Job Reference: BBBH49646
Job Duration: 6 Months
Start date: ASAP
Description:
Job Title
Azure Data Integration Architect/Specilaist
Background
Our UK Business Transformation team of 20+ coworkers are responsible for driving andaccelerating change and transformation across people, processes, and systems. Its role is to:
* Provide portfolio management for all change initiatives ensuring they are assessed, prioritized, sequenced, and governed to maximize benefit to our customers and co-workers, supported by robust Change Management
* Support change initiatives with additional resource and skills, from Project Managers to Business Analysts and technical experts
* Own some of the major 70+ business-wide initiatives includingRobotic Process Automation, ServiceNow implementation, Process Re-engineering, and ERP replacement.
Key Duties
* Lead the architectural design and development of highly scalable and resilient data integration solutions on Microsoft Azure by leveraging Azure Cloud PaaS services and reference
* Collaborate closely with stakeholders to understand data integration requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
* Ensure the scalability, reliability, and performance of data integrationprocesses.
* Integrate and optimize APIs and external data sources to meet business needs.
* Uphold best practices for datasecurity, compliance, and
* Keep abreast of the latest Azure services and industry trends to make informed architectural decisions.
* Conduct code reviews, enforce coding standards, and provide technical guidance to the team.
* Diagnose and resolve complex data integration issues in a timely
* Define and document architecture, design, and data integration
* Create data integrations using different data latency methodologies, e.g., real-time, and periodic.
* Subscribe and publish to operationalsystems using their native application interface technologies, such as REST, GraphQL, SOAP, Service Bus, SQL, etc.
* Developa toolset to monitor the health of data integrations, including near real-time alerting of failures, data volume metrics, resource consumption metrics, etc.
* Ingest raw copies of data into a data platform used for a variety of use cases including data analytics and data science.
* DevOps approach to software; create high quality code using traditional software practices, suchas building, linting, unit and integration testing, source control, CI/CD, peer reviews, etc.
* DevOps approach to support; monitor pipelines to ensure business- critical data pipelines are processed meeting time constraint and data quality expectations(including implementing reactive changes where applicable).
* Integrate into the data team's SCRUM ceremonies, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, demonstrations, and retrospectives, including translation of user requirements into technical requirements including complexity estimation, implement in two-week sprint cycles, collaboration into process improvement,
* Based on requirements, perform ad-hoc analysis of data across multiple data sources to inform solution design.
* Document datasets in data catalogue, including ownership, stewardship, dictionaries, glossaries, lineage, sensitivity,
* Document solution design in Wiki.
Knowledge and Experience
Must Have:
* Minimum of 10 years of hands-on experience in data integrationand software development.
* AZ305 Certifications (Preferred)
* Strong experience with Azure data integration stack, including Azure Function Apps, Azure Logic Apps,AzureAPI Management,AzureStreamAnalytics, AzureDataFactoryV2, Azure Service Bus,AzureEventHubs, Azure Blob Storage, etc.
* Includes solid Azure Resource Manager skills including Azure Portal, Az CLI and Az PowerShell.
* Strong Azure Function Apps experience for data integrations, using C#; including Durable Functions.
* Strong Logic Apps experience for data
* Strong understanding of application interface technologies including REST, GraphQL, SOAP, Service Bus, SQL, etc.
* Strong understanding of distributed systems, considering scalability, resiliency, high availability, disaster recovery, etc.
* Strong understanding of software development practices, such as SOLID principles, functional and object oriented, structuring code, testing, IOC, dependency injection, etc.
* Strong unit testing, including
* Strong experience withAzure DevOps Repositories, Pipelines and Artifacts (git, multistage YAML, NuGet).
* Strong data analysis
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* A minimum of 5 years of experience as an Azure Software
* A demonstrable track record ofgetting stuff done whilst managing competing pressures and deadlines and retaining an eye for detail and quality.
* A passionfor technology and its ability to have a positive impact on business
Nice To Have:
* Other languages, such as Python, PowerShell
* IaC, g., Terraform, ARM, Bicep, etc.
* Knowledge of Master Data Management systems
* Knowledge of Data Catalogue
Personal Attributes
* Self-driven, doesn't require micromanagment
* Comfortable in fast-paced environments with occasionally shifting, ambiguous requirements.
* Passionate about both process and technology and the impact they can have on business and our customers.
* Articulate and credible
* Quality and detail
* Positive attitude and influence on others
* Fast learner and able to adapt to new technology and keep abreast of current industry trends and practice.
* Excellent communicator in all forms to key stakeholders
* Excellent organization and time management skills
Industry: IT
Salary: £700 - £750 per day + Inside IR35
Salary Benefits: Inside IR35
Vacancy Type: Contract
Job Skills: Data Integration Architect Middleware specialist Cloud Azure solutions
Contact Name: Robbie Adams
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