Senior Data Platform Architect | Remote & AI-Driven Solutions

Methods Business and Digital Technology; Sheffield; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LinkedIn Learning

Private Medical Insurance

Pension

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Methods is recruiting a Principal Data Solution Architect to lead the data architecture for client programmes, with a focus on modern cloud-native platforms and real-time data processing. This mainly remote role requires travel to client sites in the UK.

The incumbent will establish standards, mentor engineers, and drive governance across data platforms. You will shape end-to-end data solutions, evaluate technologies, and ensure data quality, security, and scalability while working with

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of Fabric architecture, governance, OneLake, Real-Time Intelligence, Data Engineering, Warehousing and Power BI integration.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and communicate technical decisions to non-technical audiences.
• Experience with Lambda and Kappa patterns and data platforms supporting AI/ML workloads.

Responsibilities

• Be the senior technical authority for the programme, defining direction, standards and decisions.
• Lead the Data Transformation Programme roadmap and align workstreams to target architecture.
• Lead complex data migration projects from legacy systems to modern cloud-native platforms.
• Develop data services architecture exposing data from systems via APIs and real-time streams.

Skills

Fabric architecture

Azure data stack

Data modelling

SQL/PostgreSQL performance

Streaming architectures

Data migration

AI/ML data architectures

Education

TOGAF 9

CDMP

Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Azure Synapse

CosmosDB

Databricks

Power BI

Parquet/Delta Lake

Kafka / Event Hubs / Kinesis

Job description

Methods is recruiting a Principal Data Solution Architect to lead the data architecture for client programmes, with a focus on modern cloud-native platforms and real-time data processing. This mainly remote role requires travel to client sites in the UK.

The incumbent will establish standards, mentor engineers, and drive governance across data platforms. You will shape end-to-end data solutions, evaluate technologies, and ensure data quality, security, and scalability while working with