Data Solution Architect: Azure & Databricks Specialist

Halfords Careers; Redditch; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Annual discretionary bonus

Pension

Life assurance

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Family leave enhancement

Employee discounts

Job summary

Halfords is seeking a Data Solution Architect to design end-to-end data solutions that deliver genuine business value. You’ll work with Data and Lead Solution Architects to translate requirements into data flows, models and integration patterns, supporting secure, scalable delivery across the organisation.

You will collaborate with Data Engineers, Data Architects and delivery teams to ensure conformance to enterprise standards, governance and quality while gaining exposure to Azure and

Qualifications

• Experience with modern data platforms, Azure and Databricks required.
• Strong data modelling, ETL/ELT, data pipelines and integration patterns.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical data designs.
• Knowledge of cloud-based data solutions for ingestion, transformation and consumption.
• Understanding of data governance, lineage, security, privacy and quality.

Responsibilities

• Support design of data-centric solutions with data flows, artefacts and models.
• Translate business and data requirements into structured designs aligned to standards.
• Collaborate with data architects, engineers and delivery teams on ingestion, transformation and consumption patterns.
• Contribute to data modelling, data structures, lineage and transformation requirements.
• Review APIs and ETL/ELT processes for alignment with architectural principles and non-functional requirements.
• Produce documentation and participate in design reviews for governance.

Skills

Azure

Databricks

Data modelling

ETL/ELT

Data governance

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder comms

Retail domain experience

Tools

Azure

Databricks

Big Data platforms

Job description

Halfords is seeking a Data Solution Architect to design end-to-end data solutions that deliver genuine business value. You’ll work with Data and Lead Solution Architects to translate requirements into data flows, models and integration patterns, supporting secure, scalable delivery across the organisation.

You will collaborate with Data Engineers, Data Architects and delivery teams to ensure conformance to enterprise standards, governance and quality while gaining exposure to Azure and