Cloud Data Architect

About the role

PeopleCert, a global leader in the assessment and certification of professional skills present in more than 200 countries, is looking for a Cloud Data Architect. The role supports data-driven decision making by building corporate data warehouses, data lakes, cubes for self-service reporting and advanced analytics and AI deliverables.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and evolve scalable enterprise data warehouse, data lake and lakehouse architectures on Microsoft Azure, aligned with enterprise architecture, security and cloud best practices.
• Architect data solutions using Microsoft Fabric and Azure Databricks, and design ingestion and orchestration patterns with Fabric Data Factory and Azure Data Factory for batch and incremental ELT/ETL.
• Implement Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold) with Delta Lake/Lakehouse, integrate CRM, ERP, digital platforms, APIs and other data sources, and design analytical and semantic architectures with Power BI.
• Support data democratization, lead Master Data Management initiatives, and work with Data Engineering, BI, Data Governance, Data Science and AI teams.
• Set architecture standards for data modelling, integration, data quality, metadata, lineage, security and lifecycle, and support AI and machine learning workloads.
• Maintain architecture documentation, standards and design patterns, and promote CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code and DataOps.

Required profile

• Proven experience as a Cloud Data Architect, Data Architect, Senior Data Engineer or equivalent.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent English (additional languages an advantage).
• Background checks required for work on Home Office Secure English Language Tests (SELTs).

Required skills

• Microsoft Azure data ecosystem: Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Delta Lake, ADLS, Azure Data Factory.
• Enterprise data warehouse and lakehouse architectures, dimensional modelling, ETL/ELT pipelines.
• SQL/T-SQL, Python, PySpark and Databricks notebooks (highly desirable).
• Power BI, semantic modelling and DAX (highly desirable).
• Data governance, metadata management, data lineage, MDM, cloud security, FinOps, Azure DevOps, Git and CI/CD.

What we offer

• Competitive remuneration package.
• International, dynamic and collaborative environment.
• Two free vouchers per year from PeopleCert's certification portfolio.
• Continuous learning and professional development, exposure to international facilities, and opportunities to contribute to sustainability and workplace improvement.