Enterprise Fabric Architect/Microsoft Fabric

Ciklum • United States,

3h

About The Position

Ciklum is seeking an Enterprise Fabric Architect to lead architecture strategy, onboarding standards, and platform governance for a large-scale Microsoft Fabric enterprise data acquisition and operationalization program. The role focuses on scalable architecture patterns for onboarding enterprise data into Microsoft Fabric Bronze and Silver layers while enabling downstream analytics, reporting, semantic modeling, and AI initiatives.

As the primary architecture authority for the Fabric platform, the architect will drive enterprise-wide standards for ingestion, operationalization, governance, metadata, lineage, and reusable onboarding frameworks. The position requires deep expertise in modern cloud data platforms, enterprise architecture, data engineering, governance frameworks, and large-scale platform operationalization, and involves advising on transformation strategy and mentoring architects, engineers, and data modelers.

Requirements

• 12–18 years of overall experience, including at least 7 years in Enterprise Data Architecture, Cloud Data Platforms, Data Engineering, or Analytics Architecture.
• Proven experience designing and leading enterprise-scale cloud data platforms and data engineering architectures.
• Expert-level knowledge of Microsoft Fabric, modern Lakehouse architectures, and Medallion Architecture principles.
• Experience building scalable onboarding frameworks, managing metadata and lineage, and implementing operational controls.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive-level communication skills.
• Technical platform experience with Microsoft Fabric (OneLake, Lakehouse, Warehouse), Azure Synapse, Snowflake, and Databricks.
• Data engineering experience with Delta Lake, Spark, dbt, and Azure Data Factory.
• Experience with Microsoft Purview, metadata frameworks, CI/CD, and DataOps practices.
• Experience with Power BI Semantic Models.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Technology.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise-wide Microsoft Fabric strategy, onboarding standards, and scalable architecture patterns for data acquisition and operationalization.
• Drive architecture governance across Medallion layers and ensure consistency through reusable ingestion frameworks and templates.
• Lead technical reviews and establish standards for scalability, resiliency, security, and performance across squads.
• Architect Lakehouse, Warehouse, OneLake, and semantic enablement layers to support enterprise-scale analytics and AI initiatives.
• Standardize ingestion pipelines and reusable data products to improve platform stability and operational efficiency.
• Operationalize master data onboarding and source system integration, aligning architecture with downstream reporting and modeling needs.
• Establish governance frameworks for metadata, lineage, and ownership, with guardrails that balance delivery speed and enterprise controls.
• Define observability and monitoring standards to support data quality and compliance with security and regulatory policies.
• Serve as a primary advisor for data transformation initiatives and partner with executive leadership to define the strategic roadmap.
• Align architecture with delivery and work with delivery managers to connect strategy with execution.
• Mentor architects, engineers, and data modelers.

Benefits

• Healthcare
• Basic Life Insurance
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Internal events including meetups, conferences, and workshops
• Udemy access
• Language courses
• Company-paid certifications
• Internal mobility opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior