Senior Data Solutions Architect - Azure Fabric Lead

Ofcom; Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Ofcom is seeking a Data Solutions Architect to translate regulatory and business needs into scalable Azure-based data platforms, leveraging Microsoft Fabric. You will partner with Data Engineers, Data Scientists and stakeholders to design secure, self-service analytics and governance across the organisation.

The role demands architecture leadership, strong communication, and hands-on experience with Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Purview, and data security controls.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale data and analytics solutions.
• Experience producing architecture designs, standards, patterns and roadmaps.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture and governance.
• Ability to evaluate options and present recommendations to stakeholders.
• Understanding of AI, machine learning and advanced analytics solution patterns including responsible AI, model governance, data ethics and privacy considerations.

Responsibilities

• Translate business and regulatory requirements into end-to-end solution architectures.
• Design scalable data platforms using Microsoft Fabric and Azure services.
• Lead the rollout, adoption and optimisation of Microsoft Fabric across Ofcom.
• Partner with Data Engineers and platform teams to design secure, resilient data pipelines.
• Define patterns for ingestion, transformation, ETL/ELT, metadata and master data management.

Skills

Enterprise data architecture

Stakeholder management

Azure cloud

Data governance

Security engineering

Education

Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate

Azure Data Engineer Associate

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Data Factory

Purview

Power BI

Job description

Ofcom is seeking a Data Solutions Architect to translate regulatory and business needs into scalable Azure-based data platforms, leveraging Microsoft Fabric. You will partner with Data Engineers, Data Scientists and stakeholders to design secure, self-service analytics and governance across the organisation.

The role demands architecture leadership, strong communication, and hands-on experience with Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Purview, and data security controls.