Senior Data Architecture Lead: Microsoft Fabric & AI

Wolters Kluwer; Coppell (TX); On-site; USD 108,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

Wolters Kluwer is seeking an experienced Data Architect to define, govern, and evolve the enterprise data architecture supporting analytics, reporting, AI, and data-driven capabilities. Lead Microsoft Fabric adoption, OneLake, lakehouse and data warehouse governance, and establish standards for ETL/ELT, data modeling, and data governance.

The role requires 8+ years in data architecture with cloud platform design and modernization experience, reporting to the Director, Product Software

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, data warehousing, or analytics.
• 3+ years in a senior architecture or technical leadership role.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale cloud data platforms and modernization initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the enterprise data architecture roadmap.
• Establish target-state architectures for analytics, reporting, AI, and operational workloads.
• Lead Microsoft Fabric architecture and governance including OneLake, Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, Fabric Data Factory, semantic models, and security.
• Define standards for dimensional modeling, Data Vault, fact and dimension design, and slowly changing dimensions.
• Establish ETL/ELT architecture standards across Azure Data Factory, Fabric Data Factory, SSIS, and Pentaho.
• Create governance frameworks for data quality, lineage, metadata, security, privacy, and compliance.
• Define AI-ready data architecture patterns and support AI, machine learning, and generative AI initiatives.
• Conduct architecture reviews, mentor engineers, and establish reference architectures.
• Promote Specification-Driven Development and architecture-first practices.

Skills

EA principles

Data modernization

Data mesh concepts

Lakehouse architectures

Hybrid cloud

Stakeholder mgmt

Roadmap planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering/Math

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Data Factory

Fabric Data Factory

SQL Server

Azure Data Lake Storage

OneLake

Data Vault

ETL/ELT Architecture

CDC

Metadata Management

Advanced SQL

Job description

Wolters Kluwer is seeking an experienced Data Architect to define, govern, and evolve the enterprise data architecture supporting analytics, reporting, AI, and data-driven capabilities. Lead Microsoft Fabric adoption, OneLake, lakehouse and data warehouse governance, and establish standards for ETL/ELT, data modeling, and data governance.

The role requires 8+ years in data architecture with cloud platform design and modernization experience, reporting to the Director, Product Software