Hybrid Data Architect: Azure Lakehouse & Analytics

Reply Ltd; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Reply Ltd is seeking a Data Architect to design practical, scalable, and secure data solutions focused on Microsoft Azure and modern data platform services. You will work with clients, delivery teams, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust data architectures and governance.

The role covers ingestion, storage, transformation, modelling, and reporting, with emphasis on lakehouse and warehouse patterns, security, cost, and performance.

Qualifications

• Experience in data engineering, data solution design, or data architecture roles with expertise in Microsoft Azure data services.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end data architecture including ingestion, storage, transformation, modelling, and reporting.
• Experience with Azure services such as Data Factory, Databricks, Synapse Analytics, Fabric, or Data Lake Storage.
• Knowledge of data modelling concepts (logical, physical, dimensional, analytical) and ability to produce architecture artefacts and technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end data solutions across ingestion, transformation, storage, modelling, and consumption layers
• Work with clients to understand business goals, reporting needs, data challenges, and technical constraints
• Produce high-quality architecture documentation, solution designs, and data models
• Design secure, scalable, resilient, and supportable data platforms and solutions
• Define patterns for data integration, transformation, storage, and analytics
• Support the design of lakehouse, warehouse, and reporting solutions using Azure-based services
• Ensure data quality, lineage, governance, and security are incorporated into solution design
• Collaborate with engineers and consultants and facilitate workshops and design discussions with clients and delivery teams
• Evaluate design options and contribute to best practices, reusable assets, and mentoring of junior team members

Skills

Microsoft Azure data services

Databricks

Data modelling

Python

SQL

Spark

Power BI

Data Factory

Fabric

Data Lake Storage

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Databricks

Synapse Analytics

Power BI

Job description

Reply Ltd is seeking a Data Architect to design practical, scalable, and secure data solutions focused on Microsoft Azure and modern data platform services. You will work with clients, delivery teams, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust data architectures and governance.

The role covers ingestion, storage, transformation, modelling, and reporting, with emphasis on lakehouse and warehouse patterns, security, cost, and performance.