Azure Database Architect

Hollstadt & Associates; Minnesota; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 117,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan

Dental plan

Vision plan

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Paid sick leave

401k + Matching

Longevity Award bonus

Job summary

Hollstadt Consulting seeks an experienced Azure Database Architect for a 9‑month contract in Hybrid – St Paul. The role focuses on designing and maintaining Azure databases and data lakes, with emphasis on Data Lakehouse strategies and secure data storage.

You will mentor other architects and engineers, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and support disaster recovery planning while ensuring robust data security and governance across Azure environments.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, building, and securing Azure data platforms for enterprise workloads.
• Proven ability to mentor architects and engineers on cloud data technologies.
• Experience integrating data lakes, warehouses, and pipelines in Azure environments.

Responsibilities

• Support design and implementation of Azure databases and data lakes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize data workflows and security.
• Develop data models and ensure scalable, secure data storage solutions.
• Provide knowledge transfer to peers and junior staff.
• Maintain documentation and assist in disaster recovery planning.

Skills

Mentoring others

Strong organizational skills

Time management

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Azure Databricks

Azure Data Factory

Azure Monitor

Azure CLI/PowerShell

Azure SQL

Data Lakehouse

Oracle databases

CI/CD pipelines

Teradata Data Warehouse

Job description

Hollstadt Consulting is a management and technology consulting firm dedicated to placing professionals at engagements where they will excel. When you work with us, you’ll work with a refreshingly real company led and staffed by seasoned experts who are also down-to-earth, good people. We're committed to treating you with respect and helping you achieve your career aspirations.

Since 1990, Hollstadt has been a trusted partner to more than 150 domestic and global companies and has successfully completed over 3,000 projects. Our continued growth has created challenging and rewarding opportunities for accomplished IT and Business Consultants.

Hollstadt Consulting is an equal opportunity employer including disability/veteran.

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Job Description

Role: Azure Database Architect

Contract: 9 months

Location: Hybrid - St Paul

Pay Rate: $80-$85/hour W2

As an Azure Database Architect, this position will participate in the analysis and design, and support development, implementation, and potentially ongoing support of Azure Databases and Data Lakes, with a primary focus on the Data Lakehouse and its integrated data reserves. The responsibilities will include designing, administering, maintaining, and securing data to ensure efficient and reliable data storage solutions. The position will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize data workflows, support data-driven decision-making, and implement best practices for data security and integrity in Azure environments. This position also will provide mentorship to other architects and database engineers.

Sample Tasks

• Support design and implementation to improve, modernize, and transform data-driven service delivery.
• Ensure data assets are structured, accessible, secure, and align with goals.
• Recommend data platforms and tools to support enterprise data architecture.
• Develop data models.
• Ensure data access patterns are optimized.
• Maintain necessary documentation.
• Coordinate with necessary teams to meet security standards.
• Support design and development of disaster recovery solutions.
• Provide knowledge transfer.

Desired Qualifications

• Strong experience with designing, developing, and implementing data lakes and relational and non-relational databases in Azure.
• Strong experience with Databricks.
• Strong experience with Oracle databases.
• Experience developing and implementing data transformation solutions and cloud infrastructure integrations.
• Experience coding and testing programs and scripts to load data using Azure data load utilities.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with cloud computing concepts.
• Experience with tools such as Azure Monitor, Azure Data Factory, SQL Analytics, Query Performance Insight, Azure Resource Manager, Pearl, and Azure CLI/PowerShell for infrastructure management.
• Experience in mentoring others in the needed technologies.
• Experience developing and implementing backup and recovery strategies using tools such as Azure Backup or Geo-replication.
• Experience with role-based access control, encryption, and network security.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Desired 10 years' experience in data architecture or data management.
• Knowledge of data concepts, data modeling, schema design, and indexing strategies.
• Knowledge of Azure SQL instances, managed instances, and elastic pools.
• Knowledge of Data Warehouse Administration and Teradata Data Warehouse.

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• short-term disability
• long-term disability
• paid sick leave
• and retirement benefits to eligible employees

With three different medical plans to choose from, you can enroll in the coverage you need from individual to family, or anywhere in between!

Remarketing Process

Hollstadt is based on retention and relationships. We get to know your strengths and career wishes throughout your assignment and then start remarket discussions 6-8 weeks prior to your end date. By being proactive, we are able to keep your down time between assignments as short as possible, unless you choose otherwise.

Professional Development

Hollstadt offers on-demand training through our consultant portal. Trainings give our consultants the continuing education they need to excel on their projects. Many of our courses apply towards continuing education credits and we have an entire training hub dedicated to upskilling in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

401k + Matching

One popular benefit is our 401(k) match on the first 4% of your contributions. Hollstadt wants to help you reach your long-term financial goals and understands that planning for your future is critical. Consultants also have access to support from a Financial Advisor.

We appreciate and reward loyalty. Join Hollstadt, stay for 5 years, and we’ll give you a $5,000 Longevity Award bonus! Additionally, we know great talent knows other great talent. If you are on contract with Hollstadt and refer one of your connections who gets placed, we’ll pay you $1,000!

Ongoing Support & Networking

We have made a significant investment in building a support program for our consultant team - so you never have to feel like you are going it alone. We also have a Consultant Coach program which acts like a 'work buddy' to provide a safe ear for questions or concerns at your client site.