Data Architect

Cooper Parry; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Generous holiday entitlement

Enhanced parental leave policy

Enhanced pension scheme

Dress code freedom

Wellbeing offerings

Volunteering opportunities

Job summary

Cooper Parry is seeking a Data Architect to lead the design of our enterprise data platform. You will play a crucial role in evolving the data architecture primarily built on Microsoft Fabric, driving advanced analytics and data-driven decision-making.

The ideal candidate has substantial experience in data architecture, strong SQL skills, and a proven track record in enterprise-scale analytics platforms. Benefits include flexible working arrangements, generous holiday entitlement, and a multi-award-winning wellbeing offering.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric.
• Deep understanding of modern data lakehouse architectures.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale analytics platforms in Azure.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the end-to-end data architecture aligned to strategy.
• Design and oversee solutions using Microsoft Fabric.
• Provide technical leadership across data engineering practices.

Skills

Microsoft Fabric

SQL

Data pipeline orchestration

Data governance

Agile methodology

Education

Proven experience as a Data Architect or Senior Data Engineer

Tools

Azure

Power BI

Job description

About the Role

Cooper Parry is on a rapid growth trajectory and we’re seeking a Data Architect to lead the design and evolution of our enterprise data platform. This role will play a critical part in shaping a scalable, secure, and high performing data architecture built primarily on Microsoft Fabric, supporting advanced analytics, reporting, and data‑driven decision making across the business.

Responsibilities

Data Architecture & Strategy

• Own and evolve the end‑to‑end data architecture aligned to Cooper Parry’s strategy and enterprise standards.
• Define architectural patterns, principles, and standards for data ingestion, transformation, modelling, analytics and reporting.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on data architecture decisions.

Microsoft Fabric Platform Leadership

• Design and oversee solutions using Microsoft Fabric, including OneLake, lakehouse and warehouse architectures, data pipelines, Spark/Notebooks, and semantic models.
• Ensure platform scalability, performance optimisation, cost efficiency, and security.
• Guide the transition from legacy platforms where applicable.

Data Engineering & Integration

• Provide technical leadership across data engineering practices, including batch and streaming data pipelines, ELT/ETL frameworks, and CI/CD for data platforms.
• Architect robust integrations from internal and third‑party systems.
• Define data quality, validation, and monitoring standards.

Governance, Security & Quality

• Define and enforce data governance frameworks, master and reference data strategies, access control and role‑based security.
• Ensure compliance with GDPR and organisational security standards.
• Promote high data quality and lineage transparency.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Work closely with Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, BI Developers, and product and business stakeholders.
• Mentor and upskill team members.
• Review solution designs and provide constructive architectural guidance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Data Architect or Senior Data Engineer with architectural responsibility.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Microsoft Fabric.
• Deep understanding of modern data lakehouse architectures, dimensional and analytical data modelling, data pipeline orchestration, strong SQL skills, and distributed data processing.
• Experience designing enterprise‑scale analytics platforms in Azure.
• Ability to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Desirable: experience integrating and modelling professional services data, familiarity with Power BI semantic models and DAX, and experience with Azure ecosystem services (e.g., Azure AD, monitoring, networking).
• Experience operating in agile product or platform teams and designing data architectures and integrations for CRM and professional services platforms such as Salesforce.

About You

We value individuals who play all in, keep learning, think courageously and are kind. You thrive in a collaborative and growth‑focused environment.

Benefits

• A flexible approach to work—balancing working from home, in office or with clients.
• A generous holiday entitlement.
• An enhanced parental leave policy.
• An enhanced pension scheme.
• Dress code freedom.
• A multi‑award‑winning wellbeing offering.
• Volunteering opportunities and social/sports clubs.

As an equal opportunities employer, we’ll work with you to ensure you have everything you need to develop your skills and achieve your best.

For the attention of agencies – unsolicited CVs will not be honoured. We will only accept CV submissions for roles briefed to you by our Talent Acquisition team.