Job Description
Role: Data Engineering Architect - Azure (ADF / SQL / Cloud Data Platform)
Employment: Permanent
Location: Stratford upon Avon , UK - Hybrid
NOTE: Looking for candidates from UK only with valid work permit
Skills:
Must-Have (Strong)
12ā16 years of overall IT experience with significant data engineering & architecture exposure.
Strong Azure Cloud Data Engineering and associated services architecture knowledge
Deep hands-on experience with:
- Azure Data Factory (ADF) ā pipeline design, orchestration, integration runtime strategy
- SQL ā advanced querying, stored procedures, performance tuning
Strong troubleshooting skills for complex multi-system data issues.
Strong understanding of data architecture concepts:
- Data lakes/lakehouse/warehouse, dimensional modeling, ELT/ETL patterns
- Batch orchestration, dependency management, SCD handling, incremental loads
Azure Ecosystem (Preferred / Good to Have)
Azure data services experience in one or more:
- Azure Synapse Analytics / Dedicated SQL Pools
- Azure Databricks / Spark
- ADLS Gen2, Azure SQL DB, Managed Instance
- Event Hub / Kafka, Stream Analytics (if real-time involved)
Monitoring & observability:
- Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights
Security & identity:
- Azure AD, Managed Identity, Key Vault, RBAC
Engineering Practices
- CI/CD practices for data pipelines; Git branching strategies and release governance.
- Strong documentation skills: architecture diagrams, solution designs, operational runbooks.












