Senior Associate, IT Architecture

Salary: £39,000 - 79,000 per year

Requirements:

• Experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale data and analytics solutions.
• Experience producing architecture designs, standards, patterns and roadmaps.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture and governance.
• Ability to evaluate options and present recommendations to stakeholders.
• Understanding of AI, machine learning and advanced analytics solution patterns, including responsible AI, model governance, data ethics and privacy considerations.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing Microsoft Fabric solutions.
• Experience leading or supporting enterprise Fabric rollout and adoption.
• Strong understanding of OneLake and Fabric workload capabilities.
• Experience implementing Fabric security, governance and operational practices.
• Experience integrating Fabric with Microsoft and Azure ecosystems.
• Experience designing Azure-based data platforms.
• Strong understanding of warehousing, datalakes, ETL/ELT, integration, analytics and reporting patterns.
• Experience with Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Azure SQL, Azure Storage and related services.
• Experience with APIs and system integrations.
• Ability to present technical and security concepts in laymans terms and impart knowledge to key stakeholders and support functions.
• Working unsupervised, self-motivated, demonstrating flexibility, adaptability and resilience.
• Ability to build consensus between diverse and often conflicting interests, working with technical and non-technical stakeholders to achieve agreement on technical plans, especially when the business need is opaque or obscure.
• Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (preferred).
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate (preferred).

Responsibilities:

• Translate business and regulatory requirements into end-to-end solution architectures.
• Work closely with, and be guided by, the Principal Data Solutions Architect to ensure solution designs align with our strategic data architecture, standards and governance expectations.
• Design scalable data platforms using Microsoft Fabric and Azure services.
• Assess options and recommend approaches based on cost, risk, complexity and value.
• Produce architecture artefacts, patterns and implementation roadmaps.
• Lead the rollout, adoption and optimisation of Microsoft Fabric across our organisation.
• Define standards and reference architectures for OneLake, Data Factory, Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, Data Science, Power BI and governance.
• Establish patterns for self-service analytics and data product delivery.
• Support migration from legacy analytics and data platforms where appropriate.
• Partner with Data Engineers and platform teams to design secure, resilient data pipelines.
• Define patterns for ingestion, transformation, ETL/ELT, metadata and master data management.
• Design solutions for structured, semi-structured and unstructured data.
• Ensure architectures support performance, scalability, recovery and supportability.
• Ensure solutions comply with our security, privacy and governance requirements.
• Promote data governance, metadata, lineage and data quality best practice.
• Support cataloguing and governance capabilities using Microsoft Purview and related tools.
• Ensure controls for data sharing, retention, access management and regulatory compliance.
• Build relationships across ICT, DDAI, Corporate Services and regulatory groups.
• Facilitate architecture workshops and technical design reviews.
• Provide technical leadership to delivery teams including IT suppliers.
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to varied audiences.
• Maintain awareness of Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Services, AI and analytics developments.
• Identify opportunities to improve delivery, reduce technical debt and increase reuse.
• Support proofs of concept to validate emerging technologies and approaches.

Technologies:

• AI
• Architect
• Azure
• Cloud
• Databricks
• ETL
• Fabric
• ICT
• Support
• Machine Learning
• Mobile
• Power BI
• SQL
• Security

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We are Ofcom, the regulator for the communications services people use and rely on every day, covering broadband, home phone, mobile services, TV and radio. Our culture is grounded in Empowerment, Excellence, Collaboration, Agility and Respect, and we are focused on building a fully inclusive and innovative environment where people genuinely care about helping others. Data is central to our work, and we are investing in a modern cloud-based data platform built on Microsoft Azure and the wider Microsoft data ecosystem. This Senior Associate permanent role is based in London or Manchester and is part of our Corporate Group. We support flexible working arrangements, including part-time hours and job shares where possible, and we value diversity, accessibility and different perspectives across our teams.

last updated 36 week of 2026