At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead data architecture for innovative projects and ensure successful data migration.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking organisation focused on data transformation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with exciting challenges and career advancement.
- Why this job: Shape the future of data architecture and make a real impact.
- Qualifications: Experience in data architecture and strong skills in Microsoft Fabric and Azure.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
The Data Architect will provide senior data architecture leadership for the Synthesis Programme Data Workstream. The role will act as MDU’s client-side data architecture lead across data migration, Microsoft Fabric, reporting foundations, governance and transition into run-state support, ensuring that architecture decisions are practical, deliverable and aligned to programme milestones. The post-holder will provide technical leadership, design assurance and delivery support across the Data Workstream, coordinating key dependencies, risks, decisions and architecture deliverables through the lifecycle of the programme.
Role Responsibilities
- Lead the Data Workstream from a data architecture perspective and act as the senior data architecture authority within the Synthesis Programme.
- Own and assure the target data architecture needed to support migration from legacy platforms and data structures into the target landscape, including downstream reporting and integration requirements.
- Define and apply design standards and technical patterns covering Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure Integration Services, APIs and enterprise data pipelines where required to support programme delivery.
- Provide design assurance through programme forums, workstream meetings and architecture review processes.
- Support transition from programme delivery into run-state support through documentation, knowledge transfer and operational readiness activity.
- Target data architecture, design standards and core patterns defined and applied across the Data Workstream.
- Microsoft Fabric implementation supported through appropriate architectural oversight and design assurance.
- Source-to-target mapping catalogue completed and controlled.
- Migration test cycles executed with reconciliation, validation and issue resolution.
- Priority downstream reporting and semantic models delivered and validated against legacy outputs.
- Initial governance, metadata and lineage foundations established, including Purview where in scope.
- Production cutover and run-state readiness supported through documentation and knowledge transfer.
Required Experience
- Proven experience as a Data Architect, Lead Data Architect or equivalent in large-scale transformation environment.
- Strong experience delivering enterprise data transformation, migration and platform modernisation activity.
- Strong experience in Microsoft Fabric architecture and data platform design.
- Strong understanding of modern analytical platform design, including lakehouse, warehouse and semantic modelling concepts.
- Strong data modelling capability across conceptual, logical and physical domains.
- Demonstrable experience leading complex data migration, mapping, reconciliation and validation activity.
- Strong Azure data and integration architecture experience, including APIs and enterprise integration patterns.
- Practical experience working across Power BI, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, SQL, Python and source-control / CI-CD approaches.
- Strong stakeholder engagement, governance and communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience providing architecture leadership in multi-disciplinary delivery settings.
- Experience with Microsoft Purview or similar metadata, lineage and governance tooling.
- Experience within regulated or operationally complex environments.
- Experience of working on large-scale business or platform migrations.
- Agile / Scrum delivery experience.
- Experience with AI Foundry, LLM or wider enterprise AI platforms.
Data Architect employer: The MDU
Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and collaboration, where as a Dynamics 365 Developer, you will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects within the Microsoft Dynamics 365 ecosystem. Our supportive work culture fosters professional growth through continuous learning and development opportunities, while our commitment to employee well-being ensures a balanced work-life environment. Located in a vibrant area, we offer unique advantages such as access to industry events and networking opportunities, making us an excellent employer for those seeking meaningful and rewarding careers.
