Data Architect - Microsoft Fabric and Foundry

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About the role

The Data Architect defines and guides enterprise data architecture, Microsoft Fabric platform configuration, high-impact data products, application data design, and data movement across systems. This role also leads advanced AI architecture in Microsoft Foundry, including builds, configuration, governance, and enablement for Data and Development teams and domain-deployed engineers. The position bridges technical implementation and business strategy, ensuring enterprise data and AI capabilities are secure, reusable, reliable, and aligned with organizational priorities.

Autonomy & Decision-Making: Makes decisions on non-routine matters, provides recommendations to supervisor, and refers exceptions to supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Own enterprise data architecture for high-impact data products across Fabric, applications, analytics, AI, and integrations.
• Own Microsoft Foundry architecture and governance, including configuration standards, environments, model deployments, agents, evaluation, observability, cost, and production readiness.
• Design end-to-end application data flows, including system of record, direction, latency, synchronization, reconciliation, and failure handling.
• Shape application data models so operational workflows, reporting, integration, analytics, and AI requirements are addressed together.
• Establish Fabric platform standards across capacities, domains, workspaces, OneLake, lakehouses, warehouses, pipelines, notebooks, semantic models, and deployment paths.
• Define trusted-data requirements for ownership, quality, lineage, certification, metadata, security, service expectations, and change management.
• Build reusable reference architectures and implementation patterns that Data and Development teams can use without redesigning every solution.
• Enable domain-deployed engineers and citizen developers through paved roads, guardrails, templates, architecture reviews, coaching, and clear production-promotion paths.
• Embed security and responsible AI controls into every material design, including identity, authorization, privacy, auditability, evaluation, cost controls, and lifecycle management.
• Remain a hands-on builder-architect who can prototype critical patterns, challenge assumptions, and guide solutions from concept through supported production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field (Required). In lieu of the above requirements, equivalent relevant experience will be considered.
• 8+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, application architecture, integration architecture, AI platforms, or related enterprise technology roles.
• Proven experience designing enterprise solutions on Microsoft Fabric, Azure, Microsoft Foundry, or comparable cloud data and AI platforms.

Skills

• Ability to perform work accurately, completely, and in a timely manner.
• Intermediate verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to follow up on inquiries in a timely manner.
• Ability to understand and implement best practice standards.
• Ability to deliver quality through attention to detail.
• Ability to recognize opportunities for process improvement.
• Intermediate proficiency in MS Office.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and act ethically in all matters.
• Ability to build relationships and collaborate within a team, internally and externally.

Working Environment

• Frequent activity: Sitting, viewing computer screen.
• May require periods of travel.
• Must be able to lift up to 10 pounds.
• Must be willing to work non-traditional hours to meet business needs.
• Normal office environment.
• Occasional activity: Standing, walking, bending, reaching above shoulder.
• Valid and unrestricted driver’s license required.

Benefits

The benefits package aligned to this position is Professional Non-Union. Click here for benefits details.