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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Solution Architect - **Company:** EXL Service View all jobs - **Location:** Jersey City, NJ, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $150,000.0 - **Contract:** Temporary to permanent - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Business Logic, Microsoft Azure, Batch Processing, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Data Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Software Design Patterns, Dimensional Modeling, Disaster Recovery, Role-Based Access Control, Power BI, Enterprise Data Management, Data Classification, Azure Data Factory, Apache Spark, Microsoft Fabric, Data Lakes, Information Technology - **Published:** August 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/usce0357a82f20a8226f8af217b9b51673/eaa ## About the Role * 10+ years of experience in Data Architecture / Solution Architecture / Data Engineering, with 3+ years designing enterprise data platforms on Azure / Microsoft Fabric. * Strong expertise in Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, Lakehouse, Fabric Warehouse, Synapse Pipelines, Notebooks, Spark, and Delta Lake. * Proven experience designing enterprise data lake/lakehouse architectures and scalable Medallion implementations. * Strong understanding of data integration architecture, CDC, ETL/ELT, APIs, batch processing, and file-based ingestion patterns. * Strong expertise in data modeling and semantic architecture, including dimensional modeling, conformed dimensions, business entities, and Power BI Direct Lake. * Experience architecting data governance, security, and compliance using Microsoft Purview, RBAC, masking, lineage, classification, and PII/PHI controls. * Commercial insurance / brokerage domain experience preferred. Qualifications: Education & Certifications * B.Tech / Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field. Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer, Azure Data Engineer, Azure Solutions Architect, or equivalent certification preferred ## Description We are looking for an experienced Solution Architect to define the end-to-end architecture for a modern Microsoft Fabric / OneLake data platform. The role will be responsible for translating business and enterprise requirements into scalable data architecture, defining integration and modeling patterns, establishing technical standards, and providing architectural direction across engineering, governance, security, and BI teams., * Own the end-to-end solution architecture for the Microsoft Fabric / OneLake data platform, covering ingestion, storage, transformation, serving, semantic models, and analytics. * Define the target-state data architecture, architectural principles, design patterns, technology standards, and reference architectures aligned with enterprise strategy. * Design scalable Lakehouse and Warehouse architectures using Fabric and the Medallion Architecture. * Define enterprise data modeling strategies, including conceptual, logical, physical, dimensional, canonical, and conformed data models. * Establish architecture for Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers, ensuring clear separation of ingestion, transformation, business logic, and consumption responsibilities. * Define the semantic architecture for Power BI, including certified datasets, business metrics, reusable measures, security models, and Direct Lake implementation patterns. * Design for scalability, performance, availability, disaster recovery, and cost optimization across the Fabric platform. * Define security and governance architecture, including Purview, RBAC, data classification, lineage, masking, PII/PHI protection, access patterns, and audit requirements. * Lead architecture and solution design workshops, technical deep dives, and design reviews with business stakeholders, engineering, security, infrastructure, governance, and BI teams. * Define non-functional requirements and architectural acceptance criteria covering performance, security, scalability, availability, maintainability, and operational support. * Provide technical direction to Data Engineering teams and ensure implementation is aligned with the approved architecture and enterprise standards., Are you passionate about shaping the future of technology and driving transformative business impact in financial services? 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