Azure Data Architect: Lead Modern Data Platforms

Shareforce; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Shareforce is recruiting an Azure Analytics Architect to design and deliver enterprise data solutions for major UK programmes. You will shaping data strategy, defining secure, scalable architectures, and guiding delivery teams from discovery through delivery.

You will collaborate with senior stakeholders, contribute to bids, and help grow the data and analytics practice while ensuring alignment with client standards and governance.

Qualifications

• Experience designing enterprise data and analytics solutions for client-facing environments.
• Ability to translate business challenges into secure, scalable data architectures.
• Proven track record of delivering through architecture ownership and technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead data architecture across complex programmes from discovery to implementation.
• Own architecture of secure, scalable data platforms using Microsoft Azure technologies.
• Translate requirements into pragmatic solution roadmaps and deliverables.
• Provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams and stakeholder groups.
• Contribute to bids, solution demonstrations and pre-sales activities.
• Mentor colleagues and develop reusable architecture patterns.
• Stay current with Microsoft Fabric, Azure data services and related ecosystem.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Data Architecture

Stakeholder Management

Azure Databricks

Azure Synapse

ETL/ELT

Security & Governance

Cloud Data Platform

Leadership

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Job description

Shareforce is recruiting an Azure Analytics Architect to design and deliver enterprise data solutions for major UK programmes. You will shaping data strategy, defining secure, scalable architectures, and guiding delivery teams from discovery through delivery.

You will collaborate with senior stakeholders, contribute to bids, and help grow the data and analytics practice while ensuring alignment with client standards and governance.