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Azure Data Architect
Data

Azure Data Architect

Type of work
Undetermined
Experience
Senior
Employment Type
B2B, Permanent
Operating mode
Remote
Predica Consulting Services

Predica Consulting Services

SoftwareOne seeks exceptional people who will contribute to, and grow with, our team. We are passionate about our employees and invest heavily in training at all levels as you and the company grow.

Tech stack

    Azure

    advanced

    SQL

    advanced

Job description

Online interview
Job responsibilities:

Project management:  

  • completes project administration tasks  
  • completes project management tasks:  
    • managing parts of backlog and sprint planning
    • conducting project team meetings  
    • support collaboration within the internal project team [developers, admins]  
    • monitoring project parameters [standing, budget, etc.]  
  • participates in meetings with the customer technical teams (training, handovers, requirements gathering, etc.)  
  • scope out a project based on business requirements and achievable benefits,  
  • participate in the envision and planning of the project, in many cases creates FDD, TDD, HLD, Project Plan  
  • estimates the effort required to deliver a project based on a statement of work 
  • leads the delivery team and is responsible for delivery within the agreed hours budget  
  • acts as Technical Lead leads technology decisions, facilitate and articulate alternatives  
  • supervises the technical quality of delivery  
  • resolves delivery issues in all phases of the project  
  • communicates efficiently potential risks, blockers to respective project owners and customer  
  • leads meetings with the customer technical teams (training, handovers, requirements gathering, etc.)  
  • orchestrating collaboration within the project team [incl. customer IT/ business]  
  • works on-site to ensure proper solution design and deployment  

Completes tasks in the project:  

  • completes tasks and sets priorities without or with minimal supervision  
  • estimates the effort required to complete their own work and work of team members 
  • supervises breaking down project scope into smaller items (Features > PBIs)  
  • prepares input for project documentation (Architecture and Design, Vision and Scope documents)  
  • performs and/or supervises solution handover  
  • performs and/or supervises project UAT, training/knowledge session  

Sales support: 

  • breaks down business requirements into the technical specification  
  • prepares input for offers (SOW, WBS)  
  • delivers pre-sales presentations and workshops 

Requirements:

Technical:  

  • Deep understanding of Modern Data Warehousing (MDW) concepts and architectures especially utilizing Azure Data Services (see below; for clarifying MDW approach see this link
  • Experience with Microsoft Azure Data stack (Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake, Azure Analysis Services, Azure DevOps) - must 
  • Experience with On-Premise Microsoft BI stack technologies like SQL Server, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS - optional 
  • Good knowledge of own technical area proven by MCP certification and/or past project experience [reference: Senior/Principal TM]  
  • Ability to troubleshoot and solve technical issues  

Soft: 

  • Good presentation and communication skills  
  • Fluent English  
  • Good people management skills [e.g orchestrating teamwork]  
  • Ability to formulate thoughts in written form (documentation, diagrams) in a concise and clear manner for the project team  

Project:

  • Delivered approx. 8 000 project hours, a track record of approx. 1-3 big and/or 5-8 medium-sized projects, which typically translates into min. 4-6 years of professional experience, preferably of which approx. 2 years of experience in leading and scoping projects (e.g. as a tech-lead)  
  • Good execution skills, goal-orientated  
  • Scrum Master [PSM I certified]  

Attitude: 

  • Extreme ownership of project and tasks: responsibility and commitment,  
  • Challenge-driven and goal-orientated motivation,  
  • Willingness to learn and act upon feedback  
  • Works on flexible hours  
  • Willingness to travel up to 25% 
  • Commitment to step out of comfort zone  
  • Constantly works on improving soft and hard skills 

We offer:

  • 8k PLN self-development budget for training, international conferences, university courses  
  • Globetrotter bonus (when spending a certain amount of project time abroad - up to 20% of salary)
  • Hardware budget
  • All necessary licenses and tools for performing work
  • Co-financing of Multisport Card
  • Co-financing of Medical Care
  • Co-financing of additional group insurance,
  • Authorized certifications are done on a regular basis  
  • Mentoring program run by Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals  
  • International projects for various sectors of the economy
  • Clear, quantitative conditions for position promotion  
  • Flexible working hours including remote work