Azure Fabric Data Architect

Azure Fabric Data Architect

Direct Hire

Irving, TX (Hybrid)

Responsibilities

• Architect and design modern enterprise data platforms across on-premises and cloud ecosystems (Azure and Fabric).
• Define architectural standards, reusable design patterns, roadmaps, and modernization strategies.
• Lead the design of scalable data ingestion, storage, transformation, and modeling frameworks.
• Drive cloud adoption initiatives with a focus on resiliency, scalability, and business alignment.
• Consolidate and integrate data environments, pipelines, and models across multiple business units and acquisitions.
• Integrate ERP, CRM, and operational systems into unified Lake/Lakehouse architectures.
• Establish reusable ingestion and onboarding frameworks to support future growth.
• Standardize canonical data models and eliminate duplicate or conflicting data assets.
• Design and manage Lakehouse architectures using Bronze/Silver/Gold layering principles.
• Govern Fabric workspaces, pipelines, Lakehouses, and semantic models.
• Define enterprise KPI frameworks and maintain shared semantic layers.
• Ensure data lineage, quality, and operational observability across platforms.
• Define and manage core business entities (e.g., Customer, Product, Vendor, Location).
• Implement scalable, pragmatic master data management (MDM-lite/hybrid) approaches.
• Resolve data inconsistencies such as identity conflicts and hierarchy mismatches.
• Establish metadata standards, stewardship roles, and governance processes.
• Develop scalable governance models to support enterprise growth and acquisitions.
• Implement security controls including domain isolation, RLS/CLS, and data certification standards.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, privacy, and enterprise security policies.
• Partner with security teams to enforce consistent governance and controls.
• Oversee BI platforms including Power BI, Fabric, and legacy/on-prem solutions.
• Govern workspace structures, capacity management, and semantic model performance.
• Ensure reliable, scalable, and governed data access.
• Provide architectural guidance to DBA teams on performance, high availability, and disaster recovery.
• Govern schema lifecycle, environment consistency, and change management processes.
• Support modernization and migration of legacy systems (e.g., DB2/iSeries).
• Oversee CI/CD and deployment pipelines across hybrid environments.
• Standardize automation, version control, approvals, and SDLC practices.
• Manage deployments across Azure services (ADF, Logic Apps, Azure SQL, Synapse, Cosmos DB, Fabric).
• Architect end-to-end observability and monitoring frameworks.
• Implement dashboards, telemetry, alerting, and reliability standards.
• Govern enterprise scheduling and orchestration tools.
• Drive proactive monitoring across pipelines, databases, and analytics platforms.
• Provide leadership across data engineering, BI, and DBA teams.
• Guide decision-making on data architecture, governance, and modernization initiatives .
  

Requirements

• MUST HAVE AZURE FABRIC EXPERIENCE
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise data architecture and cloud analytics.
• Strong expertise in data modeling, schema design, and large-scale data systems.
• Hands-on experience with Azure services including ADF, Azure SQL, Synapse, and ADLS Gen2.
• Deep experience with SQL Server and performance tuning.
• Experience working with legacy systems such as DB2/iSeries and migration strategies.
• Familiarity with NoSQL technologies (e.g., Cosmos DB) and big data tools (e.g., Databricks, PySpark).
• Experience with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (ARM, Bicep, Terraform).
• Knowledge of identity and access management (e.g., Azure Entra ID, least privilege principles).
• Experience with cloud cost management and optimization.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Fabric.

Estimated Min Rate : $125000.00

Estimated Max Rate : $175000.00

What's In It for You?


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• Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision Benefits (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Life & Disability Insurance (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• MetLife Voluntary Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401K Retirement Savings Plan
• Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll
• Referral Bonus Programs
• Certification and training opportunities

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