Enterprise Architect (Data-Focused) - Azure Platform

• Salary: Up to £130,000
• Hybrid: 3-day onsite a week
• Industry: Financial Services/Highly regulated environment

Enterprise Architect (Data-Focused) - Azure Platform | Financial Services | Greenfield
We're partnering with a progressive financial services firm to hire an Enterprise Architect who can lead a data-driven technology evolution.

This is a rare greenfield role where data architecture is the cornerstone of the future-state cloud ecosystem. You'll shape the enterprise data strategy, build out a modern Azure data platform, and set the standards that unlock analytics, AI/ML, and compliant innovation at scale.

If you're an established Enterprise Architect with deep roots in security, infrastructure, and applications and you're now majoring in Data Architecture, this is a chance to make a lasting, enterprise-wide impact.

What you'll do

• Define the data strategy and multi-year roadmap, creating clear architectural guardrails for growth and efficiency.
• Architect and deliver scalable Azure data foundations that maximise Microsoft platform investments.
• Establish enterprise-wide data governance, quality, lineage, and information management frameworks.
• Modernise data integration across Legacy and cloud systems to eliminate silos and improve interoperability.
• Design connectivity and service integration patterns that enable trusted, reusable data products.
• Lead technical design reviews ensuring solutions meet security, regulatory, and quality standards-without slowing delivery.
• Partner with executive stakeholders, translating architecture into commercial outcomes and measurable value.
• Coach engineering teams on modern architecture practices and cloud paradigms.
• Drive cloud cost optimisation and consumption governance.

What you'll bring

• Significant Enterprise Architecture experience within regulated environments (financial services, professional services, compliance-led sectors).
• Proven ownership of end-to-end Data Enterprise Architecture:
  data modelling logical/physical design integration/lineage capability uplift strategy/roadmap.
• Expert-level Azure architecture experience across platform, infrastructure, and data services.
• Deep knowledge of Microsoft data technologies: Azure Data Lake, Synapse Analytics, Fabric, Power BI, Data Factory (or equivalent).
• Strong background in identity and security architecture including Entra ID and modern authentication frameworks.
• Demonstrated success building data governance, quality, and integration models across complex estates.
• Confidence influencing C-suite stakeholders and turning technical strategy into business value.
• Solid understanding of compliance, operational risk, and regulatory obligations.

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