Data Platform Architect

Role Overview

• Acting as a trusted advisor and thought leader for key, strategic customers
• Acting as a technical authority within customers to advise them on complex technical issues
• Triaging customer requirements/use cases and assembling the right team of experts to deliver
• Engaging with senior customer stakeholders to steer their data platform strategy in alignment with business needs
• Lead data delivery project work
• Technical presales engagements
• Document enterprise data architectural designs

Requirements

• Experienced in the delivery of complex data & AI solutions
• Strategic and operational decision-making skills
• Ability to guide, direct or influence people
• Ability to identify opportunities and issues
• Willingness to learn based on feedback
• Able to help others develop
• Willingness to stay up to date with the latest trends, technologies and best practices
• Experience working within agile, fast-moving environments
• Understanding of data platform methodologies and architecture approaches (Kimball, Inmon, Data Vault, Data Mesh, Data Products, Lakehouse's, etc)
• The ability to document architectural designs in the form of conceptual, logical and physical models
• Ability to discuss enterprise data and the impact on a business including master data management, data quality, data literacy and initiatives such a single customer view
• Ability to present technical solutions in a way that engages both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Deep technical experience (multiple, complex solutions delivered) in at least 1 of the following: Azure Databricks Microsoft Fabric Azure Synapse Analytics Public Cloud
• Experience in Azure and/or AWS
• Subject matter expertise in at least 3 of the following areas: Data Engineering Data Modelling Data Strategy / Governance Data Visualisation Data Science / AI DevOps / Cloud Infrastructure Application Development
• Experience of TOGAF, DAMA or a similar architectural framework (nice to have)
• Experience of data management tools such as Purview, CluedIn, Collibra, Informatica or Profisee
• Certifications (Nice to have) Databricks Certified Associate / Professional Databricks Partner Solution Architect Champion Microsoft Azure Certifications – Data Engineering, AI, Solution Architecture

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Informatica
• Vault

Benefits

• Inclusion and diversity programs
• Professional development opportunities