Data Architect

• 6 month contract for a Data Architect (MS Azure, MS Fabric)
• Competitive day rate with flexible working

About Our Client

Our client is a large, publicly funded cultural organisation with a strong public mission and an increasingly ambitious commercial and retail function.
Alongside their core purpose‑led work, they operate a multi‑channel retail arm that spans physical locations and digital platforms, with plans to commercialise and scale data‑driven insight across trading, inventory, customer behaviour, and performance analytics.
They are investing heavily in modern data capabilities using Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric, creating an opportunity to shape architecture, standards, and analytics at an enterprise level while working in an organisation that balances social impact with commercial growth.

Job Description

• Define and deliver target data architecture for a modern Azure and Microsoft Fabric platform
• Design scalable, secure, and cost‑effective data solutions to support retail, trading, and commercial analytics
• Establish data platform standards, patterns, and best practices across ingestion, modelling, semantic layers, and reporting
• Partner with stakeholders across retail, finance, digital, and analytics teams to translate business needs into data architecture
• Support the integration of retail systems such as POS, e‑commerce platforms, inventory, and customer data
• Guide data modelling approaches to enable insights across sales performance, customer behaviour, and operational efficiency
• Provide architectural governance and assurance across delivery teams
• Enable analytics and reporting at scale using Microsoft Fabric components (Lakehouse, Warehouse, Power BI)

The Successful Applicant

• Proven experience working as a Data Architect in complex, data‑rich environments
• Strong Microsoft Azure experience, including modern data services
• Hands‑on experience designing solutions using Microsoft Fabric
• Background in retail, e‑commerce, consumer, or commercially‑driven organisations
• Experience working with trading, sales, customer, inventory, or financial data
• Strong data modelling skills and understanding of analytics‑led use cases
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non‑technical and business stakeholders
• Comfortable working in contract roles, delivering impact quickly within evolving environments

What's on Offer

• Competitive day rate - Open/ flexible based on experience
• IR35 status TBC
• Hybrid working - London based office
• 6 month contract

Contact

Hannah Kelly

Quote job ref

JN-042026-6998903

Phone number

+44 7989225567

Job summary

• Job function
• Technology

• Subsector
• IT Architecture

• Sector
• Retail

• Location
• City of London

• Contract type
• Temporary

• Consultant name
• Hannah Kelly

• Consultant phone
• +44 7989225567

• Job reference
• JN-042026-6998903