Job Description
We are seeking a highly skilled Data Architect to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about leveraging data to drive business outcomes and solve complex problems.
The successful candidate will play a key role in driving growth by developing new relationships and delivering exceptional customer experiences on high-profile engagements.
This role involves working closely with cross-functional teams, including cloud engineers, data scientists, and business stakeholders, to translate business needs into robust technical designs.
You will also have the opportunity to design and implement data artefacts using lakehouses, data warehouses, data pipelines, and notebooks in line with industry best practices.
As part of this role, you will lead and mentor diverse project teams working across Microsoft Fabric, including data engineers, data architects, and Power BI developers, delivering end-to-end modern data platform solutions.
This is an exceptional opportunity to build a career in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.
About the Role
Lead and mentor diverse project teams working across Microsoft Fabric, including data engineers, data architects, and Power BI developers, delivering end-to-end modern data platform solutions.
Own the Microsoft Fabric solution architecture for complex client projects, including lakehouse, data warehouse, data integration, and semantic model layers.
Design and implement Fabric-based data artefacts using lakehouses, data warehouses, data pipelines, and notebooks in line with client needs and industry best practices.
Guide teams on best practices in Direct Lake mode, OneLake shortcuts, delta tables, and efficient data layer separation (Bronze, Silver, Gold).
Implement Fabric-native data governance leveraging Microsoft Purview, sensitivity labels, and workspace security to ensure compliance, privacy, and data protection across domains.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including cloud engineers, data scientists, Power Platform consultants, and business stakeholders, to translate business needs into robust Microsoft Fabric-based technical designs.
Conduct data architecture assessments for legacy or cloud-based environments and develop Fabric-based migration roadmaps, including data modelling, ingestion, transformation, and reporting.
Define and implement CI/CD processes for Fabric using Azure DevOps Git integration, including workspace branching strategies, pull requests, build and release pipelines.
Act as a trusted Microsoft Fabric SME and advisor to clients, providing architectural direction, governance standards, optimization techniques, and helping align Fabric deployments with strategic business goals.
Stay current with Microsoft Fabric product evolution, industry trends, and data architecture patterns, delivering thought leadership and enabling innovation in client engagements and internal capability building.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop new and existing client relationships and deliver exceptional customer experiences on high-profile engagements.
* Communicate creative, strategic goals both internally and externally.
* Assess and improve clients' reporting policies and corporate governance processes.
* Translate business needs into robust technical designs.
* Design and implement Fabric-based data artefacts.
* Implement Fabric-native data governance.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams.
* Conduct data architecture assessments and develop migration roadmaps.
* Define and implement CI/CD processes.
* Act as a trusted Microsoft Fabric SME and advisor to clients.
* Stay current with Microsoft Fabric product evolution and industry trends.
Requirements
Minimum of 7 years of experience in data architecture and engineering.
Proven expertise in designing and deploying solutions within Microsoft Fabric.
Solid understanding of data modelling techniques across transactional, analytical, and semantic layers.
Strong hands-on experience using delta lake formats and Fabric Lakehouse/SQL endpoints.
Experience building and orchestrating Data Pipelines and Dataflows Gen2.
Proficiency with SQL, PySpark, and notebooks within Fabric for data transformation and enrichment workflows.
Demonstrated experience working in Agile environments and implementing CI/CD pipelines.
Strong leadership and client-facing communication skills.
Awareness of data privacy regulations.
Experience implementing data governance, data quality, and data lineage using Microsoft Purview.
Consulting experience, with the ability to build trusted advisor relationships.
What We Offer
Competitive remuneration package.
Comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development.
FlexEY allows employees to select benefits that suit their needs.
Support and coaching from engaging colleagues.
Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career.
Freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that's right for you.
Benefits include pension, maternity & paternity leave, discounted health insurance, bike to work Scheme, Web Doctor, Recognition Awards, purchase of additional annual leave, cash incentives for referrals, Hybrid Working, Free Gym membership, TECH MBA paid by EY, Travel Pass, Wellness rooms.
EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds.
Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process.