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 DevOps best practices (Terraform, Bicep, Azure DevOps, GitHub 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 OneLake)
* CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub, ARM)
* Data Governance tools (Purview, Unity Catalog)
* MDM (Profisee, Informatica)
* Security frameworks, IAM, RBAC, Zero Trust
* Private networking (VNet, Private Endpoint, ExpressRoute)
* 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