Hybrid Data & Solution Architect: Fabric & Purview Lead

Pearson Carter Limited; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 152,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson Carter Limited is seeking a Data & Solution Architect to own enterprise data architecture on a government client engagement. You’ll build on an established Microsoft Fabric environment, shape governance with Purview, and translate architectural standards into production-ready data products.

This Wellington-based, hybrid role offers hands-on delivery within a pre-provisioned Fabric environment and the chance to influence data mesh, medallion architecture, and end-to-end ETL/ELT

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior or Lead Data Architect designing enterprise-scale, cloud-native data solutions.
• Hands-on Microsoft Fabric expertise across OneLake, Lakehouses, Warehouses, Dataflows Gen2, Data Factory and Direct Lake.
• Strong Microsoft Purview architecture and implementation experience, including automated scanning, cataloguing, lineage and classification within Azure/Fabric environments.
• A strong understanding of Medallion Architecture, data modelling and Data Mesh/Data Product principles.
• Deep knowledge of ETL/ELT ingestion, pipeline orchestration and metadata-driven frameworks, with the ability to take designs through to production.

Responsibilities

• Review the existing Microsoft Fabric environment, OneLake structure and operational framework, identifying what’s needed to support scalable delivery.
• Define architectural standards, ingestion strategies and integration patterns to guide future data engineering.
• Design and implement Bronze, Silver and Gold Medallion Architecture layers, delivering one to two production-ready data products.
• Establish ETL/ELT pipelines, transformation patterns and semantic models that make enterprise data usable and reliable.
• Design Microsoft Purview governance architecture covering metadata, cataloguing, lineage, classification, sensitivity labels and access controls.

Skills

Microsoft Fabric

Microsoft Purview

OneLake

Lakehouse

Data Factory

Dataflows Gen2

ETL/ELT

Data Mesh

Medallion Architecture

Data Modelling

Azure

Data Governance

Tools

Azure Purview

Microsoft Fabric

OneLake

Job description

Pearson Carter Limited is seeking a Data & Solution Architect to own enterprise data architecture on a government client engagement. You’ll build on an established Microsoft Fabric environment, shape governance with Purview, and translate architectural standards into production-ready data products.

This Wellington-based, hybrid role offers hands-on delivery within a pre-provisioned Fabric environment and the chance to influence data mesh, medallion architecture, and end-to-end ETL/ELT