Azure Cloud Data Architect

Key Skills:

1. Azure Cloud Experience (6+ years in azure, Overall 14+): Look for Azure architecture design and implementation using data services like Azure Synapse, Data Factory (ADF), Data Lake, Lakehouse, Azure Databricks, ADLS GEN2, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI , Integration runtime, Git , Azure Dev ops, CICD along with Infrastructure setup.
2. Data/Dimensional Modeling Expertise: Experience in dimensional, star/snowflake schema, tool like ER Studio, Erwin or in house tool
3. ETL Development & BI: Experience designing and building ETL processes, different layers, ODS , Staging , Data warehouse, Data lake, lakehouse, data mart or Big Data, Power BI report and dashboard.
4. Data Architecture & Design: Evidence of architecting and deploying end-to-end data solutions on the Azure platform including good understanding of infra design, Cost , monitoring , error loging , alerting
5. Python, PySpark, Microsoft T-SQL Proficiency: Pyspark and T SQL
6. Leadership Experience: Look for experience leading or providing oversight to data engineering, BI teams, or other IT and business teams.
7. Experience in Agile Environment: Scrum, Sprint Planning , Agile board like Jira or Azure Dev ops.
8. Vendor Certification (Azure Cloud): Check for any azure technical Certification
9. Experience in Documentation: Experience in developing data management standards and documenting sources, transformations, best practices, and reports, HLD (High Level Design) or LLD (Low Level Design) , Technical Design , Run book, Best practices for data and analytics platform