1. 6 month contract for a Data Architect (MS Azure, MS Fabric)
2. Work with a major cultural and heritage organisation
About Our Client
Our client is a large, publicly funded cultural organisation with a strong public mission and an increasingly ambitious commercial and retail function.Alongside their core purpose‑led work, they operate a multi‑channel retail arm that spans physical locations and digital platforms, with plans to commercialise and scale data‑driven insight across trading, inventory, customer behaviour, and performance analytics.They are investing heavily in modern data capabilities using Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric, creating an opportunity to shape architecture, standards, and analytics at an enterprise level while working in an organisation that balances social impact with commercial growth.
Job Description
3. Define and deliver target data architecture for a modern Azure and Microsoft Fabric platform
4. Design scalable, secure, and cost‑effective data solutions to support retail, trading, and commercial analytics
5. Establish data platform standards, patterns, and best practices across ingestion, modelling, semantic layers, and reporting
6. Partner with stakeholders across retail, finance, digital, and analytics teams to translate business needs into data architecture
7. Support the integration of retail systems such as POS, e‑commerce platforms, inventory, and customer data
8. Guide data modelling approaches to enable insights across sales performance, customer behaviour, and operational efficiency
9. Provide architectural governance and assurance across delivery teams
10. Enable analytics and reporting at scale using Microsoft Fabric components (Lakehouse, Warehouse, Power BI)
The Successful Applicant
11. Proven experience working as a Data Architect in complex, data‑rich environments
12. Strong Microsoft Azure experience, including modern data services
13. Hands‑on experience designing solutions using Microsoft Fabric
14. Background in retail, e‑commerce, consumer, or commercially‑driven organisations
15. Experience working with trading, sales, customer, inventory, or financial data
16. Strong data modelling skills and understanding of analytics‑led use cases
17. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non‑technical and business stakeholders
18. Comfortable working in contract roles, delivering impact quickly within evolving environments
What's on Offer
19. Competitive day rate TBC
20. IR35 status TBC
21. Hybrid working - London based office
22. 6 month contract