Senior Data Architect - Microsoft Fabric/Azure
Rate: £600-£800 (DOE) per day - Inside IR35
Length: 6-month initial contract
Location: London - Hybrid, 2-3 days per week in the office
We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Data Architect to join a major global organisation as it develops a new enterprise data platform and modernises its wider data architecture.
This is a senior role which requires you to be very much hands-on. You will need to work closely with data engineers, developers and third-party delivery teams, challenge technical decisions where necessary and help ensure the new platform is actually delivered.
The new data environment is being built around Microsoft Fabric and Azure, using a Medallion architecture, alongside Master Data Management, enterprise data modelling, data governance, semantic data and increased use of AI and automation.
Essential experience for the Senior Data Architect role:
Strong recent experience as a Senior Data Architect/Lead Data Architect/Data Platform Architect .
Deep practical experience of Microsoft Azure data technologies.
Significant experience with Microsoft Fabric .
Proven experience designing or delivering Medallion architectures .
Experience with MDM/Master Data Management , preferably including golden-record concepts.
Experience delivering within a large, complex enterprise or global organisation .
Strong understanding of enterprise data governance and data-quality principles.
Technically strong enough to work directly with developers and data engineers and challenge their approach where required.
Key responsibilities:
Help define and deliver the organisation's future enterprise data architecture.
Design and develop modern data architecture using Microsoft Fabric and Azure.
Work with Medallion architecture - Bronze, Silver and Gold layers.
Provide hands-on architectural leadership to data engineers and developers.
Review and challenge technical designs and work with third-party implementation partners and ensure delivery remains technically aligned.
Support the introduction and developmen...
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