Senior Data Architect

Matlen Silver; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Matlen Silver is seeking a Senior Cloud/Data Architect with 10+ years of experience to lead a Power BI platform buildout on Microsoft Fabric, Azure, and Databricks. The role involves governance, admin tasks, and collaboration with business stakeholders in a financial-services environment.

The ideal candidate will design and implement end-to-end data pipelines, translate technical decisions for business teams, and drive foundational architecture with independence and strategic vision.

Qualifications

• 10+ years as a senior architect or lead role in cloud/data.
• Hands-on with Power BI platform setup, governance, and admin tasks.
• Experience designing data pipelines in Azure and Databricks.

Responsibilities

• Set up and administer the Power BI platform with Fabric integration.
• Design cloud data pipelines in Azure and Databricks feeding Power BI.
• Lead cloud governance standards and best practices across teams.

Skills

Power BI

Microsoft Fabric

Azure

Governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Databricks

Power BI Platform

Azure

Job description

We're looking for a senior Cloud/Data Architect with 10+ years of experience and a strong background in Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure.

Ideal candidates will have hands on experience setting up and governing a Power BI platform with Microsoft Fabric, ideally at a financial institution.

• What They'll Be Doing:Set up and administer the Power BI platform, including configuring Microsoft Fabric and establishing governance standards for how it's used, secured, and maintained.
• Design and build cloud data pipelines within Azure and Databricks to move and structure the data feeding into Power BI.
• Lead internal cloud governance efforts, setting standards and best practices that other teams will follow.

Why This Role Matters:

This person will work closely with stakeholders across the organization, translating technical decisions into terms the business side can understand, and vice versa. Since the team is early in its Power BI buildout, they'll be shaping much of the foundational architecture rather than maintaining something already in place. That makes independent judgment and prior experience with this exact kind of buildout, ideally at a financial institution, especially important.

• Power BI
• Power BI Platform Administration (setting up Fabric and governance)

Level / years of experience:

10+ years of experience as a tenured, independent architect. Not looking for someone who needs heavy oversight, this person should be senior enough to lead on their own.

• Responsibilities Held:Should have prior experience managing a Power BI platform end to end, including setting up Microsoft Fabric and building governance around it, and serving as an admin on the platform.
• They should also have led cloud governance efforts and worked directly with stakeholders across an organization, so experience presenting to or partnering with business teams (not just other technical staff) is important.

Types of Projects they've worked on:

Implementation experience is key here, specifically standing up a Power BI platform from the ground up (setup, governance, administration), rather than just maintaining or enhancing an existing one. Experience building cloud data pipelines as part of that implementation work is also important.

Specific Industry experience

Prior experience at a financial institution is highly preferred, ideally having built out or managed a Power BI platform in that setting.