About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Microsoft Fabric Data Architect to lead the architecture and design of an enterprise-scale data platform. The ideal candidate will have robust expertise in Microsoft Fabric, data engineering, cloud architecture and metadata-driven ingestion frameworks, along with proven experience leading technical teams and driving architecture governance.

Key Responsibilities

- Own end-to-end Microsoft Fabric architecture, target-state design, standards and governance.
- Design OneLake, Lakehouse, Warehouse, Data Factory, Notebooks, Semantic Models and Power BI solutions.
- Establish Bronze, Silver and Gold data layers and reusable, metadata-driven ingestion frameworks.
- Define data modelling, orchestration, data quality, monitoring and performance optimisation standards.
- Lead capacity planning, workload management, scalability and cost optimisation.
- Conduct architecture and code reviews to ensure engineering standards and solution quality.
- Collaborate with Azure platform, security, networking, DevOps and data governance teams.
- Lead architecture workshops, manage senior stakeholders, mentor technical teams and identify delivery risks with mitigation plans.

Essential Skills & Experience





- 15+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering or solution architecture, with significant technical leadership experience.
- Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale data platforms using Microsoft Fabric.
- Strong expertise in OneLake, Lakehouse, Warehouse, Fabric Data Factory, PySpark, SQL and Delta Lake.
- Hands-on experience with medallion architecture and metadata-driven ingestion frameworks.
- Strong knowledge of dimensional modelling, Data Vault and enterprise data models.
- Experience in capacity management, performance tuning, orchestration and cloud data platform modernisation.
- Excellent stakeholder management, architecture governance and technical leadership skills.

Desirable Skills

- Microsoft Purview, Azure landing zones and Azure Monitor.
- Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, managed identities and Key Vault.
- Azure networking, private endpoints, Private Link and data gateways.
- Azure DevOps/GitHub, Fabric Git integration, CI/CD and Terraform/Bicep.

If this sounds like you, apply now or contact Anupama Cavuturi on (phone hidden) for a confidential discussion.

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