Data/ Bi Architect

Page Personnel; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working (2-3 days in London)

Initial 6-month contract withExtension

Job summary

Page Personnel in the City of London seeks a Data Architect with hands-on experience in Microsoft Fabric and Azure data technologies to drive delivery for key business programmes. You will design and guide the data hub, enterprise data warehouse and reporting tools, and define the data architecture across metadata and BI platforms.

The role requires senior BI data architecture expertise, strong SQL and data governance knowledge, and experience with Python/PySpark, ADLS, ADF and Azure Synapse.

Qualifications

• Senior BI data architecture experience.
• Dimensional modelling (Kimball) and data governance.
• SQL and data warehouses.
• Python/PySpark programming.
• CI/CD with Azure DevOps and Git.

Responsibilities

• Actively delivering work for key business programs advising and supporting the data platform adoption.
• Designing and guiding the use of data hub, Enterprise Data Warehouse and reporting tools (Power BI, Fabric).
• Defining data technology architecture, model/schema, including metadata and BI/data warehouse architecture.
• Coordinating changes across business and technology change processes.
• Ensuring traceability of requirements from design to implementation.
• Contributing to data dictionaries and the evolution of data assets.

Job description

• Hands-on architecture role with real delivery impact
• Work closely with developers on a modern Azure data platform

About Our Client

A well-established UK-based international investment organisation with a global footprint, delivering impactful programmes across multiple regions.

Job Description

As a Data Architect, you will bring your experience in Microsoft Fabric and Azure data technologies to the organisation, and your core responsibilities include:

• Actively delivering work for key business programs advising and supporting the further adoption of the data platform.
• Designing, building and providing guidance for the use and management of data specifically around our data hub, Enterprise Data Warehouse and Power BI and Fabric Analytics and Reporting tools.
• Defining the data technology architecture, model/schema, including metadata, integration and business intelligence or data warehouse architecture.
• Coordinating changes across business change, technology change management process, incident management and problem management process.
• Ensuring traceability of requirements on data through design, build, testing and scope changes.
• Providing input into data dictionaries and the evolution of these and other related data assets such as the organisations Common/Logical Data Model.

The Successful Applicant

Background and skills

• Several years of experience in a senior BI data architecture role.
• Expert in dimensional modelling (logical and physical) using Kimball methodology and an excellent understanding of all data concepts, metadata management, data quality management and data governance.
• Proven record working with SQL relational databases, data warehouses, query authoring (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of other databases.
• Highly experienced in building and optimizing data queries. Good with manipulating, processing and preparing datasets/semantic models.
• Experienced in working with data engineering technologies including ADLS, ADF, Azure SQL, and Azure Synapse, Power BI/Fabric and DAX.
• Good working knowledge of languages such as Python/PySpark.
• Previously created or enhanced CI/CD build and release pipelines using Azure DevOps and GI T.
• Knowledge of other scripting languages such as YAML, PowerShell, Terraform etc.

Competencies and aptitude

• Ability to quickly learn, implement, and utilise new technologies.
• Analytical and problem-solving. Combines and organises information into meaningful patterns; identifies underlying relationships, causes and effects; and combines pieces of information to form conclusions or general rules.
• Communications. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Detail-oriented. Consistently takes a thorough, accurate, organised and quality-centred approach.
• Organisation and prioritising. Can effectively address projects, requests and competing priorities. Owning deliverables through to implementation.
• Self-learning mindset. Desires to learn new skills and is willing to share knowledge with the team.
• Provide problem diagnosis and technical assistance.

What's on Offer

• Hybrid working (2-3 days in London)
• Initial 6-month contract with extension potential

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