Lead Azure Architect

Fractal Analytics Inc; Texas; On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Paid holidays

Parental leave

PTO

Job summary

Fractal is seeking an experienced Lead Azure Architect to design and deliver scalable data and AI solutions on Azure. The role focuses on core Azure services including Data Lake, Databricks, Synapse, Cosmos and ML Ops at scale, with client engagement and offshore/onshore collaboration.

You will translate requirements into technical designs, guide architecture decisions, and help craft a strategic vision across data platforms.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience.
• Experience designing on Azure data services.
• Experience delivering data platforms and analytics solutions.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to work onsite in Dallas, TX.

Responsibilities

• Translate functional requirements into technical design
• Interact with clients and internal stakeholders to understand data and platform requirements
• Architect on Azure platform to meet functional and non-functional requirements
• Evaluate technology landscape and propose strategic vision
• Prepare and answer RFPs/RFIs/RFQs
• Oversee design and solution architecture to ensure standards
• Estimate effort and align stakeholders on schedule
• Design, develop and deliver data interfaces in ADF and Databricks
• Deliver data models on Azure platform (Cosmos, Synapse, or SQL)
• Advise on ML engineering and MLOps at scale on AKS
• Automate activities to improve delivery time and quality
• Optimize platform cost with right services
• Deploy Azure DevOps and CI/CD processes
• Deploy logging and monitoring for alerts

Skills

Azure Architecture

Azure Data Lake

Azure Databricks

Leadership

Client interaction

Tools

ADF

Synapse

Cosmos DB

Python

Spark

Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they are doing!

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

Lead Azure Architect

Fractal is a strategic AI partner to Fortune 500 companies with a vision to power every human decision in the enterprise. Fractal is building a world where individual choices, freedom, and diversity are the greatest assets. An ecosystem where human imagination is at the heart of every decision. Where no possibility is written off, only challenged to get better.

We believe that a true Fractalite is the one who empowers imagination with intelligence. Fractal has been featured as a Great Place to Work by The Economic Times in partnership with the Great Place to Work® Institute and recognized as a "Cool Vendor" and a "Vendor to Watch" by Gartner.

Please visit Fractal | Intelligence for Imagination for more information about Fractal

Location: Dallas, Texas (Client onsite)

Note: This position is not eligible for Immigration Sponsorship currently.

Role Overview:

Fractal is seeking an experienced Lead Azure Architect with experience in Azure core technologies - Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Data Lake Analytics, Azure Cosmos, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL Database, Azure HDInsight, Azure Databricks, SQL data warehouse (Synapse) and LLMs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Translate functional requirements into technical design
• Interact with clients and internal stakeholders to understand the data and platform requirements in detail and determine core Azure services needed to fulfil the technical design
• Architect on Azure platform to meet client specific functional and non-functional requirements
• Evaluate the current technology landscape and recommend a forward-looking, short, and long-term technology strategic vision.
• Participate in the creation and sharing of best practices, technical content, and new reference architectures.
• Preparing and answering RFPs, RFIs and RFQs
• Oversee design and solution architecture to ensure standards are followed, codebase is modular and scalable
• Estimate effort using a parametric estimation model and bring all stakeholders on-board about the overall schedule, and dependencies
• Design, Develop and Deliver data integration interfaces in ADF and Azure Databricks
• Design, Develop and Deliver data provisioning interfaces to fulfil consumption needs
• Deliver data models on Azure platform, it could be on Azure Cosmos, SQL DW / Synapse or SQL
• Advise clients on ML Engineering and deploying ML Ops at Scale on AKS
• Automate core activities to minimize the delivery lead times and improve the overall quality
• Optimize platform cost by selecting right platform services and architecting the solution in a cost-effective manner
• Deploy Azure DevOps and CI CD processes
• Deploy logging and monitoring across the different integration points for critical alerts

Required Experience:

• 10+ years of software development experience
• Translated complex analytical requirements into technical design including data models, ETLs and Dashboards / Reports
• Experience deploying dashboards and self-service analytics solutions on both relational and non-relational databases.
• Dbt core or dbt cloud experience.
• Data vault 2.0 implementation experience with automate_dv package.
• Experience with different computing paradigms in databases such as In-Memory, Distributed, Massively Parallel Processing
• Successfully delivered large scale data management initiatives covering Plan, Design, Build and Deploy phases leveraging different delivery methodologies including Agile
• Strong knowledge of continuous integration, static code analysis and test-driven development
• Experience in delivering projects in a highly collaborative delivery model with teams at onsite and offshore
• Must have Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Delivered change management initiatives focused on driving data platforms adoption across the enterprise.
• Experience working on APIs, ADFs, Python and Spark.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills are a must, as well as the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations.

Pay:

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Fractal, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is: Up to $150,000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus for the current performance period.

Benefits:

As a full-time employee of the company or as an hourly employee working more than 30 hours per week, you will be eligible to participate in the health, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability plans in accordance with the plan documents, which may be amended from time to time. You will be eligible for benefits on the first day of employment with the Company. In addition, you are eligible to participate in the Company 401(k) Plan after 30 days of employment, in accordance with the applicable plan terms. The Company provides for 11 paid holidays and 12 weeks of Parental Leave. We also follow a “free time” PTO policy, allowing you the flexibility to take the time needed for either sick time or vacation.

Fractal provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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