Microsoft Fabric Technical Architect

Tavant; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Tavant is seeking a Microsoft Fabric Technical Architect to lead architecture, design, and implementation of modern data platform solutions on Microsoft Fabric. You will drive scalable lakehouse/warehouse design and robust CI/CD practices while guiding data engineering teams.

The role requires deep expertise in data platforms, orchestration, and performance tuning, with a focus on Medallion patterns, Data Vault, and semantic modeling.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in data engineering or data platform roles.
• 2+ years architecting and implementing on Microsoft Fabric.
• Proficient in SQL with performance tuning and analytics-ready modeling.
• Hands-on Azure Data Factory or Fabric pipelines with orchestration patterns.
• Strong PySpark development for scalable transformations.
• Experience implementing CI/CD for data workloads (Azure DevOps/GitHub).
• Solid data engineering fundamentals: ingestion, transformations, orchestration, testing.
• Knowledge of Medallion architecture, Data Vault, and related patterns.
• Experience with semantic layer creation and DAX functions.
• Capacity planning and workload optimization.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of data platforms on Microsoft Fabric.
• Drive scalable lakehouse/warehouse design and CI/CD practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable architectures.
• Mentor teams on Fabric technologies and best practices.

Skills

12+ years experience

Microsoft Fabric

SQL

Azure Data Factory

PySpark

CI/CD for data workloads

Data engineering fundamentals

Medallion architecture

Data Vault

Semantic layer & DAX

Orchestration patterns

Capacity planning

Tools

Snowflake

Microsoft Purview

Power BI

Fabric DP-600

Fabric DP-700

Azure DevOps/GitHub

Job description

We are looking for a Microsoft Fabric Technical Architect to lead the architecture, design, and implementation of modern data platform solutions on Microsoft Fabric. The role requires strong technical depth across data engineering, orchestration, scalable lakehouse/warehouse design, and CI/CD practices.

Must-Have Skills & Qualifications:

• 12+ years overall experience in data engineering / data platform roles.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience architecting and implementing on Microsoft Fabric.
• Strong proficiency in SQL (performance tuning, complex transformations, analytics-ready modeling).
• Hands-on expertise with Azure Data Factory (or Fabric pipelines), including orchestration patterns and parameterized pipelines.
• Strong hands-on development in PySpark for scalable transformation workflows.
• Experience implementing CI/CD for data workloads (Azure DevOps/GitHub, automated deployments, environment management).
• Strong understanding of data engineering fundamentals (ingestion, transformations, modeling, orchestration, testing).
• Strong knowledge of modern data architectures such as Medallion (Bronze/Silver/Gold), Data Vault, and related patterns.
• Hands-on knowledge with semantic layer creation, report creation and DAX functions (this is listed in good-to-have. Should be moved to must-have)
• Capacity planning and Workload optimization

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with Snowflake (architecture, migration, performance).
• Experience with Microsoft Purview for cataloging, lineage, and governance.
• Strong understanding of data governance, security, and lineage within the Microsoft ecosystem (access controls, auditing, compliance).
• Exposure to Power BI and Semantic Models (DAX/modeling is a plus).
• Fabric certifications DP-600 and DP-700
• Purview and Fabric integration

Soft Skills:

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to translate business needs into scalable technical architecture.
• Ownership mindset with the ability to lead delivery and drive outcomes