Principle Data Architect

About HSO

HSO are a leading member of the Microsoft Dynamics Inner Circle, founded in 1987, and specialize in sectors such as Retail, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Financial Services and Local Government. We’ve won several prestigious awards over the last few years including being voted in the UK’s top 10 Best Large companies to work for. We are also proud to have been named the D365 Finance Microsoft Partner of the Year and Finalists for D365 Sales & Marketing.

HSO is the place to work for those in the Microsoft Dynamics channel. People join and stay because we care; about adding value to our customers, about delivering what we say we will, striving to improve ourselves, being inclusive and having fun.

The core values that enable us to work so well together also mean our customers want to work with us. We choose to be different to other Microsoft Partners. Caring about our people, customers and quality of work differentiates us. We always support our people and customers to achieve shared, agreed goals.

Role Description

As a Principle Data Architect, you will work collaboratively across all aspects of project delivery and client engagement, from pre-sales and project scope definition, to project delivery and hypercare. You will lead the conversation with HSO’s customers and define the vision for better use of data across their organisation. You will own the technical design and manage the delivery of data & analytics solutions to HSO’s customers.

You will be highly experienced in Microsoft Azure, and have a working knowledge of other technology platforms. You will also be able to lead engagements and have experience in data strategy, master data management, data architecture, data integration, and data visualisation.

Reporting to: Data & AI Delivery Lead

Key Responsibilities:

• Define the vision and data strategy for HSO’s customers (data platform)
• Own and lead the design and architecture of HSO’s customer’s data platform to meet business requirements
• Define standards, design patterns and repeatable methods for data architecture, data ingestion, other aspects of modern data platform
• Develop reusable patterns, templates, and architecture artefacts to ensure project delivery is optimized
• Adhere to architecture and design best practice highlighting improvements to current practices to drive consistency and standardisation across the team
• Present architecture solutions at HSO architecture review boards
• Lead project delivery teams to help ensure successful delivery
• Provide technical leadership to HSO’s Data & Analytics team

Minimum Requirements:

• Experience of working as a data focused architect in Azure
• Proven experience in following architecture processes for design and governance
• Experience in using Azure cloud platforms, including core data services
• Familiar with general IT principles (e.g. RDMS, report-building and analytic products etc.)
• Experienced with data and analytic applications build processes at all stages of the software development lifecycle
• A comprehensive understanding of data warehousing, extract, transform and load
• Experience in data modelling
• Exposure and experience of Azure data and analytics products and services (SQL and NOSQL databases, data lake, data factory, synapse, data bricks, PowerBI, Fabric, MDM, Purview, Profisee.)
• Experience of working at a senior level with technology stakeholders
• Experience working with data in a technical and commercial capacity
• Knowledge of general/core business processes
• Good English language skills both written and spoken.

Attitude/Personality:

• Customer-centric - able to operate/influence at senior board level
• Confident with customers and able to manage their expectations commercially
• Organised, detailed and able to translate contract SLA’s and customer requirements into working documentation
• Flexibility – happy to turn hand to any tasks/do what’s needed
• Big picture thinking – ability to step away from the detail and direct (and allow others to progress/deliver specifics on their behalf) but support the team (at a micro level) if/when required
• Facilitation – consensus-building approach with the ability to quickly and effectively assimilate, structure and present back options and ideas to varied set of stakeholders.

Location: This is a hybrid role and can be based either from our Reading, Glasgow or Manchester offices, or home. Please expect planned travel which may involve overnight stays near customers, our offices and other UK locations for meetings, events and training.

Salary: We offer a competitive, market-aligned salary, that reflects the skills and experience of each candidate. Our commitment to providing a fair and equitable salary ensures we attract and retain top talent in our industry. The salary package will be discussed during the interview process and will be based on current market benchmarks for similar roles, as well as the individual’s qualifications and experience.

In addition to base salary, eligible employees have the opportunity to earn performance-based bonuses and participate in our benefits programs.

Benefits:

• Paid Holidays
• Pension
• Healthcare
• Dental
• Life Insurance
• Tonic Wellbeing
• HSO Perkz
• Flexible working when required and agreed