Senior Data Architect - Azure & Databricks

About the role

A senior data architect is sought to support a data engineering initiative built on Azure and Databricks within a corporate banking context. The role suits someone with deep hands-on experience in data mapping and the Databricks platform, strong SDLC and data warehouse fundamentals, and the ability to own data solutions end-to-end on a live banking data platform. Trade, lending or payments domain exposure is a strong plus.

Key responsibilities

• Apply SDLC concepts to lead requirement analysis, design, build and testing for data workstreams
• Own data warehouse design and data mapping, including data modelling and data quality standards
• Design, build and optimise data pipelines on Azure and Databricks, including performance tuning and troubleshooting
• Design and own source-to-target data mapping specifications across platform components, with traceability and sign-off
• Write and troubleshoot advanced SQL and Python scripts for data validation, transformation and analysis
• Drive integration design and delivery using FTP/SFTP, MQ and APIs between source and target systems
• Bring corporate banking context to data solutioning, flagging domain-specific considerations such as trade, lending or payments data

Required profile

• At least 10 years of experience in the data space, with exposure to corporate banking
• Strong experience across SDLC phases: requirements, design, build, test and deployment
• Excellent communication skills and proven hands-on ownership of a live data platform
• Good to have: trade, lending or payments domain exposure, and prior experience on a core banking or banking transformation programme

Required skills

• Data mapping (source-to-target) and the Databricks platform, including pipeline development, job and cluster management and performance tuning
• Data warehouse concepts such as dimensional modelling and ETL/ELT
• Working knowledge of Azure and Databricks
• Hands-on SQL and Python
• Integration methods: FTP/SFTP, MQ and APIs