AI & Data - Data Architect - Fabric - Senior Manager
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General Information
Location: Ireland - Dublin / Cork / Limerick / Galway
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship: Yes
Business Area: Consulting
Contract Type: Full-Time – Permanent
EY exists to build a better working world. We empower our people by offering the culture, tech, teams, scale, challenges, learning, and the relationships for you to personalise and build your career, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.
This role can be located in our offices across the Republic of Ireland, working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions. EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.
The Team and the opportunity
As part of our Data Analytics and AI team, the Data Architect role is pivotal in enabling our clients to derive significant value from their information assets. Through collaboration and domain expertise, our team embeds innovative data analytics solutions into existing business areas, transforming data into strategic assets. We are looking for a Data Architect who is passionate about leveraging data to solve complex problems and drive business outcomes.
You will play a key role in driving growth by developing new and existing client relationships and delivering first-class customer experience on high-profile engagements.
The Data Analytics and AI team serve as trusted advisors, both practical and innovative, to embed innovative data analytics solutions into existing business areas and transforming data into strategic assets. Working across all industries, you’ll develop your career by communicating creative, strategic goals both internally and externally. As a senior manager, the opportunity to assess and improve our clients’ reporting policies and corporate governance processes will impact these ever-challenging areas during transformational and regulatory changes.
Your Key Responsibilities
* 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, Dataflows Gen2, 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 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.
To qualify for the role, you must have
* Minimum of 7 years of experience in data architecture and engineering, including experience leading enterprise-scale cloud data projects.
* Proven expertise in designing and deploying solutions within Microsoft Fabric, including Lakehouse architecture, Power BI Direct Lake datasets, and OneLake storage strategies.
* 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, including incremental loads, change data capture, and medallion architecture design.
* 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 with the ability to influence stakeholders, manage cross-functional teams, and translate technical solutions into business value.
Ideally, you will also have
* Experience working with multi-tenant or multi-domain Microsoft Fabric solutions, including cross-workspace or cross-company data sharing using OneLake external shortcuts and Azure B2B access.
* Awareness of data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) and ability to design compliant data architectures within Microsoft Fabric.
* Experience implementing data governance, data quality, and data lineage using Microsoft Purview, including managing metadata and sensitivity labels within Fabric.
* Consulting experience, with the ability to build trusted advisor relationships and provide both strategic and hands-on implementation guidance.
What Working At EY Offers
We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development. Plus, EY offers:
* Support and coaching from engaging colleagues
* Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
* The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you
All our employees are given a benefits package which they can tailor to suit their individual preferences. Our benefits include:
* Pension
* Maternity & Paternity leave
* Discounted health insurance
* Bike to work Scheme
* Web Doctor - Free online GP consultations
* Recognition Awards
* The purchase of additional annual leave
* Cash incentives for referrals
* Hybrid Working
* Work Mobile
* Free Gym membership
* TECH MBA paid by EY
* Travel Pass
* Wellness rooms available in some offices
EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service while allowing you to build your career. Travel to client sites may be required for client-facing roles.
Career Progression
* We support you to enhance your skills from day one.
* Continuous learning to navigate whatever comes next.
* Opportunities to customize your career journey.
* Transformative leadership with insights, coaching, and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
* Diverse and inclusive culture where you are embraced for who you are.
* Hybrid working is supported to provide flexibility and autonomy.
About EY
As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services, EY builds a better working world through training, opportunities, and creative freedom. The EY experience lasts a lifetime.
Inclusion & Diversity
We foster an environment where differences are valued and respected. We are an equal opportunities employer and offer reasonable accommodations at every stage of recruitment.
If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please apply now. EY | Building a better working world.
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