Azure Data Architect

at  Slalom Consulting

ABOUT US - SLALOM

Slalom is a next-generation professional services company creating value at the intersection of business, technology, and humanity. With our fiercely human approach, we deeply understand our customers—and their customers—to deliver practical, end-to-end solutions that drive meaningful impact. Backed by over 700 technology partners, our nearly 12,000 team members in eight countries and 49 offices help people and organisations dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows for all. We’re honoured to be consistently recognised as a great place to work, including being one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For nine years running. Learn more at slalom.com.
Since opening our doors in London in 2014, and then the launch of our Manchester office in 2019, it’s been an unforgettable journey. What’s more, we’re at an exciting stage of our growth in the UK, and now Ireland, with our first office launched in Dublin last year and we’re looking for great people who want to be part of that adventure. Our employees are at the heart of delivering impactful and meaningful work for our clients and helping them to reach for and realise their vision.

AZURE ARCHITECT

Slalom is seeking an experienced Azure Data Architect to contribute to its growing Data & Technology practice. The ideal candidate is a professional with experience in designing, developing, validating and communicating enterprise data solutions using Azure. Deep experience in developing enterprise data management strategies including data lake/warehouse implementations, data movement, data services, data acquisition, data conversion, and archive/recovery.

What will you do?

• Lead as a hands-on architect on Azure implementations
• Research, analyse, recommend and select technical approaches for solving challenging development and integration problems for clients
• Explore emerging technology vendors and recommend/advise clients on reference architectures

Requirements:

• Expert in capturing end user requirements and aligning technical solutions to the business objectives
• Experience in leading, designing and implementing Cloud Data strategies, including designing multi-phased implementation roadmaps
• Significant experience (and ideally certified) in Azure and acted as lead data architect on at least two Azure implementations.
• Expertise in data architecture concepts such as dimensional modelling, data vault, data mesh.
• Understanding data management and governance concepts such as data quality, metadata management, etc.
• Experience in designing data engineering solutions using open source and proprietary cloud data pipeline tools
• Experience in leading data platform development teams
• Knowledge of data science and visualisation
• Must have Azure Certification aligned with Data Engineering or Analytics
• Experience using MS Fabric is advantageous

We have a question for you - and it’s something we’re really passionate about. Can you imagine a world in which you can truly love your life and your work? Well, we have some good news – creating that world and making this vision a reality is what we get out of bed for; it’s our north star.
But what do we really mean when we talk about loving your life and your work? Let’s take a look at the ways in which we help our team members to achieve this – and the ‘how’.

• Lead as a hands-on architect on Azure implementations
• Research, analyse, recommend and select technical approaches for solving challenging development and integration problems for clients
• Explore emerging technology vendors and recommend/advise clients on reference architecture