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Senior Data Architect Azure / Databricks / Python
Location:London (2 days per week in-office)
Salary:~£100,000
Type:Permanent

Join a global leader in legal market intelligence as they embark on a major data transformation journey.
Our client is internationally recognised for their deep-dive publications, trusted globally in the same way the Michelin Guide is for restaurants. With significant inbound business and a subscriber-based model, they are now pivoting into the world of market intelligencedeveloping tools that help legal professionals and firms understand performance metrics, win/loss ratios, and sector trends through data.
With a new CDO leading the function and a committed investment in data, they are hiring aSenior Data Architectto help shape and scale their Azure-native data platform. Youll play a central role in the architecture of a platform handling vast quantities of textual and quantitative legal datasupporting both internal analytics and customer-facing products.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the architecture and design of robust, scalable data solutions in a modern Azure environment
  • Drive the development of logical and conceptual data models, metadata frameworks, and architecture roadmaps
  • Support and influence the entire data lifecyclefrom ingestion an...
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