Security Clearance (SC) or eligibility to obtain clearance
• Microsoft Azure certifications, including: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure Data Engineer Associate

• Day rate - £575.00 - £625.00
• 3months initially + likely extension
• IR35 status is to be confirmed but likely outside (pending)
• 1 stage MS Teams interview
• Start date end of September ideally