Azure Data Architect - Cloud-Native Data Platforms

Accredited Resource Consulting Services (Pty) Ltd; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,450,000; Full time

Job summary

Accredited Resource Consulting Services (Pty) Ltd in Sandton seeks a Technology Architect – Data Technologies to design and govern enterprise-grade data platforms on Microsoft Azure.

This role leads cloud-native architectures, integrates Azure Synapse, Databricks, Data Lake, Power BI, and Dataverse, and collaborates with IT, business, and governance teams to ensure regulatory compliance and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 3/4 year IT/Business qualification – BCom or BSc degree or equivalent.
• 7+ years in enterprise data architecture, design and modelling.
• Proven leadership of large-scale cloud data platform implementations.
• Hands-on with Azure data tools: Synapse, Databricks, Data Lake.
• Insurance domain knowledge (Short Term / Life / Health).

Responsibilities

• Architect and govern enterprise-grade data platforms on Azure.
• Lead cloud-native data architectures using medallion and data lake models.
• Drive data analytics innovation, automation, and app development.
• Collaborate with IT, business and governance teams.

Skills

Azure data integration

Data modelling

Data quality & observability

MDM knowledge

Security & governance

Cross-functional collaboration

DevOps mindset

Analytics & BI

Education

BCom / BSc in IT or related field

Tools

Azure Synapse

Databricks

Power BI

Cosmos DB

Data Lake

Azure SQL

Dataverse

Visio

Purview

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Job description

Accredited Resource Consulting Services (Pty) Ltd in Sandton seeks a Technology Architect – Data Technologies to design and govern enterprise-grade data platforms on Microsoft Azure.

This role leads cloud-native architectures, integrates Azure Synapse, Databricks, Data Lake, Power BI, and Dataverse, and collaborates with IT, business, and governance teams to ensure regulatory compliance and operational excellence.