Microsoft Fabric / Azure Data Lead

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Experience
7+ years of professional data engineering experience; 3+ years in a Lead, Architect, or equivalent senior technical ownership capacity
Required Skills
PythonSQLPySpark

Requirements

  • 7+ years of professional data engineering experience.
  • 3+ years in a Lead, Architect, or equivalent senior technical ownership capacity.
  • Hands-on Microsoft Fabric implementation experience, including OneLake, Lakehouse, Data Factory pipelines, and workspace and capacity administration.
  • Production or pilot experience implementing Microsoft Fabric in an enterprise environment.
  • Strong understanding of Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL/SQL Server, Azure Data Lake Storage, and Azure OpenAI or Azure AI services.
  • Experience leading a data platform migration, such as Synapse to Fabric or a comparable modernization.
  • Experience designing secure Azure data platform networking, including private endpoints and VNet integration.
  • Strong SQL and Python/PySpark skills and experience delivering production-grade data pipelines.
  • Experience with Change Data Capture, database mirroring, or replication for near-real-time ingestion.
  • Experience working with SQL Server, Oracle, or similar enterprise databases.
  • Working knowledge of Medallion architecture and dimensional modeling, including facts, dimensions, and star schemas.
  • Experience delivering solutions in regulated or compliance-sensitive environments such as CMMC, DFARS, or FedRAMP.
  • Client-facing communication skills and ability to lead technical workshops and explain architecture decisions to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical direction across a data engineering team.
  • U.S. citizen residing in the United States.

Responsibilities

  • Design the target Microsoft Fabric architecture, including workspace organization, capacity strategy, sizing, and cost forecasting.
  • Lead the migration strategy from Azure Synapse to Microsoft Fabric, including data movement patterns and sequencing.
  • Evaluate OneLake shortcuts and one-time data copy approaches while minimizing disruption to active initiatives.
  • Design secure Fabric networking, including private endpoints and virtual network integration, with infrastructure and security teams.
  • Architect near-real-time data ingestion from Oracle ERP and on-premises and Azure SQL Server databases.
  • Define data sensitivity classification and tagging at schema, table, and column levels.
  • Build a roadmap from ingestion and protection foundations toward Medallion architecture and dimensional modeling.
  • Serve as the technical contact for Fabric architecture questions and validate capabilities and constraints in GCC High environments.
  • Provide client-facing documentation, architecture recommendations, and change-request inputs.
  • Direct and mentor Data Engineers, review technical designs and code, and resolve complex engineering challenges.
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