Microsoft Fabric Architect

Our client, a leading multinational information technology services and consulting company is recruiting for aMicrosoft Fabric Architectto join their business in theUnited Kingdom.

Position Title:Microsoft Fabric Architect

Position Type:Subcon - inside IR35

Start Date:ASAP

Location:UK (remote work)

Contact:Davor Molnar | +49 (0) 89 23 88 98 63

Responsibilities:

• Proven experience as a MS Fabric Data Architect
• Comfortable developing and implementing a delivery plan with key milestones based on requirements
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Fabric core features, including setup, configuration, and use of:
• Azure Data Lake (OneLake) for Big Data storage.
• Azure Synapse Data Warehouse for database management.
• Azure Synapse Data Engineering and Data Factory for data integration.
• Microsoft Purview (preview for Fabric) for data governance.
• Azure Data Science for analytics and AI workloads.
• Event stream and Data Activator for real-time data flows.
• Strong understanding of data modelling, including relational and NoSQL data models.
• Ability to interpret an organisation’s information needs.
• Experience collaborating with Azure Cloud Architects to achieve platform goals.
• Proven experience designing Data architecture to support self-serve analytics and AI development.
• Knowledge of dimensional modelling and Data Warehousing techniques.
• Expertise in Data partitioning, indexing, and optimisation strategies for large datasets
• Solution/technical architecture in the cloud
• Big Data/analytics/information analysis/database management in the cloud
• IoT/event-driven/microservices in the cloud
• Experience with private and public cloud architectures, pros/cons, and migration considerations.
• Extensive hands-on experience implementing data migration and data processing using Azure services:, Serverless Architecture, Azure Storage, Azure SQL DB/DW, Data Factory, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Analysis Service, HDInsight, Databricks Azure Data Catalog, Cosmo Db, ML Studio, AI/ML, Azure Functions, ARM Templates, Azure DevOps, CI/CD etc.
• Cloud migration methodologies and processes including tools like Azure Data Factory, Event Hub, etc.
• Familiarity with the Technology stack available in the industry for data management, data ingestion, capture, processing and curation: Kafka, StreamSets, Attunity, GoldenGate, Map Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, Hbase, Cassandra, Spark, Flume, Hive, Impala, etc.
• Familiarity with Networking, Windows/Linux virtual machines, Container, Storage, ELB, AutoScaling is a plus

Nice-to-Have Certifications:

• AZ-303: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies
• AZ-304: Microsoft Azure Architect Design
• DP-200 Implementing an Azure Data Solution
• DP-201 Designing an Azure Data Solution

Nice-to-Have Skills/Qualifications:

• DevOps on an Azure platform
• Experience developing and deploying ETL solutions on Azure
• Strong in Power BI, C##, Spark, PySpark, Unix shell/Perl scripting
• Familiarity with the technology stack available in the industry for metadata management: Data Governance, Data Quality, MDM, Lineage, Data Catalog etc.
• Multi-cloud experience a plus - Azure, AWS, Google

Professional Skill Requirements:

• Proven ability to build, manage and foster a team-oriented environment
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Desire to work in an information systems environment
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
• Excellent leadership and management skills
• Excellent organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills
• Proven ability to work independently