Senior Cloud Data Architect for Enterprise Data & AI

NeosAlpha Technologies; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

NeosAlpha Technologies is seeking an experienced Cloud Data Architect to design, architect, and deliver scalable, secure data solutions enabling BI, analytics, and AI initiatives. You will work with business stakeholders and engineering teams to translate requirements into enterprise data architectures across data lakes, lakehouses, and cloud data warehouses.

The role requires hands-on expertise with Azure, AWS, or GCP, and strong experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Fabric, Synapse, or

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cloud data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise data solutions.
• Strong expertise in cloud-native data platforms and enterprise data architectures.
• Hands-on experience with multiple cloud providers (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Fabric, Synapse, or BigQuery.
• Proficiency in data lakes, lakehouses, data warehousing, and data modelling.
• ETL/ELT pipelines using ADF, Airflow, dbt, or Informatica.
• Programming skills in Python, SQL, and PySpark.
• Experience with Spark, Delta Lake, and Kafka.
• Knowledge of REST APIs, cloud integration, and event-driven architectures.
• Data governance, metadata management, data quality, and MDM.
• CI/CD, Git, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or Looker for reporting/visualization.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise-scale cloud data architectures aligned with business objectives.
• Architect end-to-end data solutions covering ingestion, transformation, storage, governance, and consumption.
• Design and optimize scalable data lakes, lakehouses, and cloud data warehouse solutions.
• Develop cloud migration strategies for legacy data platforms.
• Build robust batch and real-time data processing architectures.
• Define enterprise data modelling standards and architecture best practices.
• Establish data governance, security, privacy, and compliance frameworks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Evaluate and recommend modern cloud data technologies and architectural patterns.
• Ensure data platforms are highly available, secure, scalable, and cost-efficient.
• Mentor engineering teams and provide technical leadership.
• Perform architecture reviews and ensure adherence to enterprise standards.

Skills

Cloud Data Architecture

Data Engineering

Stakeholder Management

Leadership

Analytics

Education

Bachelor or Master in CS/IT/SE/Data Science

Cloud Certifications preferred

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Databricks

Snowflake

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Synapse

BigQuery

Azure Data Factory

Airflow

dbt

Informatica

Python

SQL

PySpark

Apache Spark

Delta Lake

Kafka

REST APIs

Git

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

Job description

NeosAlpha Technologies is seeking an experienced Cloud Data Architect to design, architect, and deliver scalable, secure data solutions enabling BI, analytics, and AI initiatives. You will work with business stakeholders and engineering teams to translate requirements into enterprise data architectures across data lakes, lakehouses, and cloud data warehouses.

The role requires hands-on expertise with Azure, AWS, or GCP, and strong experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Fabric, Synapse, or