Azure Data Architect / Solution Architect- Microsoft Fabric (Azure Data Platform)

Role: Azure Data Architect / Solution Architect– Microsoft Fabric (Azure Data Platform)

Location: Naperville, IL & Chicago, Illinois, (Hybrid)

Duration; Long Term Contract

Visa Status: U.S. Citizen / TN Visa

Role: Solution Architect – Microsoft Fabric (Azure Data Platform)

Role Summary

Looking for a Solution Architect to design modern data platforms using Microsoft Fabric.

Strong Azure data experience is mandatory; Fabric experience is optional.

Mandatory Skills

1. Data Architecture

• Medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold)

• Data modeling (star schema, semantic layer)

• End-to-end data platform design

2. Azure Data Services (hands-on)

Experience with multiple:

• Azure Data Factory

• Azure Synapse Analytics

• Azure Data Lake Storage

• Azure SQL Database

3. Power BI / Semantic Layer

• Strong Power BI experience

• DAX, data modeling, performance concepts

4. Data Engineering

• Advanced SQL

• ETL/ELT pipelines

• Spark/PySpark basics

5. Governance & Security

• RBAC, RLS

• Basic data lineage understanding

6. Solution Architecture

• Experience designing scalable, enterprise data platforms

Preferred Skills

• Exposure to Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, Warehouse, OneLake)

• AI + data (RAG, Copilot concepts)

• API/integration patterns

• CI/CD for data

Nice to Have

• Microsoft Purview

• Real-time analytics

• Multi-tenant architecture

• Azure Databricks (Very Optional )