Job Description
Job Title: SQL Data Architect - Azure Stack
Location: Remote with occasional travel to Birmingham
Salary/Rate: Up to £600 per day inside IR35
Start Date: 12/01/2026
Job Type: Contract - 12 months
Company Introduction:
We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading consultancy clients! They are currently looking for a skilled SQL Data Architect to join their team for a twelve-month contract.
Required Skills/Experience:
The ideal candidate will have the following:
1. Extensive experience in data engineering/DBA/architecture with a focus on Microsoft data stack.
2. Expert in: SQL Server 2016 & 2022 (engine internals, performance, HA/DR); T-SQL development, stored procedures, triggers, and query optimization; SSIS (package design, orchestration, deployment)
3. Azure Data Factory (pipelines, triggers, integration runtimes); Azure Data Lake Storage (Gen2, security, folder structures); Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, OneLake, Data Engineering); Databricks (Spark SQL, notebooks, Delta Lake, integration with ADF/Fabric)
4. Strong data design principles: normalization, dimensional modelling, and data architecture patterns.