Cloud & Data Architect

A UK-based organisation is overhauling its data and analytics capability to support advanced insight, AI-driven analysis, and smarter decision-making. This role sits at the heart of that transformation — shaping the platform that will underpin analytics for years to come.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Leading a structured assessment of cloud and data platforms to support modern analytics and AI use cases
• Evaluating and recommending the most suitable cloud environment (Azure or GCP), with Databricks as the analytics layer
• Producing clear, costed, board-level recommendations covering timelines, risks, and delivery approach
• Designing and implementing the approved cloud and data architecture end to end
• Translating business and analytical needs into practical, buildable technical solutions
• Balancing performance, security, cost control, and operational simplicity throughout the design
• Working closely with analysts, IT teams, and senior stakeholders to deliver a platform that sticks
• Handing over a fully analysis-ready environment that a small analytics team can run and extend confidently

Main Skills Needed:

• Proven hands-on experience delivering cloud-based analytics platforms end to end
• Strong expertise in Azure or GCP, including Databricks implementations
• Solid understanding of lakehouse architectures, data engineering, and modern analytics patterns
• Experience working with large, complex, unstructured, or geospatial datasets
• Exposure to AI, NLP, or advanced analytics workloads in cloud-native environments
• Strong grounding in security, governance, and access control design
• Ability to create clear architecture diagrams, cost models, and senior-level recommendations
• Bonus points for public sector experience, Power BI integration, or SQL Server migration work

What’s in It for You:

• A two-phase engagement with real influence at Board level
• The chance to design and deliver a greenfield, analytics- and AI-ready platform
• Flexibility around contract or consultancy structure
• Remote-first working with meaningful stakeholder engagement
• A role focused on quality delivery, not sales or slideware
• Clear scope, decision points, and senior sponsorship throughout

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