Technical Architect- Data Platforms
True North Group, City Centre, Manchester
Technical Architect- Data Platforms
£65000-£85000
True North Group, City Centre, Manchester
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 24 Apr | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
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Full Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Technical Architect to design and evolve large-scale, cloud-based data platforms. The role focuses on AWS data ecosystems with growing adoption of Microsoft Fabric, supporting enterprise clients through platform build, migration, and optimisation.,
- Define architecture for data ingestion, processing, and access layers
- Design scalable, resilient data platforms (hub-and-spoke, lake/lakehouse)
- Lead implementation of batch and real-time pipelines (Kafka, APIs, SFTP)
- Architect solutions using:
- AWS (S3, EMR, Glue)
- PySpark / Python
- Support cloud migrations and platform modernisation
- Ensure best practices in CI/CD, Terraform, observability, and governance
- Handle schema evolution, data quality, and performance optimisation
- Collaborate across engineering, DevOps, and business teams
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring
Active SC Clearance (essential) - Strong experience with AWS data platforms (S3, EMR, Glue)
- Expertise in data lake / lakehouse architectures
- Experience with Kafka / event-driven architectures
- Strong Python & PySpark skills
- Experience with Terraform and CI/CD pipelines
- Proven track record designing large-scale data solutions Desirable
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric (highly preferred)
- Exposure to Azure / Databricks
- Experience in enterprise-scale environments