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Data Solution Architect
£60,000 - 78,000
Queen Square Recruitment Ltd
Queen Square 18, Coventry
£60,000 - 78,000
Requirements
Must:
- Proven experience managing petabyte-scale (1000TB+) data environments
- Expertise in Azure Data Factory, Synapse, and Azure Databricks
- Proficiency with ADLS Gen2, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and Delta Lake
- Knowledge of Azure Event Hub, Kafka, IoT Hub, and ADX
- Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric (including OneLake)
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps and GitHub
- Understanding of data governance tools like Purview and Unity Catalog
- Background in MDM, preferably with Profisee or Informatica
- Knowledge of security frameworks, IAM, RBAC, Zero Trust
- Understanding of private networking (VNet, Private Endpoint, ExpressRoute)
- Experience working with large-scale, unstructured data environments
Responsibilities
- Architect and deliver secure, scalable data platforms across Azure, Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric
- Design real-time and batch data processing solutions using modern ETL/ELT patterns
- Integrate structured and unstructured sources including SCADA, SAP, telemetry, APIs, and time-series data
- Implement data governance frameworks including lineage, masking, encryption, and regulatory compliance (GDPR, ISO 27001)
- Design petabyte-scale storage and compute architectures (Delta Lake, ADLS Gen2, Synapse, Cosmos DB)
- Implement streaming/event-driven architectures using Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, and IoT Hub
- Drive Infrastructure as Code and DevOps best practices (Terraform, Bicep, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
- Lead AI/ML and analytics enablement using Databricks and Power BI
- Define monitoring, observability, HADR, and disaster recovery strategies
- Provide architectural leadership and mentor engineering teams
Description
We are seeking a highly experienced Data Solution Architect to lead the design and delivery of large-scale, cloud-native data platforms within a complex enterprise environment. This role is hands-on, focusing on building scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions across Azure, Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric. We offer a contract role for 6 months based in Coventry with a hybrid work model that allows for 3 days onsite. Our team is committed to innovation and excellence, and we welcome candidates who are passionate about driving enterprise-wide data transformation.
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