Senior Microsoft Fabric Administrator

Cognizant; Kraków; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Senior Microsoft Fabric Administrator to lead operations, governance, and optimization of Microsoft Fabric across a large-scale Data & Analytics environment. You will ensure security, reliability, and cost efficiency while supporting analytics workloads and acting as subject matter expert for Fabric administration.

This role requires hands-on production experience, strong governance skills, and collaboration with Data Engineering, Analytics, Architecture,

Qualifications

• 7+ years supporting enterprise data and analytics platforms.
• Hands-on experience administering Microsoft Fabric in production environments.
• Knowledge of Fabric capacities, workspaces, OneLake, Lakehouse, and Power BI.
• Experience with RBAC, data governance, and Purview.
• Proven incident management and platform monitoring skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Administer Fabric capacities, workspaces, domains, and OneLake environments.
• Optimize Fabric workloads: Lakehouse, Warehouse, Data Pipelines, Dataflows Gen2.
• Monitor platform health using Fabric Admin APIs, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics.
• Lead incident management, troubleshooting, and RCA.
• Implement governance, security controls, and cost management.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enable platform adoption.
• Support disaster recovery and operational excellence initiatives.

Skills

Fabric administration

7+ years data & analytics platforms

Incident management

Stakeholder management

Security governance

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Purview

Azure DevOps

Git

Entra ID

OneLake

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Microsoft Fabric Administrator to lead the operational management, governance, and optimization of Microsoft Fabric across a large-scale enterprise Data & Analytics environment.

In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the platform remains secure, reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient while supporting critical analytics and data workloads. You will act as the subject matter expert for Microsoft Fabric administration, providing technical leadership across support, monitoring, governance, and platform operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and support Microsoft Fabric capacities, workspaces, domains, and OneLake environments.
• Manage and optimize Fabric workloads including Lakehouse, Warehouse, Data Pipelines, Dataflows Gen2, Notebooks, and Power BI integrations.
• Monitor platform health, performance, and capacity utilization using Fabric Admin APIs, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics.
• Lead incident management, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and service recovery.
• Implement and maintain governance, security, RBAC, data classification, and compliance controls.
• Drive performance optimization, capacity planning, and cost management across the platform.
• Support disaster recovery, resilience, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering, Analytics, Architecture, Security, and Infrastructure teams to promote best practices and platform adoption.

Required Experience

• 7+ years supporting enterprise data and analytics platforms.
• Hands‑on experience administering Microsoft Fabric in production environments.
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Fabric capacities, workspaces, and OneLake
  • Lakehouse and Warehouse operations
  • Data Pipelines, Dataflows Gen2, Notebooks, and Power BI
  • Microsoft Purview, RBAC, and data governance
  • Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Microsoft Entra ID, and Azure services
  • Azure DevOps, Git, and CI/CD practices
• Experience with incident management, platform monitoring, and operational support.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and problem‑solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Fabric certification (DP‑700 or equivalent).
• Experience in financial services or other regulated industries.
• Knowledge of Azure Data Factory, Informatica, ServiceNow, and ITIL processes.
• Experience working within large-scale transformation or multi‑vendor environments.

What We're Looking For

A hands‑on platform expert with strong operational and troubleshooting skills, who can ensure Microsoft Fabric remains secure, performant, and well‑governed while enabling users to get maximum value from the platform.