Fabric Senior Data Architect
About the role
A highly visible, 3- to 6-month consulting engagement with the opportunity to build a Microsoft Fabric environment from the ground up.
Responsibilities
- Design a scalable medallion architecture across bronze, silver, and gold data layers
- Recommend best practices for data ingestion, pipelines, dataflows, notebooks, lakehouse structures, security, and governance
- Integrate data from a new Datatex ERP, FP&A systems, EH&S applications, production monitoring platforms, and other cloud and on-premises sources
- Create practical interim solutions that address urgent business needs without compromising the long-term architecture
- Create repeatable processes, documentation, and standards that enable the internal team to independently operate and expand the platform
Requirements
Senior-level experience architecting and building Microsoft Fabric environments from the ground up.
Demonstrated expertise with Azure, Fabric lakehouse architecture, Direct Lake, data pipelines, dataflows, notebooks, and medallion architecture.
Experience connecting cloud-based and on-premises data sources through secure integration and data bridge solutions.
Comfortable challenging existing technical decisions and presenting clear, experience-based alternatives.
Proven success delivering enterprise-grade architecture while also creating pragmatic solutions for immediate business priorities.
Qualifications
Location: Remote candidates will be considered based on the depth of their Microsoft Fabric implementation experience. Candidates located near the Charlotte region and able to provide periodic onsite support are preferred.
Benefits
Initial contract duration of 3 to 6 months.
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Skills
Microsoft Fabric, Azure, Fabric lakehouse architecture, Direct Lake, data pipelines, dataflows, notebooks, medallion architecture, data ingestion, security, governance, data integration, cloud-based and on-premises data sources, interim solutions, pragmatic solutions, enterprise-grade architecture, immediate business priorities.
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