Senior Data Architect & Technical Product Owner (Azure Data Platform)

Avaron AB is a growing consultancy that matches your expertise with the market's most interesting assignments, offering a platform where your professional development is central.

We are looking for a senior Data Architect who will also act as Technical Product Owner (TPO) for a modern Azure-based data platform. You will combine hands-on architecture leadership with ownership of the technical roadmap and backlog, working closely with stakeholders and multiple teams to align platform capabilities with business outcomes.

• Define and maintain target-state data architecture (conceptual, logical, and physical) and reference patterns
• Design scalable Azure data solutions for batch and streaming workloads, including data models and integration patterns
• Ensure security, compliance, performance, reliability, and cost efficiency (FinOps-aware architecture)
• Govern architecture standards through design reviews and technical decision-making across teams
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture, security, and domain teams to align data products with business needs
• Own the technical product vision, roadmap, and backlog for the data platform and related data products
• Translate platform needs into epics, features, and user stories with clear acceptance criteria and non-functional requirements
• Prioritize work based on value, risk, and cost, and manage dependencies across integration, analytics, and ERP domains
• Drive delivery ceremonies such as refinement, sprint planning support, demos, and release readiness
• Define and follow up on product metrics (e.g., pipeline reliability SLAs, data quality KPIs, lead time, platform adoption)
• Act as the primary point of contact for platform stakeholders and ensure transparent communication

• 7+ years in data architecture and/or data engineering with architecture ownership
• Strong experience with Azure data services, including several of: ADLS, ADF, Synapse and/or Microsoft Fabric, Databricks
• Experience with Event Hubs and streaming concepts
• Experience with Azure SQL and/or SQL MI (and/or other relevant data stores)
• Strong SQL and data modeling skills (dimensional and/or data vault)
• Proven ability to drive a technical roadmap and manage a backlog with a product ownership mindset
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and prioritization skills

• Dynamics 365 (F&O/CE) integration and data concepts, including Dataverse and related integration methods
• CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code for data platforms (Azure DevOps or GitHub, Terraform or Bicep)
• Power BI semantic modeling and enterprise reporting patterns
• Data governance or metadata tooling, and data observability practices

Selections are made on an ongoing basis, so we recommend that you apply as soon as possible.