Data Architect (Azure) | Databricks + Purview | Outside IR35 | Remote based, occasional London tripsRate: market rates, outside IR35Location: Remote, UK. Occasional London attendanceDuration: 6 months initial, likely extensionStart: Within 2 weeksDatabricks Data Architect required for a greenfield Azure data platform build. There is no legacy estate and no migration. The end client is a newly formed organisation whose service is expected to operate at national scale following incoming legislation, so the platform must be architected for very significant growth.We are looking for an architect who can hold their own with senior stakeholders and who has also built this kind of platform at a technical level. Ideally you come from a data engineering background, so you can talk up or down the stack as the conversation needs.ResponsibilitiesOwn the target data architecture, from conceptual through logical to physical designDesign the Databricks Lakehouse, including medallion layers, workspace and environment structure, and cost and performance patternsDefine the governance, lineage and cataloguing approach using Unity Catalog and Microsoft PurviewProduce data models and integration patterns built for national scale volumesPresent and defend best practice to senior stakeholders and a client team building its own capabilityWork alongside the enterprise architects, integrations architect and data governance specialistRemain hands on where needed to unblock deliveryEssentialData architecture experience on a greenfield platform implementation, or two to three architect roles of more than a year each, at least one with Databricks exposureCredible with senior stakeholders, and able to move between executive level discussion and technical detailHands on implementation experience, ideally from a data engineering or developer backgroundDatabricks at architecture level on Azure, including Delta Lake, Unity Catalog and Spark optimisationLakehouse and medallion patterns, batch and streaming ingestion, event driven designConceptual, logical and physical data modelling. Dimensional and data vault both usefulAdvanced SQL, Python or PySparkDeclarative pipelines (Delta Live Tables or equivalent), Databricks Workflows, Auto Loader and Structured StreamingMicrosoft Purview for data governance, cataloguing and lineageAzure Data Factory, Azure SQL, Data Lake Storage Gen2Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, Databricks Asset Bundles, Terraform or BicepEntra ID, Key Vault, private endpoints, RBACUK GDPR and DPA 2018 in practice, including public personal dataConsultancy, systems integrator or large corporate background with strong client facing skillsDesirableDatabricks certification, for example Data Engineer Professional or Solutions ArchitectMicrosoft certification, for example AZ-305Regulated or legislation driven programme experiencePlatforms that have scaled rapidly from launchTOGAF or similarThe start is within two weeks, so early applications are encouraged. Please apply with an up to date CV, along with availability and day rate. Suitable candidates will be contacted to discuss the role in confidence.#DataArchitect #Azure #Databricks #MicrosoftPurview #OutsideIR35 #ContractJobs #DataArchitecture #DataGovernance #Lakehouse #DataModelling #PySpark #UnityCatalog #UKContract #RemoteWorkLocation:
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