Data Architect - Azure

Capgemini; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology consulting firm is seeking an experienced Azure Solution Architect to work on innovative data solutions. You will lead architectural proposals and collaborate with various teams. This role requires an Azure Architect Certification and experience in Microsoft technologies. You will enjoy a flexible work environment and continuous learning opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Training and development opportunities

Access to external certifications

Qualifications

• Strong familiarity with Azure PaaS and IaaS.
• Hands-on experience with data architecture for Microsoft Azure.
• Ability to create innovative data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Partner with other architects on solution alignment.
• Drive proposals, pricing, and costing.
• Serve as technical liaison between teams.

Skills

Knowledge of Azure Solutions

Experience with Microsoft technology

Understanding of data platforms

Strong communication skills

Education

Azure Architect Certification

Other Cloud Platforms knowledge

Tools

Azure DevOps

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Overview

The Job You're Considering

The Data Platforms team is part of the Insights and Data Global Practice and has seen strong growth and continued success across a variety of projects and sectors. Cloud Data Platforms is the home of the Data Engineers, Platform Engineers, Solutions Architects and Business Analysts who are focused on driving our customers digital and data transformation journey using the modern cloud platforms. We specialise on using the latest frameworks, reference architectures and technologies using AWS, Azure and GCP along with various data platforms like Databricks, Snowflake, Quantexa, Palantir, SAS.

Your Role

We are looking for strong Azure Solution Architects who are passionate and focused on data solutions and Microsoft technology and who ideally have skills in many of the following areas:

• Partners with other solution architects to assess solution alignment to the overall architectural blueprint - and drive proposal writing, solution direction, pricing and costing
• Owns Solution Development as liaison between Sales and Delivery teams. Serve as technical liaison between Sales team, Clients, Delivery & support teams up to and including Contract negotiations
• Have experience of designing architecture for data focused Microsoft Azure projects, Cooperate with sales team to formulate / execute a sales strategy to exceed revenue objectives
• Working on Microsoft Azure PaaS and IaaS, specifically: App Services, Azure SQL Database, SQL Server, Storage, Synapse Analytics, Purview, Databricks, Azure data Factory, Azure data lake. Understand which Azure data focused components to use for which purpose

Your Skills and Experience

Our projects are varied, sometimes you may be asked to help define a client's data visualisation transformation roadmap, other times you may be rolling your sleeves up and creating an innovative data platform, for a complex business problem or even assisting in responding to client bid responses. Ceritfication as an Azure Architect is essential but other desirable skills include:

• Knowledge of other Cloud Platforms such as AWS and GCP
• Knowledge of automation tooling such as Azure DevOps to facilitate CI/CD approaches to IaC
• Knowledge of IaaS implementation, Availability sets, Azure Networking concepts, Express Route, DNS, Load Balancing
• Strong skills in areas such as Docker, Kubernetes, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS to name a few

Your Security Clearance

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance.

To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.

Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.

Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.

What does "Get The Future You Want" mean for you?

You will be encouraged to have a positive work-life balance. Our hybrid-first way of working means we embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini's 'learning for life' mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients' businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you'll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what's possible. It's why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world's leading businesses, and it's how you'll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you'll build the skills you want. You'll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organisations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.