Data Platform Architect - Microsoft Fabric / LLM (Senior Manager / Manager)
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Work closely with delivery teams and client stakeholders to provide technical leadership, shape deals and propositions, drive architectural decisions, and produce design artifacts. Contribute to high-level solution design, estimates, and proposal development in collaboration with subject matter experts. Translate complex technical concepts into clear, value-based outcomes for senior business stakeholders, technology leaders, and internal sales teams. Engage early with clients and/or sales teams to support origination, deal qualification, requirements capture, and solutioning-building trusted-advisor relationships. Collaborate with the wider Data & AI leadership to contribute thought leadership, points of view, and enhancements to our offerings, accelerators, and IP. Stay current on advancements in Microsoft Fabric, Azure, and AI technologies, incorporating relevant innovations into client solutions. Support integration of Data & AI capabilities across other Global Solution Areas (Modern Workplace, Apps & Infrastructure, Business Applications). Contribute to internal Assets & Engineering initiatives to strengthen Avanade's differentiated market position. Provide coaching and mentoring to junior colleagues and contribute to the broader Avanade technical community. Senior Manager Responsibilities (In Addition to Core Responsibilities) Senior Managers operate with broader scope, deeper influence, and higher accountability. At this level, you will: Lead pre-sales, solution planning, and solution design for Microsoft Fabric-centric pursuits and strategic accounts. Shape deals and propositions, including architecture, estimates, commercial inputs, and delivery approach, in partnership with sales and delivery leadership. Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, translating Fabric capabilities into clear business value. Provide technical and delivery assurance, addressing risks, quality concerns, and architectural issues when required. Drive Microsoft partnership engagement at an offering and capability level, influencing roadmap alignment and go-to-market activities. Define and promote best practices for Fabric architecture, governance, security, performance, and cost optimisation. Establish reference architectures, accelerators, and reusable patterns across Fabric workloads (Lakehouse, Warehouse, Real-Time, Semantic Models). Coach, mentor, and inspire senior technical leaders and architects across regions, building a strong Fabric community of practice. Lead performance tuning, capacity management, and cost optimisation within Fabric environments. Manager Responsibilities (In Addition to Core Responsibilities) Managers contribute significantly to delivery and solutioning while operating with a more focused scope. At this level, you will: Support high-level design, estimates, and proposal development under the guidance of senior leaders. Contribute to architectural decisions and solution planning for Fabric-based engagements. Provide coaching and mentoring within your immediate team and contribute to the technical community. Support early-stage client conversations, requirements capture, and solutioning activities. Participate in shaping thought leadership and contributing to offering development, accelerators, and GTM assets.
Requirements
Management Consulting or Systems Integrator experience strongly preferred. Experience architecting and delivering analytics solutions using Microsoft Fabric (OneLake, Data Factory, Spark, Warehousing, Real-Time Analytics, Power BI). Strong understanding of data governance (Microsoft Purview, lineage, metadata, security). Hands-on experience with data pipeline design, ETL/ELT, data modelling, and analytics architectures. Strong communication, stakeholder management, and customer-facing skills. Experience building and maintaining strategic partnerships with Microsoft. Ability to develop reusable frameworks, reference architectures, and accelerators. Comfortable leading technical teams and mentoring junior staff. Experience leading and inspiring community teams. About You You will thrive in this role if: You are passionate about technology and advising clients. You likely hold an advanced degree in a quantitative field (computer science, applied mathematics, statistics, machine learning) or equivalent experience. You have a track record of success in consultative/complex technical sales, architecture, design, implementation, or support of distributed applications. You have experience working with large enterprise accounts and architecting Microsoft Fabric solutions at scale. You can orchestrate, lead, and influence remote or global teams to deliver successful outcomes. You enjoy engaging with clients and technical communities.
