Data Architect

Salary: competitive depending upon experience + benefits

Where the job is based: (home-based, working with Kerv Digital office/customer site visits as required) UK HQ, Seven House, 18 High Street, Longbridge, B31 2UQ

Who we are:

Dive into a world where technology meets innovation. At Kerv Digital, we're not just another tech company. We’re the problem solvers, the magicians who transform complex challenges into seamless digital experiences. Utilising a powerful blend of Power Platform, DevSecOps, Data, and Software Engineering, we create business solutions that truly resonate with our clients driving extreme value!

With our roots planted in Birmingham and branches spreading across the globe from London to Bangalore, we're a proud member of the Kerv Group - a dynamic £112m revenue technology consultancy leader with a dedicated team of over 700 professionals, partnering with 800+ sector leaders.

People come first always we are incredibly proud of our unparalleled work culture. Not just words on paper, we wear our "Great Place to Work" certifications from the UK and India like badges of honour. Dive into an ocean of opportunities in an atmosphere that celebrates collaboration. Sharpen your prowess with a global multi-discipline team and be guided by the industry's most forward-thinking architects.

Who we are looking for:

All backgrounds will always be considered and experience here is far more important.

We are seeking someone with a data consultancy background, who is used to managing clients.  You will be a self-starter, technically confident, be able to land on a project and instantly add value. 

With a quantitative mindset, and proven experience working in a data architecture role in an Azure ecosystem.  Azure modern data platform experience is essential, those with hands-on skills given preference.

You will be a Data Architect: a master data manipulator with Python/SQL/data pipelines and a technical specialist capable of managing customer requirements for data-centric projects, designing integration solutions, data modelling, and hands-on implementation of data and management information-based technologies.

Required Experience: 

• Able to manage work on juggle priorities on multiple projects / workstreams
• Working in an agile landscape to making technical decisions/recommendations where there is uncertainty
• Stakeholder management and technical team interaction (internal, external and 3rd party)
• Requirements gathering (ETL, BI)
  • Identifying through workshops
  • Elaborate user stories and refining to an Engineer-friendly technical approach
  • Documentation of designs with an industry-recognised form such as ER, UML, Archimate or Erwin
• Data migration experience into SaaS CRM solutions
• Large scale Data Lakehouse/Data Warehouse design
  • Conceptual architecture
  • Logical architecture
  • Physical architecture
  • ETL/ELT best practise approaches to monitoring and error-handling  
• Understanding of Kimball data-modelling techniques
• Hands-on experience and being able to get involved when required with data engineers to polish solutions for customer-readiness with these technologies
  • SQL Azure, Synapse Analytics (dataflows, Juypter notebooks, on-demand SQL), Databricks, ADF
  • Power BI, DAX, data flows
  • SSIS
• Appreciation of information security standards such as ISO27001, PCI-DSS or Cyber Essentials
• BPSS clearance will be required on start

Desirable experience:

• At least 3 years of public sector experience

• Azure data certifications (DP-203, DP-600)

• Data Governance tools (e.g. Microsoft Purview)

• Community engagement and amplification of best practise at organisation & industry level

• Integration to D365 and Dataverse solutions

• Azure storage technologies and cost/performance characteristics

• Techniques and tools for sanitizing data prior to use

• Master Data solutions

• Python and Data Science

We’re also looking for people that fit how we work, which is something like; 

• happiest working under their own direction, but fully supported when needed 

• an obvious attention to detail, we want you to obsess about the little things!

• an escalation handler, able to achieve win-win outcomes by utilising the skills across the team

• ability to work effectively with remote teams in India 

• ability to work flexibly to deliver on-time to tight timescales 

What we can do for you:

We’re a transparent, honest and fiercely equal employer that believes completely in providing the best possible work experience for our employee’s:  

Real Flexibility – we’re a family first organisation, and if the work gets done, you can work when and wherever you want. A healthy approach for most of our unicorns (that’s this team) seems to be splitting three ways between home, customer sites and the office. 

Awesome Environment – all of our employee’s will tell you that we foster an easy going environment, are experts at what we do and care deeply about what we work on – that’s in large part because we’re privately owned by those that work day-to-day in the business, and the company was started specifically to find a way for people to take more enjoyment from their work. 

Interesting Work – these days most of our customers are household names and many of our projects have an important impact on the world around us. The kind of things we do regularly include working with not-for-profits to transform how they leverage technology, working with public bodies to shape digital services and working with top tier private entities to bring genuinely new and meaningful products and services to market. 

Great Benefits – all the usual suspects and then some. Some highlights include our choose-your-own tech approach to end-user devices, well stocked cupboards with tasty goodies (we’re a food first company too), excellent professional development support including frequent in-house training for tech. you can’t get trained on anywhere else and private healthcare. Full disclosure; some benefits can only be provided after probation.

Recognition & Growth – Certified as a Great Place to Work by independent assessors in both the UK and India and we’ve just entered the Sunday Times Tech Track 100, which charts the top 100 fastest growing tech. companies in the country; we know we achieved this directly through the people we choose to work with.  

Don’t take our word for it though, check out our impartial Glass Door reviews

More on equality:

We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer and determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, individual qualifications and work experience. 

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