Microsoft Fabric Architect | Remote Data Platform Lead

Methods; Manchester; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Travel insurance

25 days annual leave

Flexible working

Volunteering days

Job summary

Methods is a UK-based IT Services Consultancy partnering with central government and private sector clients. The Data Architect role focuses on defining technical direction, roadmaps, and data platform standards, with emphasis on modern cloud-native solutions.

You will lead architecture reviews, mentor teams, and deliver end-to-end data solutions across systems, real-time streams, and AI-enabled analytics, while ensuring security, governance, and value delivery.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and delivering enterprise-grade data architectures.
• Strong knowledge of cloud data platforms, governance, and security.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define technical direction, standards, and roadmaps for data capabilities.
• Lead architecture reviews and governance forums; mentor engineers.
• Deliver end-to-end data solutions including migration to cloud-native platforms.

Skills

Data architecture

Azure data stack

Real-time data processing

Data modelling

Data governance

SQL/NoSQL databases

Migration to cloud

Kubernetes / DevOps

Education

TOGAF 9

CDMP

Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

Tools

Azure Data Factory

CosmosDB

Databricks

Event Hubs

Kafka

Parquet/Delta Lake

Power BI

Job description

Methods is a UK-based IT Services Consultancy partnering with central government and private sector clients. The Data Architect role focuses on defining technical direction, roadmaps, and data platform standards, with emphasis on modern cloud-native solutions.

You will lead architecture reviews, mentor teams, and deliver end-to-end data solutions across systems, real-time streams, and AI-enabled analytics, while ensuring security, governance, and value delivery.