Databricks Lakehouse Architect - Azure Data Strategy

Fruition Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus 15%

Non-contributory pension 10%

Health and dental cover (family)

Job summary

Fruition Group is recruiting a Data Architect to own the end-to-end design of an enterprise Databricks Lakehouse on Azure for a leading Lloyd's market insurer. You will model data, define storage and processing patterns, and establish governance guardrails across the estate.

Role focuses on practical delivery, producing conceptual, logical and physical models, while collaborating with analysts, developers and solution architects. Hybrid work in Manchester with senior stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Databricks Lakehouse architecture design and implementation.
• Enterprise data modelling across conceptual, logical and physical layers.
• Knowledge of SQL, JSON and Azure data platform.
• Ability to define data governance, metadata and data quality requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture of the enterprise Lakehouse on Databricks from modelling to data sharing.
• Define and evolve data models and information dictionaries across the estate.
• Shape future-state architecture and transition roadmaps; rationalise legacy assets and technical debt.
• Set architecture principles, guardrails and reusable patterns aligned to business definitions.
• Define security, privacy and regulatory requirements for insurance data.
• Manage data integration standards and source-to-target mappings.

Skills

Databricks

Data modelling

SQL

JSON

Azure data platform

Stakeholder management

Architecture principles

Tools

Erwin

Sparx EA

Bizzdesign Horizzon

Job description

Fruition Group is recruiting a Data Architect to own the end-to-end design of an enterprise Databricks Lakehouse on Azure for a leading Lloyd's market insurer. You will model data, define storage and processing patterns, and establish governance guardrails across the estate.

Role focuses on practical delivery, producing conceptual, logical and physical models, while collaborating with analysts, developers and solution architects. Hybrid work in Manchester with senior stakeholder engagement.