MS Fabric Data Architect

As a Data Architect, you will design enterprise data platforms on Microsoft Fabric, creating reusable patterns and accelerators while guiding delivery and pre-sales. You’ll collaborate across data engineers, analytics and AI teams to translate strategy into production-grade platforms. The role combines hands-on architecture with leadership, governance, and knowledge sharing to raise practice standards. You’ll help shape client data strategies and ensure fabric-capable solutions scale.

• tailored benefits supporting physical, emotional and financial wellbeing
• continuous learning and development opportunities
• flexible working options
• inclusive environment

• Architect end-to-end Microsoft Fabric solutions (lakehouse, warehouse, real-time, semantic models, governance) for enterprise clients
• Design, document and industrialise reusable architecture patterns, reference architectures and accelerators
• Lead data modelling activities across conceptual, logical and physical layers
• Provide delivery leadership on complex engagements, shaping approach and guiding teams
• Support pre-sales and bid activity with solution shaping, effort estimation and technical responses
• Contribute to building Data & AI capability through thought leadership and reusable assets
• Lead or co-lead client engagements from discovery through delivery
• Define data architecture frameworks, operating models and governance approaches
• Join business, technology and data architectures
• Lead and develop onshore/nearshore/offshore architecture and engineering teams
• Work across cloud data platforms (Azure, Databricks, Snowflake) while keeping Fabric as core strength
• Keep the practice current with Fabric capabilities and related data platform developments

• 5+ years designing and delivering enterprise-scale data architectures
• Proven ability to design and implement Microsoft Fabric architectures
• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake or equivalent
• Strong data modelling across conceptual, logical, physical
• Delivery leadership on complex programmes
• Hands-on SQL, modern data pipelines and full data lifecycle
• Experience with IAM data security, governance, lineage, quality, compliance
• Ability to connect business outcomes to technology strategy and architecture
• Experience creating reusable patterns, accelerators or reference architectures
• Clear communication and analytical skills

• consulting capability with senior stakeholders
• problem-solving
• analytical thinking
• Microsoft Fabric core capabilities (OneLake, Lakehouse, Warehouse, Data Factory, Real-Time Intelligence, semantic models, governance)
• Databricks
• Snowflake