Senior data architect

Job Description

🚀 Senior Databricks Data Architect – London (Hybrid)

Permanent | Global Analytics & Digital Solutions | Major Growth Projects - £90K to £125k + bonus and benefits


Are you a Databricks expert who loves architecting large-scale data platforms, shaping cloud strategy, and solving complex client challenges? This is a senior role within a $1B global systems integrator supporting major enterprise clients across Banking, Insurance, BFI and Retail.

You’ll operate as a technical authority, shaping future-state data architectures and guiding cross-functional teams to deliver impactful, cloud-native solutions.


🔧 What You’ll Be Doing

Technical Leadership – Lead and mentor engineering teams delivering end-to-end data solutions across cloud and on-premise environments.

Solution Architecture – Design modern data lakes, warehouses, and lakehouses using Databricks, with additional exposure to Snowflake, Azure Synapse, or Fabric being a bonus.

Data Modelling – Build and optimise enterprise-grade data models across varied data layers.

ETL/ELT Engineering – Use tooling such as