MS Fabric Data Architect Engineer

• Lead architecture design across Microsoft Fabric / Lakehouse
• Perform cost-benefit analysis of Azure/Fabric services
• Design and build data pipelines, data models, and transformations
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for data engineering workflows
• Ensure data governance using Purview
• Integrate upstream/downstream systems and optimize performance
• Collaborate with stakeholders and support documentation *, Supporting a fintech client modernizing their data platform within Microsoft Fabric. This role will act as a hands-on lead, partnering closely with the internal Data Architect to drive architecture decisions and accelerate delivery.

• Proven experience leading enterprise data modernization initiatives, including transitioning from legacy platforms to modern cloud-native architectures while ensuring business continuity and operational stability.
• Strong expertise designing and governing enterprise data models across platforms such as Encompass, Salesforce, HappyFox, Polly, and other operational/business systems.
• Deep understanding and hands-on experience implementing Medallion Architecture patterns (Bronze / Silver / Gold) within modern data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, Azure, or Databricks.
• Experience establishing enterprise data standards including naming conventions, metadata management, lineage, and reusable architectural patterns.
• Expertise designing scalable Lakehouse and Data Warehouse architectures optimized for analytics, reporting, governance, and AI/ML workloads.
• Strong knowledge of application integration and support architectures, including APIs, event-driven design, streaming pipelines, and real-time data processing.
• Ability to partner closely with engineering teams to support solution design, development delivery, platform optimization, and production support.
• Experience implementing Data Governance, Data Quality, Master Data Management (MDM), and compliance frameworks to ensure trusted and reliable enterprise data., * Strong experience with Microsoft Fabric + Lakehouse architecture
• Experience with Purview and data governance
• Hands-on with ETL/ELT, data warehousing, and pipelines
• Experience with CI/CD for data platforms
• Strong knowledge of Azure services and integrations
• Ability to operate both strategically (architecture) and hands-on

Nice to Have:

• Azure Document Intelligence
• AI/data enablement exposure
• Financial services or regulated environment experience