Lead Azure Architect

Fractal Analytics•Texas, TX

4d•$150,000•Onsite

About The Position

Fractal is a strategic AI partner to Fortune 500 companies with a vision to power every human decision in the enterprise. Fractal is building a ecosystem where human imagination is at the heart of every decision. Fractal has been featured as a Great Place to Work by The Economic Times in partnership with the Great Place to Work® Institute and recognized as a "Cool Vendor" and a "Vendor to Watch" by Gartner. Fractal is seeking an experienced Lead Azure Architect with experience in Azure core technologies - Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Data Lake Analytics, Azure Cosmos, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL Database, Azure HDInsight, Azure Databricks, SQL data warehouse (Synapse) and LLMs.

Requirements

10+ years of software development experience
Translated complex analytical requirements into technical design including data models, ETLs and Dashboards / Reports
Experience deploying dashboards and self-service analytics solutions on both relational and non-relational databases.
Dbt core or dbt cloud experience.
Data vault 2.0 implementation experience with automate_dv package.
Experience with different computing paradigms in databases such as In-Memory, Distributed, Massively Parallel Processing
Successfully delivered large scale data management initiatives covering Plan, Design, Build and Deploy phases leveraging different delivery methodologies including Agile
Strong knowledge of continuous integration, static code analysis and test-driven development
Experience in delivering projects in a highly collaborative delivery model with teams at onsite and offshore
Must have Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Delivered change management initiatives focused on driving data platforms adoption across the enterprise.
Experience working on APIs, ADFs, Python and Spark.
Strong verbal and written communications skills are a must, as well as the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations.

Responsibilities

Translate functional requirements into technical design
Interact with clients and internal stakeholders to understand the data and platform requirements in detail and determine core Azure services needed to fulfil the technical design
Architect on Azure platform to meet client specific functional and non-functional requirements
Evaluate the current technology landscape and recommend a forward-looking, short, and long-term technology strategic vision.
Participate in the creation and sharing of best practices, technical content, and new reference architectures.
Preparing and answering RFPs, RFIs and RFQs
Oversee design and solution architecture to ensure standards are followed, codebase is modular and scalable
Estimate effort using a parametric estimation model and bring all stakeholders on-board about the overall schedule, and dependencies
Design, Develop and Deliver data integration interfaces in ADF and Azure Databricks
Design, Develop and Deliver data provisioning interfaces to fulfil consumption needs
Deliver data models on Azure platform, it could be on Azure Cosmos, SQL DW / Synapse or SQL
Advise clients on ML Engineering and deploying ML Ops at Scale on AKS
Automate core activities to minimize the delivery lead times and improve the overall quality
Optimize platform cost by selecting right platform services and architecting the solution in a cost-effective manner
Deploy Azure DevOps and CI CD processes
Deploy logging and monitoring across the different integration points for critical alerts