Data Fabric Architect/Data Architect

Renaissance InfoSystems

Sydney

On-site

AUD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Renaissance InfoSystems in Sydney, Australia, seeks a senior Data Fabric Architect to design and govern enterprise-scale data platforms using Microsoft Fabric. You will partner with stakeholders, data engineers, and BI teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions with strong analytics enablement.

You will lead data architecture design, migration planning, and governance programs while optimizing performance and cost. Remote work is not indicated; on-site collaboration is expected.

Qualifications

10+ years in Data & Analytics Architecture.
3+ years in Cloud Data Platforms and Microsoft Fabric.
Experience designing, governing, and implementing enterprise-scale data platforms.
Ability to collaborate with business stakeholders and analytics teams.

Responsibilities

Design enterprise data architecture using Microsoft Fabric components.
Define conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
Establish Lakehouse and Medallion Architecture patterns (Bronze, Silver, Gold).
Design enterprise-wide data integration frameworks and reusable patterns.
Architect batch, streaming, and event-driven ingestion solutions.
Design data pipelines using Fabric Data Factory, Notebooks, Dataflows Gen2, and APIs.
Integrate data from ERP, CRM, SaaS, databases, files, and external platforms.
Implement scalable ELT/ETL solutions.
Define dimensional models, semantic models, and data product structures.
Enable self-service BI and advanced analytics through Power BI.
Implement data governance using Microsoft Purview and Fabric governance capabilities.
Define security architecture including RBAC, row-level security, masking, encryption, and access controls.
Ensure compliance with privacy, regulatory, and organizational security standards.
Establish data quality, metadata, lineage, and catalog strategies.
Lead migrations from legacy data warehouses to Microsoft Fabric.
Develop migration roadmaps and modernization strategies.
Conduct architecture reviews and client workshops.
Provide technical leadership to data engineers, analysts, and BI teams.
Support pre-sales, solutioning, estimations, and RFP/RFT responses.

Skills

Enterprise Data Architecture

Modern Data Platform Design

Data Governance

Stakeholder Management

Solution Consulting

Technical Leadership

Cost Optimization

Architecture Review & Governance

Education

DP-600: Implementing Analytics Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric

DP-700: Implementing Data Engineering Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric

DP-203: Azure Data Engineer Associate

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Tools

OneLake

Lakehouse

Data Warehouse

Fabric Data Factory

Real-Time Intelligence

Eventstreams

Dataflows Gen2

Notebooks

Semantic Models

Direct Lake

Power BI

Fabric Administration & Governance

PySpark

Spark SQL

Python

SQL

Delta Lake

ETL/ELT Design

Azure Data Lake Storage

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Data Factory

Azure SQL

Azure Event Hub

Azure Functions

REST APIs

Microsoft Purview

Data Catalog

Data Lineage

Metadata Management

Data Quality

RBAC

Data Security & Compliance

Azure DevOps

Git Integration

CI/CD Pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Databricks

Snowflake

Synapse Analytics

AI/ML Integration

Generative AI and Copilot Integration

Data Mesh and Data Products Architecture

Job description

About Us

Renaissance Info Systems is a technology and digital recruitment agency, connecting contract and permanent professionals with clients across Asia-Pacific. We aim to differentiate ourselves through our level of responsiveness, and our understanding that comes from being an IT recruitment agency from the IT Industry. Our recruiters balance sophisticated and simple inter-personal techniques to assure a strong candidate network. Know More: http://www.reninfo.com.au

We require 100% onsite Australian citizen security cleared team.

Job description: Data Fabric Architect

Experience

10+ years in Data & Analytics Architecture, with 3+ years in Cloud Data Platforms and Microsoft Fabric

Role Summary

The Fabric Data Architect is responsible for designing, governing, and implementing enterprise-scale data platforms using Microsoft Fabric. The role focuses on data architecture, Lakehouse design, data integration, governance, security, analytics enablement, and modernization of legacy data platforms. The architect collaborates with business stakeholders, solution architects, data engineers, and analytics teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performance data solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Data Architecture & Platform Design

Design enterprise data architecture using Microsoft Fabric components including OneLake, Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, Data Factory, Real-Time Intelligence, Semantic Models, and Power BI.
Define conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
Establish Lakehouse and Medallion Architecture patterns (Bronze, Silver, Gold).
Design enterprise-wide data integration frameworks and reusable architecture patterns.

Data Engineering & Integration

Architect batch, streaming, and event-driven ingestion solutions.
Design data pipelines using Fabric Data Factory, Notebooks, Dataflows Gen2, and APIs.
Integrate data from ERP, CRM, SaaS, databases, files, and external platforms.
Implement scalable ELT/ETL solutions.

Data Modeling & Analytics

Define dimensional models, semantic models, and data product structures.
Design Direct Lake and Warehouse optimization strategies.
Enable self-service BI and advanced analytics through Power BI.

Governance & Security

Implement data governance using Microsoft Purview and Fabric governance capabilities.
Define security architecture including RBAC, row-level security, masking, encryption, and access controls.
Ensure compliance with privacy, regulatory, and organizational security standards.
Establish data quality, metadata, lineage, and catalog strategies.

Migration & Modernization

Lead migrations from legacy Data Warehouses, Synapse, Hadoop, SQL Server, Teradata, Snowflake, or Databricks to Microsoft Fabric.
Define migration roadmaps and modernization strategies.
Conduct platform assessments and architecture reviews.

Performance & Optimization

Optimize Fabric workloads for scalability and performance.
Monitor and improve query performance, storage utilization, and cost efficiency.
Develop FinOps and capacity management strategies for Fabric F-SKUs.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

Conduct architecture workshops and client discussions.
Provide technical leadership to data engineers, analysts, and BI teams.
Review solution designs and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
Support pre-sales, solutioning, estimations, and RFP/RFT responses.

Required Technical Skills

Microsoft Fabric