Principal Data Solution Architect (SFIA Level 6+)
Remote First! Home Based / Work From Home - Occasional Visits to West Midlands HQ and Client Sites
Salary: Is Open & Highly Competitive + An Excellent Benefits Package - Remote Working & Work From Home
Key Technologies:
ELT / ETL - SQL Azure, DevOps, Databricks Synapse Analytics SQL Azure, Dataflows, Juypter Notebooks, Databricks, ADF Power BI, DAX, Azure, SQL, Python, ETL, SSIS, ER, UML, Archimate, Erwin, TOGAF, Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework, Well Architected Framework, Data Lakehouse design, Conceptual Architecture, Logical Architecture and Physical Architecture.
This client is a key Microsoft Player and a Specialist of the Cloud, experiencing fantastic global growth over the past 5 years. They are seeking someone with a Solution Architect and Consultancy Background for their Principal Data Solution Architect (SFIA Level 6+) vacancy. The ideal candidate will have a solid Solutions Architectural portfolio and experience managing clients, client engagement, and cementing long-term client relationships.
You will be an experienced Principal Data Solution Architect (SFIA Level 6+) and a Master Data Manipulator with Python / SQL / Data Pipelines. You will be a Technical Specialist capable of managing customer requirements for data-centric projects, designing integration solutions, data modeling, and hands-on implementation of data and management information-based technologies.
The client seeks a Technical Lead to join their Data practice, requiring a Data Consultancy / Azure background and experience in Leading Client Projects. This is primarily a technical role, and it is essential that you can coexist with colleagues and stakeholders in this dynamic, fast-paced environment. You will be a self-starter, technically confident, and able to land on a project and instantly add value. You should be keen to stay updated with the latest technologies, with a broad interest in all things Data.
You will have a quantitative mindset and proven experience working in a Data Solutions Architecture role within an Azure ecosystem. Azure Modern Data Platform experience is essential, with hands-on skills. You will understand networks, security, and performance vs. cost characteristics of your solutions and be able to configure these, including through Infrastructure-as-Code.
Responsibilities:
Leveraging your hands-on experience of all things Data, you will lead on quoting, design, assurance, and oversight of delivery of on-premises to Cloud Data Platform migrations and implementations. Comfortable being hands-on, you will be a master data manipulator with Python/SQL/ADF and a technical specialist capable of managing customer requirements for data-centric projects, designing integration solutions, and hands-on implementation of data and management information-based technologies.
This client considers all architectural backgrounds; however, your key experience will revolve around SQL Azure, Synapse Analytics (Dataflows, Juypter notebooks, on-demand SQL), Databricks, ADF Power BI, DAX, Azure, SQL, Python, ETL, and SSIS.
You will be a self-starter, technically confident, and able to land on a project and instantly add value. With a quantitative mindset and proven experience working in a data architecture role in an Azure ecosystem, Azure modern data platform experience is essential, with preference given to those with hands-on skills.
Required Experience:
* Requirements gathering - ETL, ELT, and BI, identifying through workshops, elaborating user stories, and refining to an engineer-friendly technical approach, documentation of designs with an industry-recognised form such as ER, UML, Archimate, Erwin, TOGAF.
* Experience managing priorities on multiple projects/workstreams.
* Working in an agile landscape to make technical decisions/recommendations where there is uncertainty.
* Stakeholder management and technical team interaction (internal, external, and 3rd party).
* Large scale Data Lakehouse design, Conceptual Architecture, Logical Architecture, and Physical Architecture.
* ETL/ELT best practice approaches to monitoring and error-handling.
* 10+ years' experience in consulting, ideally with Nonprofit, Government, Public Sector, or Financial Services experience.
* 7+ years' experience with hands-on skills in ETL/ELT tools.
* End-to-end migration of on-prem SQL-Server based solutions into Azure.
* Working knowledge of Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework and Well Architected Framework.
* Integration to D365, Dataverse solutions, or other SaaS applications.
* Creation of fault-tolerant data ingestion pipelines in Azure Data Factory / Synapse Pipelines / Fabric Pipelines / Mapping Data Flows / SSIS/ KingswaySoft using Linked Services, Integration, Datasets.
* Extracting data from various sources including SQL Databases, Document Databases, Graph Databases, web APIs, etc., with Microsoft Fabric exposure.
* Data Governance tools (e.g., Microsoft Purview), Master Data Management tools (e.g., CluedIn).
* Appreciation of information security standards such as ISO27001, PCI-DSS, Cyber Essentials.
* Azure Infrastructure and Networking, Azure DevOps, Git, ARM/Bicep, and building CI/CD pipelines.
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