Digital Consulting Senior Manager - Azure Architect

Huron Consulting Services•Chicago, IL

About The Position

Huron is seeking a Senior Manager to serve as the architect for its data and analytics platform, spanning data ingestion and integration, data engineering and transformation, data science and predictive analytics, semantic and BI modeling, and reporting and application experience. The role owns end-to-end architecture across these capability areas, translates business requirements into technical specifications, and ensures the interfaces between areas are defined and reliable as engagements scale from proof of concept to enterprise programs. The Senior Manager provides technical leadership and mentoring to engineers across the platform, including Senior Fabric Data Engineer and Senior Fabric Experience Engineer roles. The position collaborates with internal stakeholders and technology partners, works directly with clients, leads platform delivery workstreams and teams, and contributes to business development by shaping the architecture into a repeatable offering. The role designs cloud analytics solutions using Microsoft Fabric, the broader Azure data estate, and modern data and analytics platform architecture. It establishes and improves reusable frameworks and accelerators, and ensures security, compliance, scalability, reliability, and performance practices are consistently applied across reports, pipelines, and agents. The estimated base salary is $165,000–$190,000 USD, with estimated total compensation including annual incentive opportunity of $198,000–$228,000 USD. The role is eligible for Huron benefit plans, including medical, dental, and vision coverage and other wellness programs.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
At least 10 years of experience in cloud data architecture, with deep, current expertise in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric.
Strong knowledge of Azure services, including Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Storage Accounts, Logic Apps, Functions, Azure SQL Database, Active Directory, DevOps, and Monitor.
Strong knowledge of Fabric workloads, including Power BI, Lakehouse, Data Warehouse, Semantic Model, Data Factory pipelines, Dataflows Gen2, Notebooks, Data Activator, Deployment Pipelines, Workspaces, and Apps.
Working fluency in platform governance, security, infrastructure-as-code, and orchestration disciplines sufficient to design compatibly with them.
Proficiency in cloud architecture design patterns and principles, such as microservices, serverless, and event-driven architecture, applied to data platforms.
Experience leading cloud migration, integration, and deployment engagements end to end across multiple clients or programs.
Certification in Microsoft Azure or Fabric, such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Fabric Analytics Engineer, or Azure Data Engineer Associate.
Demonstrated experience mentoring technical teams and leading delivery workstreams, beyond designing architecture independently.
A record of contributing to business development and growing client relationships.
Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

Design and develop cloud analytic solutions using Microsoft Fabric, the broader Azure data estate, and modern data and analytics platform architecture.
Own end-to-end architecture across ingestion, transformation, data science, semantic modeling, reporting, and application experience, ensuring the handoffs between capability areas are defined.
Ensure adherence to best practices and standards for security, compliance, scalability, reliability, and performance across reports, pipelines, and agents.
Document and communicate platform architecture to internal teams, technical stakeholders, and executive sponsors.
Establish and refine frameworks and accelerators, including starter domain models, declarative environment patterns, governed metric libraries, automated reviews, and guardrails.
Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineers across capability areas, business areas, and technology partners.
Lead project delivery workstreams and teams across the platform.
Contribute to business development by shaping platform architecture into a sellable, repeatable offering.
Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization and directly with clients.