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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Microsoft Fabric & Power BI Solutions Architect - **Company:** Cloud People - **Location:** Manchester, UK - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Artificial Intelligence, Business Analytics Applications, Data Analysis, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Hub, Microsoft Data Access Components, Microsoft Software, Microsoft Solutions Framework, SQL Azure, Power BI, Microsoft Power Automate, Azure Data Factory, Data Layers, Microsoft Fabric, Data Analytics, Azure Synapse Analytics, Powerapps, Custom Reports, Databricks - **Published:** August 26, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815177171-microsoft-fabric--power-bi-solutions-architect ## About the Role * Hands on background designing and delivering Microsoft data and analytics solutions end to end, with strong Power BI capability across modelling, DAX and report design * Working knowledge of Microsoft Fabric, or a solid background across the legacy stack (Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL, Databricks) with a clear move into Fabric * Experience owning solution design and architecture decisions on customer engagements, not just delivery tickets * Exposure to Power Platform, ideally Power Apps, Power Automate and Dataverse, with an appetite to broaden further * Comfortable in front of customers, running workshops, shaping requirements and presenting to technical and non technical audiences * Some pre sales or consulting experience, or a clear appetite to grow into a fuller pre sales and architecture remit * Good understanding of data governance, security and best practice within Microsoft environments, including Purview awareness * Awareness of Copilot, Copilot in Fabric and AI Builder, with a genuine interest in pushing AI led analytics further * Wider Microsoft stack awareness across Azure data services and Microsoft 365 * Genuine passion for the Microsoft data ecosystem ## Description Microsoft Fabric & Power BI Solutions Architect Hybrid, Teesside or Manchester Company & role A well established Microsoft Solutions Partner is standing up a brand new Data & Analytics capability and needs an architect minded consultant to help build it from the ground up. They already have a strong Microsoft footprint, a people first culture, and serious investment behind this area as a long term growth bet. Why This Role Stands Out * Chance to be the technical anchor of a new capability, setting the standards, patterns and ways of working across Fabric, Power BI and the wider data estate * True mix of architecture, design, hands on delivery, consultancy and pre sales, rather than being pushed towards a single track * Structured runway into a senior architect and pre sales remit as the capability scales * Broad exposure across Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Power Platform, Copilot and AI Builder, with room to shape where the practice goes next * Fully funded training and certifications, with a business that invests in people properly rather than only hiring the finished article * Customer facing work, internal innovation and internal enablement all in one seat, so the work stays varied Key Responsibilities * Architect, design and deliver Microsoft Data & Analytics solutions for customers, with Microsoft Fabric and Power BI at the core * Own solution design across the Fabric stack including OneLake, Data Factory, Synapse Data Engineering and Warehouse workloads, Real Time Intelligence and semantic models * Lead customer discovery, workshops and design sessions, translating business problems into practical, well architected solutions * Stay hands on in the build, setting patterns and reference architectures that the wider team can deliver against * Support pre sales activity including scoping, solutioning, demos, proposals and effort estimation * Extend solutions into the wider Power Platform where it adds value, using Power Apps, Power Automate and Dataverse alongside the data layer * Build internal innovation assets and accelerators that showcase what is possible across Fabric, Power BI, Copilot and AI Builder * Help cross train existing engineers and developers into Fabric and the modern Microsoft data stack, raising capability across the team * Set best practice around governance, security, licensing, workspace and capacity strategy, and solution lifecycle management * Track the Microsoft roadmap across Fabric, Power BI, Power Platform, Copilot and AI, and feed that thinking back into the business Ideal Experience * Hands on background designing and delivering Microsoft data and analytics solutions end to end, with strong Power BI capability across modelling, DAX and report design * Working knowledge of Microsoft Fabric, or a solid background across the legacy stack (Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL, Databricks) with a clear move into Fabric * Experience owning solution design and architecture decisions on customer engagements, not just delivery tickets * Exposure to Power Platform, ideally Power Apps, Power Automate and Dataverse, with an appetite to broaden further * Comfortable in front of customers, running workshops, shaping requirements and presenting to technical and non technical audiences * Some pre sales or consulting experience, or a clear appetite to grow into a fuller pre sales and architecture remit * Good understanding of data governance, security and best practice within Microsoft environments, including Purview awareness * Awareness of Copilot, Copilot in Fabric and AI Builder, with a genuine interest in pushing AI led analytics further * Wider Microsoft stack awareness across Azure data services and Microsoft 365 * Genuine passion for the Microsoft data ecosystem Desirable Certifications * DP 600 Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate * DP 700 Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer Associate * PL 300 Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate * PL 200 Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate * PL 600 Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect Expert * MS 4006 Copilot for Microsoft 365 specialty content ## Related Videos - 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