Urgent Client Need: Data Architect (Microsoft Fabric Expertise); Remote; 12+ Months Contract

[Niranjan Kumar]

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Job Title: Data Architect (Microsoft Fabric Expertise)

Location: Remote

Duration: 12+ Months Contract

Experience: 15+ years (adjustable)

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Data Architect to design, modernize, and optimize enterprise-scale data platforms. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Microsoft Fabric, strong command over advanced data architecture and modeling, and hands-on experience leading legacy-to-cloud modernization initiatives. This role requires a strategic thinker who can translate business requirements into scalable, high-performance data solutions while ensuring governance, security, and reliability.

Key Responsibilities:

Data Architecture & Design

Design and own end-to-end enterprise data architecture, including ingestion, storage, processing, analytics, and consumption layers.

Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models to support business intelligence, advanced analytics, and AI/ML use cases.

Establish and enforce data architecture standards, patterns, and best practices across the organization.

Microsoft Fabric Expertise

Architect and implement solutions using Microsoft Fabric, including:

OneLake

Data Engineering

Data Warehousing

Data Factory

Real-Time Analytics

Power BI integration

Design unified analytics platforms leveraging Fabric’s Lakehouse and Warehouse architectures.

Optimize Fabric environments for scalability, performance, and cost efficiency.

Legacy-to-Cloud Modernization.

Lead and execute legacy data platform modernization initiatives (on-prem or hybrid systems to cloud-based platforms).

Assess existing data ecosystems and define modernization roadmaps aligned with business goals.

Migrate legacy ETL pipelines, data warehouses, and reporting solutions to cloud-native architectures.

Ensure minimal disruption and data integrity during migration activities.

Performance Optimization

Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across data pipelines, storage layers, and analytical workloads.

Implement query optimization, data partitioning, indexing, caching, and workload management strategies.

Monitor and tune system performance to meet SLAs and business expectations.

Data Governance & Security

Define and implement data governance frameworks, including data quality, metadata management, lineage, and master data management.

Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.

Collaborate with security teams to design role-based access and data protection mechanisms.

Collaboration & Leadership

Work closely with business stakeholders, data engineers, analysts, and application teams to align architecture with business needs.

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to data engineering and analytics teams.

Participate in architecture reviews and contribute to enterprise-wide technology decisions.

Mandatory Skills:

Microsoft Fabric Expertise (Hands-on architecture and implementation)

Advanced Data Architecture & Data Modeling

Legacy-to-Cloud Data Platform Modernization

Performance Optimization for Large-Scale Data Systems

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or analytics platforms.
• Strong experience with cloud data platforms (Azure preferred).
• Deep understanding of data warehousing, lakehouse, and modern analytics architectures.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Azure ecosystem (Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake).
• Knowledge of real-time and streaming data architectures.
• Experience supporting AI/ML and advanced analytics workloads.
• Microsoft or cloud architecture certifications.

Thanks & Regards,
Niranjan Kumar Chikkala

Sr Lead Recruiter

3333 Warrenville Rd, Ste # 200 Lisle, IL 60532

Phone: 630 242 2375, 525546244545
Email: nira...@sidmans.com

Web: www.sidmans.com