Azure Data Platform Architect - SC Cleared Leader

Interpublic; Greater London, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne; Vor Ort; GBP 82.000 - 95.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive compensation package

Comprehensive benefits

Growth opportunities

Global team

Zusammenfassung

Credera is seeking a senior data, analytics and AI platform architect to lead architecture, roadmap definition, and delivery across ingestion, storage, processing, governance, analytics and consumption. You will shape cloud-centric solutions spanning batch and real-time processing, and integrate ML/AI into enterprise platforms.

The role requires mentoring engineers, guiding multi-disciplinary teams, and partnering with senior stakeholders to drive programs in regulated environments.

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience (8+ years) in data, analytics and AI platform architecture, design and delivery.
• Expertise in Microsoft Azure data and analytics services across the data value chain, with experience selecting appropriate platform capabilities for different client needs.
• Experience defining target architectures and roadmaps for modern data platforms spanning ingestion, storage, processing, governance, analytics and consumption.
• Experience designing scalable platform components spanning batch and real-time/streaming processing across microservices- and API-driven architectures.
• Experience integrating machine learning, Generative AI and foundation models into enterprise solutions, including agentic AI approaches.
• Experience implementing robust data management, identity, security and governance for public sector and regulated environments, applying responsible AI principles.
• Proven ability to lead multiple, complex areas of work to time, cost and quality with minimal direction, managing large teams as the key point of escalation.
• Ability to partner with and influence senior stakeholders, navigating the political landscape of client delivery to achieve programme objectives.
• A track record of understanding the whole risk landscape and standing up multi-functional teams of SMEs to resolve issues.
• Recognised as a subject matter expert driving innovation and market-leading practices across multiple clients and industries.
• Strong understanding of cloud-centric solution design, the full data lifecycle, and MLOps/AIOps.
• Experience mentoring engineers and architects, building capability in junior team members and client counterparts.
• You will be required to hold active SC clearance for this role.
• Desirable: Public sector or regulated industry experience (government, healthcare or similar).Desirable: Azure data warehouse/lakehouse ecosystems (Fabric, Databricks, Synapse, Data Factory, Data Lake Gen2).Desirable: Azure real-time analytics (Event Hubs, Stream Analytics).Desirable: Purview/Entra ID governance patterns.Desirable: Azure ML and Foundry integration.Desirable: SQL/Python/Java familiarity.Desirable: MLOps and IaC (Terraform/Bicep).Desirable: CI/CD practices. Desirable: Azure architecture certs. Desirable: Modern data warehouse/lakehouse/AI certs. Desirable: AI/Agentic tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code).

Kenntnisse

8+ years data/analytics/AI arch

Azure data/analytics

Target architectures/roadmaps

Batch & real-time processing

ML/Generative AI integration

Data governance & security

Stakeholder partnership

Risk management & SME leadership

Cloud-centric solution design

Mentoring engineers/architects

Jobbeschreibung

Credera is seeking a senior data, analytics and AI platform architect to lead architecture, roadmap definition, and delivery across ingestion, storage, processing, governance, analytics and consumption. You will shape cloud-centric solutions spanning batch and real-time processing, and integrate ML/AI into enterprise platforms.

The role requires mentoring engineers, guiding multi-disciplinary teams, and partnering with senior stakeholders to drive programs in regulated environments.