Data Solution Architect

Data Solution Architect

Location:

Coventry (Hybrid – 3 days onsite)

Contract:

6 months
Rate: £550–£595/day (Inside IR35)

About the Role

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 is a hands-on architecture role focused on building scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions across Azure, Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric, supporting real-time analytics, AI/ML initiatives, telemetry integrations, and enterprise-wide data transformation.

The successful candidate will have proven experience managing petabyte-scale (1000TB+) data environments, with exposure to utilities, telemetry, IoT, or SCADA systems considered highly advantageous.

Key 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, IoT Hub.

* Drive Infrastructure as Code and Dev Ops best practices (Terraform, Bicep, Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub 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.

Essential Experience

* Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Azure Databricks

* ADLS Gen2, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Delta Lake

* Azure Event Hub, Kafka, IoT Hub, ADX

* Microsoft Fabric (including One Lake)

* CI/CD (Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub, ARM)

* Data Governance tools (Purview, Unity Catalog)

* MDM (Profisee, Informatica)

* Security frameworks, IAM, RBAC, Zero Trust

* Private networking (VNet, Private Endpoint, Express Route)

* Monitoring, logging, cost optimisation

* Experience working with large-scale, unstructured data environments

Desirable Experience

* Utilities industry background

* SCADA / eSCADA / telemetry systems

* SAP PM / GIS integrations

* Collibra

* Python, Kusto

If you are an experienced Data Architect with strong Azure cloud expertise and experience in real-time, enterprise-scale environments, we would love to hear from you