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Data Architect
Location
United Kingdom
Posted
3 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Data Architect
Cooper Parry
• Owning and evolving the end-to-end data architecture, aligned to Cooper Parry’s strategy and enterprise standards • Defining architectural patterns, principles, and standards for: Data ingestion, Data transformation, Data modelling, Analytics and reporting • Acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on data architecture decisions • Designing and oversee solutions using Microsoft Fabric, including: OneLake Lakehouse and Warehouse architectures, Data Pipelines, Spark / Notebooks, Semantic models • Ensuring platform scalability, performance optimisation, cost efficiency, and security • Guiding the transition from legacy platforms where applicable • Providing technical leadership across data engineering practices, including: Batch and streaming data pipelines, ELT/ETL frameworks, CI/CD for data platforms • Architecting robust integrations from internal and third-party systems • Defining data quality, validation, and monitoring standards • Defining and enforcing: Data governance frameworks, Master and reference data strategies, Access control and role-based security • Ensuring compliance with GDPR and organisational security standards • Promoting high data quality and lineage transparency • Working closely with: Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, BI Developers, Product and Business stakeholders • Mentoring and upskill team members • Reviewing solution designs and providing constructive architectural guidance
Job Requirements
- Proven experience as a Data Architect or Senior Data Engineer with architectural responsibility
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric
- Deep understanding of: Modern data lakehouse architectures, Dimensional and analytical data modelling, Data pipeline orchestration
- Strong SQL skills and experience with distributed data processing
- Experience designing enterprise-scale analytics platforms in Azure
- Ability to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions
- Experience integrating and modelling professional services data (ideally)
- Familiarity with Power BI semantic models and DAX (ideally)
- Experience with Azure ecosystem services (e.g. Azure AD, monitoring, networking)(ideally)
- Experience operating in agile product or platform teams (ideally)
- Experience designing data architectures and integrations for CRM and professional services platforms, such as Salesforce or similar systems, and understand common CRM and services data challenges, including: Complex relational structures, Slowly changing dimensions, Data duplication and reconciliation across systems (ideally)
Benefits
- A flexible approach to work - balancing working from home, in office or with clients
- A generous holiday entitlement
- An enhanced parental leave policy
- An enhanced pension scheme
- No dress code – just “wear something!”
- A multi-award-winning wellbeing offering to support your physical, mental, spiritual, and financial health
- Volunteering opportunities to work closer with local communities and charities
- Cooper Parry social/sports clubs
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