Data Architect

Summary: The Data Architect role in Telford, UK, involves designing and implementing comprehensive Azure/AWS data solutions, focusing on data ingestion, storage, processing, and visualization. The position requires leading architecture design sessions, supporting data migrations, and ensuring security best practices in data architecture. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in data engineering and business intelligence, along with strong communication and teamwork skills. This contract position emphasizes technical leadership and collaboration with project teams and customers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement end-to-end Azure/AWS data solutions, including data ingestion, storage, processing, and visualization.
• Architect data platforms using Azure/AWS services such as Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure Databricks (ADB), Azure SQL Database, AWS Glue, Lambda and PySpark.
• Expert-level technical design and thought-leadership of Azure assessment and implementation engagements.
• Lead elaboration and discovery sessions to inform solution design, migration and modernization strategy.
• Lead architecture design, data foundations, solution structures and component design sessions with customers.
• Experience with planning and implementing a data warehouse, data lake and Data Modelling.
• Support data migrations from SQL and open-source repositories into cloud modern data services.
• ETL, ELT data integration and data migration design experience.
• Responsible for using Microsoft Data & Analytics services to support strategic & self-service models.
• Lead the development of Migration Transformation modernization and re-platforming services engagements with our customers to help drive the successful adoption of Azure Data Services.
• Craft high-quality diagrams and documents to communicate thoroughness of vision for data architecture security of proposed data solutions.
• Collaborate with project managers and customers to write work packages and build work backlogs based off of the solution designs.
• Participate in code reviews and review work from other members of the project teams for completeness and quality.
• Understand a broad spectrum of technologies in order to provide detailed technical design which meets customer requirements.
• Work with the Security and Architecture teams to refine and deploy security best practices to identify, detect, protect, respond, and recover from threats to assets and information.

Key Skills:

• Overall 20+ years of IT Experience & minimum 6 years as an AWS/Azure Data Architect.
• Strong expertise in all aspects of Azure/AWS services with a focus on data engineering & BI reporting.
• Experience in data modelling, data warehousing, and business intelligence concepts.
• Proven track record of designing and implementing scalable and robust data solutions.
• Excellent communication skills with strong teamwork, analytical and troubleshooting skills, and attentiveness to detail.
• Prior experience in supporting appliance / on-premises migration efforts.

Salary (Rate): £50.00/hr

City: Telford

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT