Digital Consulting Senior Manager - Azure Architect

Huron; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 165,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Huron seeks a Senior Manager to serve as the architect for our data and analytics platform, spanning ingestion, transformation, data science and BI. You will own end-to-end architecture, translate business requirements into technical specs, and ensure seamless handoffs as engagements scale from PoCs to enterprise programs.

You will provide technical leadership to engineers, lead delivery workstreams, and shape the platform as a sellable offering, leveraging Microsoft Fabric and Azure services

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years in cloud data architecture with deep Azure and Fabric expertise.
• Strong knowledge of Azure services: Synapse Analytics, Data Factory, Storage, Logic Apps, Functions, Azure SQL Database, Active Directory, DevOps, Monitor.
• Strong knowledge of Fabric workloads: Power BI, Lakehouse, Semantic Model, Data Factory pipelines, Dataflows Gen2, Notebooks, Data Activator, Deployment Pipelines, Workspaces, Apps.
• Experience with platform governance, security, IaC, and orchestration.
• Proficiency in cloud architecture patterns: microservices, serverless, event-driven.
• Experience in leading cloud migrations and deployments end-to-end.
• Azure/Fabric certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Fabric Analytics Engineer, or Azure Data Engineer Associate.
• Demonstrated mentoring of technical teams and leading delivery workstreams.
• Proven ability to contribute to business development and client relationships.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop cloud analytic solutions using Microsoft Fabric, the Azure data estate, and a modern data platform.
• Own end-to-end architecture across ingestion, transformation, data science, semantic modeling, and reporting; ensure defined handoffs.
• Ensure adherence to security, compliance, scalability, reliability and performance across reports and pipelines.
• Document and communicate platform architecture to internal teams, stakeholders and sponsors.
• Establish frameworks and accelerators: starter domain models, declarative environment patterns, guarded metrics.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineers and partners.
• Lead project delivery workstreams and teams across the platform.
• Contribute to business development by shaping the platform as a sellable offering.

Skills

Excellent communication

Mentoring teams

Business development

Problem solving

Delivery leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Azure/Fabric certifications

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Data Factory

Power BI

Azure SQL Database

DevOps

Job description

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future.

Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

We are looking for a Senior Manager to serve as the architect for our data and analytics platform, spanning data ingestion and integration, data engineering and transformation, data science and predictive analytics, semantic and BI modeling, and reporting and application experience. You will be responsible for owning the end-to-end architecture across these capability areas, translating business requirements into technical specifications, and ensuring every handoff between them holds up as an engagement scales from a proof of concept to an enterprise program. You will also provide technical leadership and mentoring to the engineers working across each capability area, including our Senior Fabric Data Engineer and Senior Fabric Experience Engineer roles, and collaborate with stakeholders across the organization and directly with clients.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop cloud analytic solutions using Microsoft Fabric, the broader Azure data estate, and a modern data and analytics platform architecture.
• Own the end‑to‑end architecture across ingestion, transformation, data science, semantic modeling, and reporting and application experience, ensuring every handoff between them is a defined contract, not an assumption.
• Ensure adherence to best practices and standards for security, compliance, scalability, reliability and performance, applied identically across reports, pipelines and agents.
• Document and communicate the platform architecture to internal teams, technical stakeholders and executive sponsors.
• Establish and refine the frameworks and accelerators that let engagements start from a foundation instead of a blank page: starter domain models, declarative environment patterns, governed metric libraries, automated reviews and guardrails.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineers across each capability area, as well as to business areas and technology partners.
• Lead project delivery workstreams and teams across the platform.
• Contribute directly to business development, shaping the platform architecture as a sellable, repeatable offering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• At least 10 years of experience in cloud data architecture, with deep, current expertise in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric.
• Strong knowledge of Azure services such as Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Storage Accounts, Logic Apps, Functions, Azure SQL Database, Active Directory, DevOps, and Monitor.
• Strong knowledge of Fabric workloads such as Power BI, Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, Semantic Model, Data Factory pipelines, Dataflows Gen2, Notebooks, Data Activator, Deployment Pipelines, Workspaces, and Apps.
• Working fluency with platform governance, security, infrastructure‑as‑code, and orchestration disciplines, sufficient to design compatibly with each, even without owning them directly.
• Proficient in cloud architecture design patterns and principles, such as microservices, serverless, and event‑driven architecture, applied specifically to data platforms.
• Experience leading cloud migration, integration, and deployment engagements end to end, across multiple clients or programs.
• Certification in Microsoft Azure or Fabric, such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Fabric Analytics Engineer, or Azure Data Engineer Associate.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring technical teams and leading delivery workstreams, not only designing architecture solo.
• A record of contributing to business development and growing client relationships.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem‑solving skills.

The estimated base salary for this job is $165,000 - $190,000 USD. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $198,000 - $228,000 USD. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future.

Position Level

Senior Manager

Country

United States of America