Data Architect - Microsoft Fabric

Job title: Microsoft Fabric Data Architect

Duration: Long-term

Location: Plano, TX

Description:

As the Senior Microsoft Fabric Data Architect, you will be the cornerstone of our data operations, reporting directly to the CEO/Founder. You will design, implement, and optimize end-to-end data solutions using Microsoft Fabric, overseeing data ingestion, storage, semantic modeling, and reporting. Leading a small team of developers, you ll harness Fabric s unified platform to create standard data models and generate actionable sales reports, with the ability to drill down to micro-level insights.

Key Responsibilities:

• Microsoft Fabric Expertise: Serve as the in-house authority on Microsoft Fabric, leveraging its full suite of tools (Data Factory, Synapse, Data Lake, Power BI, etc.) to build scalable, efficient data pipelines and analytics solutions.
• Capacity and Storage Planning: Assess and configure Fabric capacity requirements to support 17 million unstructured documents, ensuring cost-effective storage, optimal performance, and scalability.
• Data Ingestion and Modeling: Design and implement data ingestion workflows for diverse data sources, creating multiple semantic models to support varied analytical needs. Ensure models are optimized for integration with Power BI.
• Reporting and Analytics: Develop standardized sales reports using Power BI, enabling macro-level overviews and micro-level filtering (e.g., by region, customer, or product). Ensure reports are intuitive and meet stakeholder needs.
• End-to-End Ownership: Manage the entire data lifecycle, from ingestion to storage, processing, modeling, and visualization, ensuring seamless integration across Fabric s components.
• Team Leadership: Guide and mentor, a small team of developers, fostering collaboration and ensuring alignment with company goals.
• Standardization: Create and maintain standard data models to support consistent analytics and reporting across the organization.
• Innovation: Stay current with Microsoft Fabric updates and recommend enhancements to improve performance, scalability, and user experience.

Qualifications:

• Deep expertise in Microsoft Fabric, with hands-on experience in Data Factory, Data Lake, Synapse Analytics, and Power BI.
• Proven ability to architect end-to-end data solutions, including capacity planning, storage optimization, and semantic modeling.
• Strong proficiency in Power BI for creating complex, filterable reports with granular insights.
• Experience managing large datasets (e.g., 17 million unstructured documents) and designing scalable data architectures.
• Leadership experience guiding small technical teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Solid understanding of Microsoft s broader cloud ecosystem (Azure, Synapse, etc.) and its integration with Fabric.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive, ownership-driven mindset.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with non-technical stakeholders, including the CEO/Founder.
• Bachelor s degree in computer science, Data Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).

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Job title: Microsoft Fabric Data Architect

Duration: Long-term

Location: Plano, TX

Description:

As the Senior Microsoft Fabric Data Architect, you will be the cornerstone of our data operations, reporting directly to the CEO/Founder. You will design, implement, and optimize end-to-end data solutions using Microsoft Fabric, overseeing data ingestion, storage, semantic modeling, and reporting. Leading a small team of developers, you ll harness Fabric s unified platform to create standard data models and generate actionable sales reports, with the ability to drill down to micro-level insights.

Key Responsibilities:

• Microsoft Fabric Expertise: Serve as the in-house authority on Microsoft Fabric, leveraging its full suite of tools (Data Factory, Synapse, Data Lake, Power BI, etc.) to build scalable, efficient data pipelines and analytics solutions.
• Capacity and Storage Planning: Assess and configure Fabric capacity requirements to support 17 million unstructured documents, ensuring cost-effective storage, optimal performance, and scalability.
• Data Ingestion and Modeling: Design and implement data ingestion workflows for diverse data sources, creating multiple semantic models to support varied analytical needs. Ensure models are optimized for integration with Power BI.
• Reporting and Analytics: Develop standardized sales reports using Power BI, enabling macro-level overviews and micro-level filtering (e.g., by region, customer, or product). Ensure reports are intuitive and meet stakeholder needs.
• End-to-End Ownership: Manage the entire data lifecycle, from ingestion to storage, processing, modeling, and visualization, ensuring seamless integration across Fabric s components.
• Team Leadership: Guide and mentor, a small team of developers, fostering collaboration and ensuring alignment with company goals.
• Standardization: Create and maintain standard data models to support consistent analytics and reporting across the organization.
• Innovation: Stay current with Microsoft Fabric updates and recommend enhancements to improve performance, scalability, and user experience.

Qualifications:

• Deep expertise in Microsoft Fabric, with hands-on experience in Data Factory, Data Lake, Synapse Analytics, and Power BI.
• Proven ability to architect end-to-end data solutions, including capacity planning, storage optimization, and semantic modeling.
• Strong proficiency in Power BI for creating complex, filterable reports with granular insights.
• Experience managing large datasets (e.g., 17 million unstructured documents) and designing scalable data architectures.
• Leadership experience guiding small technical teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Solid understanding of Microsoft s broader cloud ecosystem (Azure, Synapse, etc.) and its integration with Fabric.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive, ownership-driven mindset.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with non-technical stakeholders, including the CEO/Founder.
• Bachelor s degree in computer science, Data Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.