Senior Azure Data Architect

Candidate Description

A seasoned Senior Data Architect with over 15 years of experience, this professional excels in designing and governing modern data platforms across Azure and AWS ecosystems for enterprises such as a Technology Provider, an IT Services Firm, and a Technology Company. Their expertise spans dimensional modelling, Lakehouse and Medallion architectures, advanced ETL/ELT patterns and comprehensive data-governance frameworks, enabling organisations in energy, transportation, education, government and healthcare to unlock actionable insights.

Adept at architecting cloud-native solutions, they leverage Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Factory, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric and Power BI to deliver high-performance analytics at scale. Key achievements include leading a Microsoft Fabric proof-of-concept for a national energy provider, migrating complex Oracle workloads to an Azure Lakehouse for a leading university, and instituting CI/CD pipelines that accelerated delivery cycles. Their skillset encompasses Python, T-SQL, PowerShell, Azure DevOps and robust security standards such as ISO-27001 and GDPR compliance.

Combining strategic vision with hands-on technical leadership, they have mentored multidisciplinary teams, guided C-suite stakeholders through data-driven transformations and steered projects using Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Well-versed in communicating complex concepts to both technical and business audiences, they consistently drive cost optimisation, governance maturity and innovative analytics capabilities, positioning organisations for sustained data-enabled growth.