Azure Data Architect | Azure SQL Data Warehouse | Greenfield Programme
UK Based only | Remote First working (ad hoc meetings South Wales)
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
What We're Looking For
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
Role overview
- Data Architect (Azure)
- Fully remote (UK only) with ad hoc meetings to South Wales/Southwest
- 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
Interested? Apply now or contact me directly for a confidential discussion.
Please note, this role is only open to candidates in the UK and you must either hold or be eligible for SC clearance.
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