Data Engineering Architect Azure

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)

• 12–16 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) – pipeline design, orchestration, integration runtime strategy
  • SQL – 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.