Principal Data Architect Azure Fabric & Data Platform
Location: Remote (Offshore)
Job type: Full time or Contract
Shift time: 02:00 to 11:00 PM IST
Job Summary:
We are seeking a Principal Data Architect to lead the design and implementation of an enterprise data platform on Microsoft Fabric. This role will drive end-to-end migration, define architecture standards, and enable advanced analytics and AI capabilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and own enterprise data architecture on Azure Fabric
- Lead migration strategy from SQL Server to Fabric
- Establish best practices for PySpark, pipelines, and performance optimization
- Design scalable lakehouse and data models for enterprise analytics
- Enable ML/AI integration into production workflows
- Partner with business stakeholders to align data strategy
- Lead and mentor engineering teams
- Define data governance, security, and lineage frameworks
- Evaluate and implement data platform tools and technologies
Required Skills:
- 1015+ years in data engineering/architecture
- Deep expertise in Microsoft Fabric / Azure Data Platform / Databricks
- Strong hands-on experience with PySpark
- Proven experience in large-scale data migrations (on-prem to cloud)
- Expertise in modern data architecture (Lakehouse, Medallion)
- Strong experience with Power BI and enterprise reporting
- Experience in ML/AI model deployment
- Excellent stakeholder management and leadership skills
