MS Fabric Architect

Job Purpose (both Onsite / Offshore) 
Lead the architecture, design and delivery of enterprise-scale Microsoft Fabric data platforms, 
enabling modern data engineering, analytics, BI and AI capabilities. The role will define scalable, secure 
and cost-effective data architectures, drive cloud/data modernization, and provide technical 
leadership to engineering and delivery teams. 
 
Job Description / Duties and Responsibilities  
The Microsoft Fabric Architect will own end-to-end solution architecture across Microsoft Fabric and 
Azure, translating business and data requirements into robust technical solutions. The role will 
establish architecture standards and patterns covering data ingestion, transformation, storage, 
analytics, governance, security and consumption. 
The architect will work closely with business stakeholders, data engineers, BI teams, cloud architects 
and technology leadership, and will provide hands-on technical guidance throughout the solution 
lifecycle. 
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES 
• Define end-to-end Microsoft Fabric architecture using OneLake, Lakehouse, Fabric Warehouse, 
Data Factory/Data Pipelines, Spark and Real-Time Intelligence. 
• Design scalable batch and real-time data ingestion, processing and analytics solutions. 
• Establish data architecture patterns including Medallion architecture, dimensional modelling 
and enterprise semantic models. 
• Design and govern Power BI solutions, including semantic models and appropriate use of Direct 
Lake, Import and DirectQuery. 
• Lead modernization/migration initiatives from legacy and cloud data platforms such as SQL 
Server, Synapse, Snowflake, Teradata and Databricks. 
• Define standards for security, governance, data quality, lineage, monitoring, performance and 
cost optimization. 
• Guide engineering teams on Fabric implementation, coding standards, CI/CD and DevOps 
practices. 
• Conduct architecture reviews, POCs and technology evaluations and recommend appropriate 
solutions. 
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements, explain technical trade-offs and 
drive architecture decisions. 
• Mentor data engineers, developers and architects and act as the technical authority for Fabric 
solutions. 
• Adhere to the Information Security Management policies and procedures.