Senior Consultant - Azure Data Platform
Pubblicato il 02-08-2026 - Insight Enterprises in Italia
The Senior Data Consultant – Azure Data Platform is a senior, client-facing professional responsible for the design, implementation, and optimization of Modern Data Platforms on Microsoft Azure, supporting organizations in their data-driven transformation journey.
Acting as a trusted advisor between IT and Business, this role translates business requirements into scalable, secure, and governed data solutions. The consultant operates in complex enterprise environments, contributing to both delivery and presales activities, including assessments, roadmap definition, and solution shaping.
The role enables:
- End-to-end Data Modernization initiatives
- Strong data quality, security, and governance
- Advanced analytics & AI use cases
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze business requirements and translate them into Azure-based data architectures
- Design and implement Modern Data Platforms (Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, Streaming)
- Develop, optimize, and maintain reliable and high-performing data pipelines
- Collaborate with BI, AI, and Application teams on integrated solutions
- Support workshops, assessments, PoCs, and presales activities
- Mentor junior consultants and support team capability growth
Technical Skills
Azure Data Platform
- Azure Databricks
- Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, Warehouse, Data Engineering)
- Azure Data Factory / Synapse Pipelines
- Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
- Azure SQL Database / SQL Managed Instance
Data Integration & Modeling
- Data modeling
- ELT / ETL patterns
- Integration from heterogeneous sources (ERP, CRM, APIs)
- Structured and semi-structured data management
Analytics & Business Intelligence
- Power BI (semantic models, dataset optimization)
- Row-Level Security (RLS)
- Support for Self-Service BI scenarios
Security & Performance
- Data security, encryption
- Monitoring, cost control, and performance tuning
Consulting & Soft Skills
- Structured problem-solving mindset
- Strong communication with technical and business stakeholders
- High level of autonomy and ownership
- Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams
- Results-oriented and customer-focused approach
Seniority & Typical Context
- 6–10+ years of experience in Data & Analytics
- Proven experience in complex enterprise projects
- Consulting or System Integrator background
- Microsoft Azure certifications preferred (Data certification: Databricks, Fabric DP 700 or generic Data Platform DP 600)
Why join Insight
This is a chance to join a business that is actively accelerating its solutions and services motion. You’ll have the opportunity to build, influence and grow in a role with real impact, working with leading technologies, strategic partners and a highly collaborative team. At Insight, we are committed to gender-neutral pay equity. The established gross salary range for this position is 50.000€ to 70.000€ + premio+ company car/car allowance (level quadro). The final offer will be determined based on objective criteria, including the candidate’s documented skills, qualifications, and professional experience evaluated during the recruitment process.
COMPANY OVERVIEW: What's so great about Insight's culture? The excitement. The energy. The way you can see success all around you – and find it for yourself. If you come to Insight with a strong work ethic and an eye for success, you'll find dozens of people reaching out to help you achieve your goal. This is a great opportunity to be part of, and drive, the future direction of Insight. We offer a competitive remuneration package and excellent benefits, with the chance to work in a rewarding environment and with a high level of autonomy and creativity. We receive high volumes of applications for many of our opportunities. Whilst we endeavour to respond to all candidates with any relevant experience, if you have not heard from us within 1 week, please consider that your application will not be progressed in relation to this role.