Senior Data Architect

Staffworx Limited; Greater London; A distancia; GBP 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Remote work

Occasional London attendance

Descripción de la vacante

Staffworx Limited invites applications for a Data Architect to lead a greenfield Azure data platform build. The role requires hands-on capability, Databricks architecture, and governance design to support national-scale data operations.

Remote UK with occasional London attendance, 6-month initial contract with likely extension, start within 2 weeks. Ideal candidates will have Databricks on Azure experience, governance with Purview, and strong stakeholder engagement skills to shape enterprise

Formación

• Experience architecting greenfield data platforms at scale on Azure Databricks.
• Ability to present to senior stakeholders and defend architectural choices.
• Hands-on data engineering background with ability to dive into technical detail.

Responsabilidades

• Own the target data architecture from conceptual through physical design.

Conocimientos

Advanced SQL

Python

PySpark

Databricks

Azure

Data Modelling

Data Governance

Stakeholder Management

ETL/ELT

Herramientas

Databricks

Azure DevOps

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Delta Lake

Microsoft Purview

Descripción del empleo

• Rate: market rates, outside IR35
• Location: Remote, UK. Occasional London attendance
• Duration: 6 months initial, likely extension
• Start: Within 2 weeks

Data Architect required for a greenfield Azure data platform build. There is no legacy estate and no migration. The end client is a newly formed organisation whose service is expected to operate at national scale following incoming legislation, so the platform must be architected for very significant growth.

We are looking for an architect who can hold their own with senior stakeholders and who has also built this kind of platform at a technical level. Ideally you come from a data engineering background, so you can talk up or down the stack as the conversation needs.

Responsibilities

• Own the target data architecture, from conceptual through logical to physical design
• Design the Databricks Lakehouse, including medallion layers, workspace and environment structure, and cost and performance patterns
• Define the governance, lineage and cataloguing approach using Unity Catalog and Microsoft Purview
• Produce data models and integration patterns built for national scale volumes
• Present and defend best practice to senior stakeholders and a client team building its own capability
• Work alongside the enterprise architects, integrations architect and data governance specialist
• Remain hands on where needed to unblock delivery
• Data architecture experience on a greenfield platform implementation, or two to three architect roles of more than a year each, at least one with Databricks exposure
• Credible with senior stakeholders, and able to move between executive level discussion and technical detail
• Hands on implementation experience, ideally from a data engineering or developer background
• Databricks at architecture level on Azure, including Delta Lake, Unity Catalog and Spark optimisation
• Lakehouse and medallion patterns, batch and streaming ingestion, event driven design
• Conceptual, logical and physical data modelling. Dimensional and data vault both useful
• Advanced SQL, Python or PySpark
• Declarative pipelines (Delta Live Tables or equivalent), Databricks Workflows, Auto Loader and Structured Streaming
• Microsoft Purview for data governance, cataloguing and lineage
• Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, Databricks Asset Bundles, Terraform or Bicep
• UK GDPR and DPA 2018 in practice, including public personal data
• Consultancy, systems integrator or large corporate background with strong client facing skills
• Databricks certification, for example Data Engineer Professional or Solutions Architect
• Microsoft certification, for example AZ-305
• Regulated or legislation driven programme experience
• Platforms that have scaled rapidly from launch
• TOGAF or similar

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Location

London HQ and home base (mostly remote working)

Job Type

Contract

Start Date

Within 2 weeks

Duration

6 months initial, likely long term extensions

Visa Requirement

Applicants must be eligible to work in the specified location