Data Architect (Microsoft Fabric)

JOB SUMMARY

We are seeking an experienced Microsoft Fabric architect that brings technical expertise and architectural instincts to lead the design, development, and scalability of our secured enterprise-grade data ecosystem. This role is not a traditional BI/Data Engineering position we are looking for deep hands-on expertise in Fabric administration, CI/CD integration, and security/governance configuration in production environments.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Provide technical leadership on design and architectural decisions, data platform evolution and vendor/tool selection
• Leverage expertise in data Lakehouse on Microsoft Fabric, including optimal use of OneLake, Dataflows Gen2, Pipelines and Synapse Data Engineering
• Build and maintain scalable data pipelines to ingest, transform and curate data from a variety of structured and semi-structured sources
• Implement and enforce data modelling standards, including medallion architecture, Delta Lake and dimensional modelling best practices
• Collaborate with analysts and business users to deliver well-structured, trusted datasets for self-service reporting and analysis in Power BI
• Establish data engineering practices that ensure reliability, performance, governance and security
• Monitor and tune workloads within the Microsoft Fabric platform to ensure cost-effective and efficient operations

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, or a related field is required.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in data engineering with at least 2 years in a cloud-native or modern data platform environment is required.
• Prior experience with a public accounting, financial or other professional services environment is preferred.

SUCCESSFUL CHARACTERISTICS / SKILLS

• Extensive, hands-on expertise with Microsoft Fabric, including Dataflows Gen2, Pipelines, Synapse Data Engineering, Notebooks, and OneLake.
• Proven experience designing Lakehouse or data warehouse architecture, including data ingestion frameworks, staging layers and semantic models.
• Strong SQL and T-SQL skills and familiarity with Power Query (M) and Delta Lake formats.
• Understanding of data governance, data security, lineage and metadata management practices.
• Ability to lead technical decisions and set standards in the absence of a dedicated Data Architect.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
• Results driven; high integrity; ability to influence, negotiate and build relationships; superior communications skills; making complex decisions and leading team through complex challenges.
• Self-disciplined to work in a virtual, agile, globally sourced team.
• Strategic, out-of-the-box thinker and problem-solving experience to assess, analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve issues.
• Excellent analytical skills, extraordinary attention to detail, and ability to present recommendations to business teams based on trends, patterns, and modern best practices.
• Experience with Power BI datasets and semantic modelling is an asset.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Purview or similar governance tools is an asset.
• Working knowledge of Python, PySpark, or KQL is an asset.
• Experience and passion for technology and providing exceptional experience both internally for our employees and externally for clients and prospects.
• Strong ownership, bias to action, and know-how to succeed in ambiguity.
• Ability to deliver value consistently by motivating teams towards achieving goal

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