Team Lead - Fabric

Smart Soource Pune; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Smart Soource Pune is seeking a senior technology leader to drive data engineering initiatives on Microsoft Fabric, Azure, and related data platforms. The role combines hands-on technical oversight with strategic team leadership across multi-location teams.

The ideal candidate brings 9+ years in IT, strong SAS/Azure background, and experience in platform modernization, data modeling, and performance optimization.

Qualifications

• 9+ years IT experience with application lifecycle management.
• 4+ years of SAS Platform / Azure infrastructure management.
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric (Data Eng., Lakehouse, Pipelines, Semantic Models) and medallion architecture.
• Designing scalable, resilient, and secure frameworks for orchestration, Data Validation.
• Python, Spark SQL / PySpark, strong SQL, data modeling.
• Spark, Delta Lake, notebooks, job orchestration.
• ADLS Gen2, Delta parquet, ADF or Azure Synapse Analytics.
• Server / App Performance Tuning and optimization, server lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Manage stakeholder relationships across multi-role, multi-location technical teams; oversee priority issues, daily operations, capacity, performance, and production support.
• Lead teams providing L2 and L3 support for Fabric, Azure, Talend, Tibco, SAP HANA, Qlik, and SLT applications.
• Monitor and enhance system availability and KPI adherence.
• Guide process improvements and ensure operational excellence.
• Plan and execute support schedules, application patching, installation, configuration, and upgrades.
• Drive team performance for timely and accurate delivery.
• Identify training needs, provide coaching, and recognize achievements.
• Design, implement and improve Medallion Data Engineering frameworks in Microsoft Fabric.
• Identify and design automation and improvement opportunities across data platforms.

Skills

IT leadership

Azure infrastructure

Microsoft Fabric

Data orchestration

Python

SQL

Spark / PySpark

ADLS Gen2 / Delta Lake

Performance tuning

Data modeling

Team leadership

Education

BE/BTech in IT

Captive environment experience

Experience in large enterprise systems

Tools

Agile Scrum

Kanban

DevOps

ITIL processes

Job description

Technical Skills

• Strong 9+ years of IT experience with application lifecycle management


• Minimum 4 yrs of experience in SaS Platform / Azure infrastructure management


• Experience of working in Microsoft Fabric (Data Engineering, Lakehouse, Pipelines, Semantic Models) and medallion architecture


• Proven Experience in Designing scalable, resilient, and secure frameworks for orchestration, Data Validation


• Hands on experience in Python, Spark SQL / PySpark, strong SQL skills and experience with data modeling


• Hands-on experience in Spark, Delta Lake, notebooks, job orchestration


• Hands on experience working on ADLS gen2, delta parquet, ADF or Azure Synapse Analytics


• Experience in Server / Application Performance Tuning and Optimization, and in depth understanding of server infrastructure and lifecycle management

People Skills

• Proven experience in people management and Operational Leadership


• Strong organizational and process implementation abilities


• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and strategic planning skills


• Capable of managing multiple initiatives and leading by example


• In-depth knowledge of performance metrics


• Foster an open, creative, and collaborative team environment

Secondary Skills

• Familiarity with Agile Scrum, Kanban, DevOps, and ITIL processes


• Strong background in application system management


• Experience supporting BI applications at L2 and L3 levels


• Analytical and troubleshooting skills; business requirements comprehension


• Data collation and root cause analysis experience


• Firsthand experience working with Platform modernization and migration to cloud-native architecture


• Understanding and experience in working for AI use case for BI, data agents, data enrichment and AI lead automation and similar experience.

Desired Skills

Candidate with these skills is added advantage

• Experience with large enterprise system and system integrations

Exposure to SAP HANA, Oracle, Talend

Knowledge of data warehousing and data modeling

• Understanding of Data Warehousing concepts


• Good data modelling skills


• Knowledge of management thought processes like Design Thinking, Design Thinking is plus


• Experience in platform modernization, new age applications setup in Azure is added advantage.

Responsibilities

• Manage stakeholder relationships across multi-role, multi-location technical teams, overseeing priority issues, daily operations, capacity, performance, and production support


• Lead teams providing L2, and L3 support for Fabric, Azure, Talend, Tibco, SAP HANA, Qlik, and SLT applications


• Monitor and enhance system availability and KPI adherence


• Guide process improvements and ensure operational excellence


• Plan and execute support schedules, application patching, installation, configuration, and upgrades


• Drive team performance for timely and accurate delivery


• Identify training needs, provide coaching, and recognize achievements


• Design, implement and improve frameworks for Medallion Data Engineering in Microsoft Fabric


• Identify and design automation and improvement opportunities across our data platforms

Education

• IT Graduate (BE, BTech,) preferred.


• Experience of working in Captive is a plus.


• Experience of working in large enterprise systems