Job Title: Azure Data Architect
Location: Remote
Requirement:
12+ years in data architecture/engineering, with demonstrable time as a hands-on architect on enterprise-scale migration programmes
Azure (core)
Deep, hands-on Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL, Azure Service Bus, Synapse - assessing, applying, and mentoring others on correct use
Legacy
Oracle / SQL Server legacy analysis, schema mapping and decommissioning strategy
Patterns
Bulk load frameworks, topic-based near-real-time synchronization, ETL/ELT, reconciliation and validation at production scale
Data modelling
Conceptual, logical, and physical modelling; source-to-target mapping; metadata management
Governance
Data quality frameworks, data retention, privacy-by-design; alignment to client's Technology Code of Practice
Ways of working
Agile delivery in a multidisciplinary, multi-vendor team; comfortable with ambiguity and shared decision rights
Stakeholder
Proven ability to operate credibly with client senior leadership and translate between business and engineering audiences
Preferences:
Public sector / government digital delivery experience, ideally Canadian provincial
Prior experience on registry, licensing, or citizen-identity data domains
Eligibility for provincial government security clearance