Title: Data Solution Architect Azure, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric Location: Coventry (Hybrid 3 days onsite/week) Day Rate: £600-£650 Start Date: ASAP Client: Confidential Major UK Utilities Programme Clearance: Right to work in the UK The Role We are hiring 2x experienced Data Solution Architects to lead a critical cloud data transformation programme for a top UK utilities company. Youll work with petabyte-scale real-time and historical datasets from systems such as SCADA, SAP, and IoT telemetry. Your primary focus will be delivering modern cloud-native data platforms across Azure, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, with governance and streaming at scale. This is a hands-on architecture roledriving design, implementation, and platform optimisation. Why Join? Make an impact on real-world infrastructure and data innovation Shape enterprise architecture in SCADA, IoT, AI/ML, and telemetry systems Lead critical platform design across Microsoft Azure and Databricks ecosystem Key Responsibilities Architect secure, scalable data solutions using Azure, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric Lead integrations across SCADA, SAP PM, telemetry, GIS, APIs, and legacy data sources Govern structured/unstructured data using Purview, Unity Catalog, Profisee, Informatica Implement real-time streaming with Event Hub, Kafka, IoT Hub, and Kusto/ADX Design data platforms with Delta Lake, ADLS Gen2, Cosmos DB, Synapse, Fabric OneLake Lead CI/CD infrastructure using Terraform, Bicep, Azure DevOps, GitHub Define compute, storage, security, and networking architecture at scale Enable AI/ML integration pipelines and analytics layers with Power BI, Databricks ML Collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and stakeholders across disciplines Promote DevSecOps, governance, resilience, and observability across the ecosystem Core Skills & Experience Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks, Delta Lake, ADLS, Cosmos DB, Azure SQL Event Hub, Kafka, IoT Hub, Kusto/ADX Strong unstructured data migration and transformation experience Data modelling, mapping, profiling, governance, and security Tools: Purview, Profisee, Informatica, Unity Catalog Strong CI/CD and IaC (Terraform/Bicep, Azure DevOps) Zero Trust architecture, RBAC, VNet, Private Endpoint, ExpressRoute HADR, cost optimisation, logging, monitoring, and performance tuning Desirable Skills Industry: Utilities, SCADA, SAP PM, GIS, telemetry, IoT Governance Tools: Collibra Programming: Python, Kusto (KQL) ADZN1_UKTJ