Requirements
- Minimum of three years working in a similar senior role
- Experience in designing and implementing Azure Data solutions using services such as:
- Microsoft Fabric
- Azure Synapse Analytics
- Azure Databricks
- Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
- Azure SQL Database
- Azure Data Factory
- Azure DevOps
- Azure Stream Analytics
- Microsoft Power BI
- Familiar with Azure Purview
- An understanding of Master Data Management and Data Governance frameworks
- Familiar with development approaches such as CI/CD
- Familiar with Azure DevOps
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work as a team player and leader in a diverse technical environment
- Be customer-service oriented
- Be able to work in a fast-paced, changing environment
- Proficient in spoken and written English
- Willing to travel across the UK and abroad when required
- Graduate-level education in Computer Science or a relevant field, or a widely recognised professional qualification at a comparable level
- Formal training and/or certification on related technologies is highly valued
- Knowledge of Common Data Models/Industry Data Models will be considered an asset
- Experience in OLAP technology and the Microsoft on-premises BI Stack (SSIS/SSRS/SSAS) will be useful but is not compulsory
- Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 365 products and the Microsoft Power Platform will be considered an asset
Responsibilities
- Architecting and overall end-to-end design, deployment, and delivery of Azure Data Platforms, across Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, Data Lakehouses, pipelines, BI and Data Analytics solutions
- Presales, estimating and proposal writing, responding to RFPs
- Remaining up to date in new and emerging technologies
- Working with clients to develop data technology strategy and roadmaps, and plan delivery
- Oversight and support of delivery team outputs
- Data modelling, design, and build
- Enforcing technical architecture and documentation standards, policies and procedures
- Analysing, implementing, and resolving issues with existing Azure Data Platforms
- Working with business experts and customers to understand business needs, and translate business requirements into reporting and data analytics functionality
- Assisting in scoping, estimation, and task planning for assigned projects
- Following the project work plans to meet functionality requirements, project objectives and timelines
- Providing accurate and complete technical architectural documents
- Addressing customer queries and issues in a timely manner
- Providing mentoring and hands on guidance to other team members
Microsoft Business Solutions Overview
Your long-term future is every bit as important to our client as it is to you. That’s why their aim is to give you experiences that will stay with you for a lifetime. Whether it’s great training and development, mobility opportunities or corporate responsibility volunteering activities – you’ll gain a wealth of experiences on which to build a rewarding career. Our client is a firm that encourages you to be yourself, values your contribution, and inspires you to act as a role model, always focused on doing the right thing for each other, their clients, and their communities.
This sets out all the different ways you’ll be rewarded at the firm. Among other things, you can benefit from honest conversations about your career as well as a range of other rewards. In all these ways and more, they have created an environment that can bring out the best in you.